The Nome nugget., 1903-10-31
CLOSING
 MOMENTS Of Alaska Boundary
 Commission. INTENSE INTEREST The Tribunal an Unique One, Says Counsel Dickinson, of the
 United States.
INTENSE INTEREST

London, Oct. S.-The arguments in the Alaska boundary arbitration were finished at g. 10 D. m. today. MT Dick inson concluded with an eloquent peroration, dealing with the bonds of amity between the United States and Great Britain.
 John W. Foster. agent for the United States, thanked the British govern ment in the name of the American gov ernment for it's courtesy. Lord Chef Justice AIverstone paid tribute to Mr. Dickinson, and the session broke up.
 The closing moments were marked by an intensity of interest, hitherto lacking in the proceedings. As Mir. Dickinson finished hls argument and commenced his references to interna- tional relations and the possible effect of the verdict thereon, the members of the tribunal and the other listeners appeared to grasp the true import of the proceedings. which had almost been lost sight of in the puzzling tech- nical details in which they han been shrouded.
 The tribunal declared Mr Dick inson, lis unique, and the treaty will entirely miscarry unless at least one member shall decide against the con tention of his own people. The faith thus manifested by the government of Great Britain and America that judg- ment and justice will be exalted above the plane where the sympathies that move men have sway, challenges the attention of mankind and distinguishes this tribunal above all others. It does not follow that failure to reach a de- cision will show that such faith was in any degree misplaced: but, if settle ment is reached, it will be triumph ant epoch in history, victory in the struggle of humanitarian principles for the substitution of something better than war as the sole court determining international differences. What could
 
 ing for the peace of the world than the settlement of these issues, so pregnant of possibilities? If the tribunal should render judgment practically unani- nous it would be the strongest assur- ance yet given to humanity that the Christian nations are tending toward the only practical realization of the poets dream of parliament of nations and confederation of the world"
 Mr. Dickinson also paid tribute to opposing counsel and to Lord Chief Justice Alverstone s fairness.
 Lord Alverstone said he had heard many leaders of the American bar speak in arbitration and other cases, but MT. Dickinson's argument equaled anything he had ever heard, and he had not suffered by the fairness and impartiality with which he had pre- sented his arguments
 MT. Foster said: Having ap- preached the end of the open session. l desire. in the name of the government of the United States and in behalf of my associates and myself, to make public recognition of the extreme friendliness and consideration with which we have been received by the British government and by it's repre- sentatives. Not only has every facility and convenience been afforded us for the dispatch of the business which brought us to this capital but these acts have been attended by marked courtesy and kindness. In making thls acknowledgment 1t is especially pleas ant to recall the fact that during our prolonged sessions not a harsh word has been spoken, nor has an unpleasant incident occurred to mar the harmony of our intercourse. May this be an in dication of the character of the deci- sion to be rendered by this tribunal which both nations await with so much interest,""
 Lord Alverstone replied feelingly,