The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-07

country. Appropriate representations on
our part resulted in the British govern
ment agreeing to purchase outright all
such goods shown to be the actual prop
erty of American citizens, thus closing
the incident to the satisfaction of the
Immediately interested parties. although
/ unfortunately without broad settlement
/ OF the question of a ncutral's right to
send goods not contraband per Sc to a
neutral port adjacent to belligerent
area.
boundary Questions.
/ The work of marking certain provision
/ al boundary points for convenience of
administration around the head of Lynn
/ canal. in accordance with the temporary
arrangement of October. 1899. was com
pleted by joint survey in July last. The
modus viyendi has so far worked without
friction, and the Dominion government
has provided rules and regulations for
/ securing to our citizens the benefit of
/ the reciprocal stipulation that the cti-
zens or subjects of either power found by
/ that arrangement within the temporary
/ jurisdiction of the other shall suffer no
Elimination of the rights and privileges
they have hitherto enjoyed: but. however
necessary such an eNpcdicnt may have
been to tide over the grave emergencies
of the situation. ii is at best but an I'M
satisfactory makeShift which should not
1 be suffered to delay the speedy and COM
pletr establishment of the frontier line to
which we are entitled under the Russo
American treaty for the ccsSion of Alas
/ ka.
In this relation may refer again to
the need nf definitely markin" the Alas
kan boundary where it follows the ono
hundred ami ory-hrst mcclellan. 4 con-
ventipn to that end has been before The
senate Gov some two years. but MS NO nc
tion has been taken contcmpIatr ucao-
tating q new convention for n Joint do
termination of the meridian hy tplr-
graphic observations. These. if is boIiry-
ed, viii give more accurate ana uunIics-
tionahlr results than the ~itlarcal mpthods
heretofore INDEPENDENTLY followed which
as is shown. proved discrpraut 9t Sovrr,l
+ points ON the line. although NOT yarviu.,
at amy place more than TuN feet
The assassination of kim IIumbnrt
called forth sincere EXPRESSIONS of ~,rrn,v
from this government and pa.plp. and o,-
casion was fifty taken to testify to tbn
Italian nation tho hirh rn~grd ,cr, ran
for the memory of thr lanrntrJ ruIor
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of the United States are under consider
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congress upon the general subject, in
inc i!-ul OF me report 81 the commission
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