The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-09
SETTLING THE
QUESTION OF
BOUNDARY
Arguments in the Arbitration
of the Question We're All
Completed Yesterday
DICKINSON WAKES ELOQUENT
Referred With Emphasis to
Bonds Of A nifty Between Eng
land and United States

LONDON, Oct. S.-The arguments
in the Alaska boundary arbitration
were finished at 81 40 p. m. today.
Mr.. Dickinson concluded with an
peeroration dealing with the
bonds of amity between the United
States and Great Britain.
John w Foster, the agent for the
United States, thanked the British gov
ernment for its courtesy, Lord JUS
tice Alverstone paid a tribute to Mr..
Dickinson and the session broke up.
The closing moments were marked by
an intensity of interest hitherto lack
ing in the proceedings.
AS Mr.. Dickinson finished his ar
gLments and commenced his references
to international relations and the pos
sible effect of the verdict thereon, the
members of the tribunal and the other
listeners appeared to grasp the true
Importance of the proceedings. which
had almost been lost sight of in the
puzzling technical details in which they
had been shrouded.
The last uay of the public hearing
of arguments before the Alaskan COM
mission opened with practically no
spectators present. Jacob M. Dickin-
son, of American counsel, continued
his speech for Americas unbroken
claim of title to the disputed coast.
Mr. Dickinson made a forcible plea
that all the evidence established the
fact that the boundary should be
drawn around the heads of the bays
and inlets.
When Mr. Dickinson had concluded
this afternoon the commission ad-
jcurned until Monday, when it will
hold it's first private session to con-
slider it's verdict. He contended that
the correspondence between the gov
errments which British counsel relied
upon to establish their position showed
that Canada and Great Britain had
never, formally or otherwise protested
against the occupation of inlets by
the United States.
On the contrary, although all the
questions now at issue have been dis
cussed by Canadian officials in their
reports they were not adopted by
either the government of Canada or the
government of Great Britain, and these
questions. though raised in 1886, were
not advanced by Great Britain until
1898.
After luncheon, Mr.. Dickinon took
up the question of American military
AMI fiscal occupation of the disputed
territory and quoted many reports OF
American naval and military officials
anent the formal taking over Of the
territory.
There is no concealment," counsel
continued, everything is above board.
bus Great Britain never protested
against or questioned these actions
Dealing with the dispatch Of Am
bassador Choate to Lord Lansdowne,
which Attorney General Finlay quoted
as evidence against the American claim
Mr. Dickinson said he only wished he
had Mr.. Choate before the tribunal,
so that he could explain half the at
torney-general has misinterpl eted the
meaning of.
Il submit declared Mr.. Dickinson,
that all these acts of the unquestioned
occupation in 1867 cannot and must not
be dismissed as worthless. as British
counsel contend. l submit that mere
acquiescence in these acts can be taken
as favoring our Interpretation of the
treaty"