The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-13

~ to BE SETTLED by the Con
ference to he Held in Washington
During the Coming summer.
David J. Hill Acting Secretary of
State. is in communication with Sir
WiIfrfd Laurier, Premier Of Canada.
with 4 view to resuminE the sessions of
the AngIo-American Joint High Com
mission Despite the fact that twelve
very important matters Of difference
between this Government and that Of
Canada are now awaiting settlement
through the action Of the Commission,
no meeting has been held since 1888,
and there is a desire on the part CT
both the State Department of this
Government and the Premier Of Can
ada that a session be held this
summer so that a convention can be
submitted to the Senate for ratification
in December next
Acting under instructions from Great
britain, Premier Laurier has held
conference with the Dominion officials,
with the result that Canada $ represen-
tatives have notified this Government
that they are prepared and willing to
reopen the sessions Of the Commission
the coming summer, the meetings to be
held in Washington.
Mr. Hill has notified the Canadians
that the United States is entirely will
ing to have the Commission meet here,
and when Secretary Hay returns TO this
city the arrangements viii be COM
pIeted, 1t is understood that the Com
mission viii occupy its old quarters at
the Arlington The date Of the open
ing session has not yet been decided
upon, but it viii probably be July l.
The Anglo-American Joint High Com
mission was created in 1898 for the
adjustment of differences between the
United States and Great Britain, with
respect to the Dominion CT Canada.
The Commission held one session in
Quebec and another in Washington.
The agreement reached on the part Of
the negouatoTs for both sides was TO
be set forth il a convention, which was
to be ratified by both Governments
The work Of the Commission during
its session here came to naught as a
result OF disagreements on various
questions. The convention has always
been kept secret, as the untimely death
of Baron Herscheu IL this city pre-
vented the treaty from being submitted
to the Senate
Baron HerscheH was Chairman Of the
Commission On the part of Great Brit
ain; the other members being Sir vii
frid LaurIer. Premier of Canada; Sir
Richard Cartwright, Minister of Finance
OF Canada: Sir Louis c. Davies, Minis
ter Of Marine and Fisheries of Canada:
Hon. John Charlton, Member Of the Ca
madam Parliament; Sir James Winter,
Premier of Newfoundland, and Henri
Bourassi. Member Of Parliament
The Commission on the part Of the
United States was composed Of Senator
Fairbanks, chairman; ex-senator
Faulkner, Hon. John W. Foster. Repre-
sentative Serene D Payne of New
York, Hon John A Kasson. of Iowa:
Hon T. jefferson Coolidge. ex-Minister
to France. and ChandIee P. Anderson
OF New York
II is believed that Sir WiIfrid Laurier
viii be named as Chairman Of the
British Commission to succeed Baron
HerscheH
\
to consider a number Of extremely i'm
portant questions affecting long-stand-
ing differences between this Govern
nfent and that Of Great Britain regard
ing Canada One of these questions af-
fects the Alaskan boundary. In all,
there are twelve clauses to the treaty
to be prepared by the Commission and
presented TO the Senate for ratification.
The clauses are as follows:
l Fur sealing IN Behring Sea and the
waters OF the North Pacific Ocean.
2 Atlantic and Pacific coast fisheries
and the waters of the common frontier
3. The delimitation and establishment Of
the Alaskan-Canadian boundary
Alien labor laws applicable TO the
subjects OF citizens Of the United States
and Canada
5. The mining rights OF the citizens or
subjects Of each country within the ter
ritory Of the other
9. ReadjUstment OF customs duties ap-
pIicable TO each country t. the products
OF the soil or industry Of the other upon
the basis Of reciprocal equivalents
Z Revision Of the treaty Of IsIT. respect
ing naval vessels on the Great Lakes
8 Final a-d complete definition and
marking II the frontier line, by land and
wS5er, to prevent all future dispute
6 Conveyance for trial and punishment
Of persons in the lawful custody Of the
officers Of one country through the terri
tory Of the ether
10. Reciprocity in wreckage ana salvage
rights
i. Transportation across intermediate
territory; Intermediate transit by sea and
natural or artificial waterways
y. Transit Of merchandise from one
country 70 be delivered at points in the
other beyond the frontier
It is probable that the seal dispute,
the Alaskan boundary question, and
the new treaty for the Great Lakes VIII
keep the Commission in session for at
least a month. Concessions viii be
made on both sides, it is said, in the
frontier boundary. the alien mining
laws, and the fishing question. The
other articles are likely to be agreed
upon with little debate.
ASHORE IN TABLE BAY.