The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-25

sources \ geographical chart was ur
Ser yae eyes NJ the plenlpOten ,larirS
They ltgot.atcl IN entire good faith
frankly agreeing that the matter wa.
ull ~ uncertainty. Rut they had II,
means ~ removing Z, The French ne
yo.Jgor tMavO0lsl said: Even IN,
char. warns us that much ~ this coun
NV IS llt'lc better known today mar
.NA pressing TO allow couctr, In This re-,
no onA The Engllsh themselves htv,
mot penetrated U. Circumstances an
tAN pressing 70 ,llNw conccr, In this ".
Sncct with 'hc courts " Mairld Il
would require a long time t0 complet,
q. ana perhaps & would be thought
advisable to ,Onsult with the Vlccray
|ot MeNi,o, Would Il 40, be better toy
rtaa United States 10 accent general
stipulation, and. iace these countries
tr' now t1r ;he most part IN the pos.
session " SAv1geS, 20 0os'n1nc gpr the
future arrangements ar treaties which
't1, U0i,ed States will make with shcm
lana With SrAins In cedlng Canada to
.tHe E7glsh a; the peace ~ l.6S. We
have NJ; extended The cessiln 70 a
icouu.rN We an ret possess I: Is In
I less that Eng,11d has carried iis ocupa-
/ t.on ht territory westward 70 the Arctic
ocean
I Il. NAV De tia, the American plcnl-
/ IpO;cnt,ay.es had thams lives desired
what was thus proposed 70 them. Il
IwaV D. ,hal these woris were a raw
Iot Ugh. Tor them. They declared tha,
fhsy held 30 The indefinite terms u
Article III u the treaty NJ san uie-
ph1HsA which was interested entirely In
be IFS; artiol" OF the trea;y II c,'ssiou
VI is MArhnis. who proposed the pro-
jec,. said on several occasions: The
frs 8g,'c'e may give rise % .,fiicuDtes.
hey are lnsurmdun,ahle today, But II
they 90 no; stop you. | wish to know
4; least lha; ylu have not committed
yourself 80 them without warning.
He referred 70 the exclusion ~ am
higuous clauses from the treaty: the
Am risiu plenipoientiar'es, however.
made No further objection. and Il ap-
pear.ng % resign themselves to general
terms as 20 necessity they found
;hem really preferable 70 more rrecise
si7uhd5ns 1, Is well 20 recall that the
rasu., justified their foresight. The
shores - the Pacific were certainly not
comprised in ;he cesslon but airady the
United states are established there. In
giving accoun, OF the Firs, Consul ot
.he proceedings OF the conference. the
French aegotlalor pointed out 20 him
The obscurl:y % the ar:lcle and the
.nconveqiences OF a stipulation 50 un-
certain In answer 20 his observation.
ne had this response; II the ybscuri,y
Has not here already. perhaps 4. would
ha gn0d politics to put II there"
This is fun and sufficient explana-
lion 0g the dispute over the boundaries
~ the oriental Louisiana cessinn which
j. carried on almost as vigorously az
the beginning Of the tweatlcth century
as Il was az the beginning ol he nine
teenth. II whst MarhGis says with such
guarded diplomacy were reduced 20
a single blum. sentence it would be-
perhaps that h first pointed cut 20
Monroe AMI Livingston that, as Eng
and hal claimed the whole country
north n tha United States upder the
treaty OF 1863. though France cedel
r1t1ing IL DID not own. 50 the United
States. un ier the treaty " 1868 with
The 0hscuritv left there or put there"
could claim everything which the treaty
eft Indefinite as belonging 10 no one IN
rlr:iculdr Having suggested that his
yiar 0f the advantages and dlsl lyant-
ages Z inledal;enass may have been
a ray NJ light 10 the two American
diplomats. MarAols condemns Indefinite
ness ia general as wrong lui reflects
rtl some asperItv on the Tinted
states gor having applied them against
Sulln when {, seemed to have been his
ial hl, they We're rIgh;ly applicable
only agtI1s. England.
.'Ta- negltiati5ns with Spain which
'J'1wni several years later IN relation
30 tl. boundaries of Louisiana were
1ns AMI difficult he says. The gov
.rnmru. n the United States. instead ot
frankly recognizing that there was
ground fJr reasonable doubt undertook
90 establish incontestable Nights.
me r-ssi1n of he Floridls, In blending
he territories. put an end 20 a Discus
ion II the eastern limits Of Louisiana.
llle1 uqdl then had been lnextrica0le /.
p .,4 lIiIcuties As FOR the boundaries
y the west, Il was rendered easier 10
-.'Ie hem by the fact hat Span found
tsDS under he necessity OF getting
.5 VI al complications In Americ1. and
%. treaty II February. 1919. put an
aI o. the embarrassment In which tina,
,1we- found Itself Involved. II was
greed hat the Sabine river should b.
he boundary between the two C0un-
r..s.'
Publishing his map In 1929. MarboIs
n.ep,s the Sabine as the boundary
liked f0r the territory added 70 the
'n.'-d States. by the treaty and It's
.su..s" He Ignores the claim 10 Texas
which mad been set up under the treaty
y he United states. and II is evident
rr- az elsewhere that 10 his mind the ,
7d-fn.teness Of the treaty-to which
e was a party-was a good ground for
laims against England as the enemy
? France, and not against his Catholic /
majesty" This same treaty" he con-
.uu-s referring now TO the treaty Of
40 with Spain. determined their line I
2 s-pari;lon from the sources OF the /
Arkansas 10 the Pacific. II Ia traced /
long hese sources to the fOrty-second I
areIiaI. which II follows TO the ocean. I
gkas- Of the Emperor Alexander /
SeDtember. 1S21). asserts thar the rights /
Z Russia on the northwest coast OF
m-ri,a extend from the northern ex-
-emity n the continent 20 the ffty-hrt I
eyre. v lati'u ie on the south. This Is /
- 'Ie limit which the United states. I
'ar.ing from The fOrty-secOnd parallel {
FL 10 their claims on the north.
'hry Eaye even shown a disposition TO
.yp at the forty-n!nth degree. Eng /
nd and the United States have not q
cen able 20 agree on their occupation :
T this territory. A convention entered [
no October %, 1913. declares that the G
-rrltOry claimed by each shall be Z
gened 20 the trade Of each for y
-r5d Df ten years. This term IL about 4
, expire, and Il may be that the agree l
le1r has alrady expired. Fourteen
8ys before the signature Of the treaty
T Ghen'. the sediment Of the Column
Ia had been restored 10 the United I
tates. The cessl0n OF Louisiana wag v
: ------.--L LnL. ~ the lmlIIrn ! :.