Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05
TERMS OF TREATY
ALASKA AGREEMENT SENT TO
THE SENATE.
Tribunal is to Answer Either AT.
firmatively or Negatively Several
Questions as to the Meaning Of
the Treaty of 1921. Decision Of
Majority Will be Final.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The president
has sent the corrected draft of the treaty
for the settlement of the Alaskan boun-
Diary to the senate.
The convention names no concessions
on each aide as condition precedent
to the consideration of the boundary
question by a mixed tribunal and there
is no reference to Skagway, or Dyea, or
other settlements on the coast. 1t is
provided that the tribunal shall assem-
BILE for it's first meeting in London, "as
soon as practicable after receiving their
commissions. The preamble of the
treaty sets forth that the United States
and Great Britain are equally DESTROYS
of a settlement of the true meaning OF
certain clauses of the convention be-
tween Great Britain and Russia, signed
under date of February l6, 1925. The
essential terms of the treaty are found
in the fourth article, which reads as
follows:
"Referring to articles 2, and 5, of
the treaty of 1925, the tribunal shall
answer and decide the following ques-
tiOns:
81. What is intended as the point
of commencement Of the line?
"2. What channel is the Portland
channel?
"3. What course shall the line take
from the point of commencement to
the entrance of the Portland channel?
"a. To what point on the seth par
allel is the line to be drawn from the
head of the Portland channel, and
what course should it follow between
these points?
rs. In extending the line of demar-
cation northward from said point on
the parallel of the seth degree nj north
latitude, following the crest of the
mountains situated parallel to the
coast, until it's intersection with the
14lst degree of longitude west of
Greenwich, subject to the condition
that such line should anywhere exceed
the distance of ten marine leagues from
the ocean, then the boundary between
the British and Russian territory should
be formed by line parallel to the sim
uosities of the coast and distant there
from not more than ten marine leagues,
was it the intention and meaning of
said convention OF 1925 that there
should remain in the exclusive possess
sion OF Russia a continuous fringe or
strip of coast on the mainland not ex-
ceeidng ten marine leagues in width,
separating the British possessions from
the bays. ports, inlets, Ravens and
waters of the ocean. and extending
from said point OH the 56th degree of
latitude north to a point where such
line of demarcation should intersect
the 14lst degree of longitude west of
the meridian of Greenwich?
IS. If the foregoing questions should
be answered in the negative, and in
the event of the summit of such noun
tains proving to be in places more than
ten marine leagues from the coast,
should the width of the lisiere which
was to belong to Russia be measured
/ "a from the mainland coast of the
ocean, strictly so-called along line
perpendicular thereto, or 90 was it the
intention and meaning OF said conven-
ton that where the mainland coast is
lndented by deep lnlets, forming part
of the territorial waters of Russia, the
width of the lisiere was to be measured
(a) from the line of the general direc-
ton of the mainland coast, or Cd from
the line separating the waters Of the
ocean from the territorial waters OF
Russia, or (c) from the heads of the
aforesaid inlets?"
The decision of the tribunal is to be
final. a majority of the whole number
of commissioners to rule. Should the
tribunal agree on certain points and
disagree OH others, the facts are to be
fully reported to each government by
it's "agent or official" who, under the
terms of the present treaty, is to attend
the meetings of the commissioners.