The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-04


occasions tha' mere can De no question
that the Government OF the United States
il entitled TO the Alaskan territory from
Underwater inland for ten marine leagues,
. ~, ,h. pr,i.h T.o,.rr,na,, IL NOT
a s"t - any mort nnon t;dswster
The nain featIre OF the Controversy
,;, ,,'sn,, no in, ernra, NJ lon ~ = treatv
ninges upU a1s wy IVA, VEN Emss;, :" nna Eres,
Rr;,a d,sn;,r The limitat ions NJ the tarri.
tow tnown ma Alaska over which Russia
No. ;"r;.J;a,;on /, WINS nroy;ded in That
,r no" ~ ,ha, Rmssa sbonld Central and have
nosacssinn ~ The territory Of Alaska from
he coast 70 a chain of mountains not more
coast and tha, where the line of demarca-
tom was not defined nv a mountain range,
tba homndarv should he n lima ten marine
Ian u,es inIand from and following The sinu-
osit;ss ~ tho coast The limited States
Government has commended that this gave
II control over NOT only the coast line but
over ali ;nlets and for a distance OF ten
marine iean,,es inland from their heads and
following their sinuosities The British
Government has commended that the line
Of demarcnt;on followed the ocean coast
line and did not follow the lines of / he inlets.
Under the British contention, that Govern
ment would secure posscssion Of ports on
agnes inland from the coast This pro.
vision of the Russian Britt sh treaty of 1925
was INCORPORATED in the treaty Of 1857 be-
tween Russia and the United States, by
which Alaska was coded by Russia to the
American Government
The ASSERTION ia made that tbs, n cts of
Crest britain and RUSSIA. subsequent
universal Interpretation given to its de-
limiting articles bv Goyernments. Reog-
raphers cartoeraphers and historians OF
those and other civilized nations, agree
with and confirm the intention and mean
ing claimed by the United States. The
TTnitad STATES il il held. purchased the
Territory from Russia, RELYING upon such
INTERPRETATION of the treaty The point
il made that the purchase was open and
notorious To the world for the period OF
one wear before the purchase price stipulated
in the treaty of 1867 was paid BY the United
state, to Russia, and neither during that
nericA nor in ;hirtv Years thereafter did
states that she clai,ned any nortion of
the territory then oeded by Russia. Great
Rri,ain newer entered anv nrotest or OH
lection TO the nossession and oocupa-
ton Of the strip by the United states.
The counter case, it il explained. is de-
voted n a presantat alton to he tribunal OF the
ev;dencs ~ acn,,;as cance hv British mi.
tborities and subjects in The boundary
Inc sst forth in Tho case ~ the United
Stntco tooetber with sncb other eyijance
nc snhstant;atss tho renlv Of the limited
St,teS m tho claim of Great Britain
In reviewing the various claims of Great
BRIT ain II ;s po;nted ar, That the Canadian
nfticial mara with tbe boundary marked in
annordance win the officiai mara az the
ITn;trd Stotes were y,r;n,ed down IN about
1853 when thew ceased I o a npear no marked.
II is asserted that the new boundary line
suhm;tted nv Great britain ia not only in
oona;s,ont Sr, ~ s;,,,nran, ;,n bIe ever al
ertcd that ain dra WING the Boundary from
tbe head ~ portland laval in search AZ A
onas, rarna i've line ,eawas the mainland
outs ~ a Sort;on ~ RelI leland and extends
Ri. ish domin;on over a mart AZ the OCEAN
adr,ittadIw hniono;no 70 no I-nitsd State"
n - no;ntad on aiao that ain Tnd;cott Arm
a,n,hsr ;.,aud Ia onnronr;.tad u,h;ch ron
ta;,s ", ,,'o%ta ro1d ,pptnoI nnS hann worEed
tai's ,a.uan CIV nrd r,'' nisowbere aions Tho
~, =, is,ands =, ,,ntnowr ,ahe arc trane.
s.rra, - british domain The new Rrit
;s,, ,;no W olsn annronr;atas all The ;nLsta and
n .In n.t al Us srhnrs and safa anchora nes
49,, 80 Ea,Ars a,oa ,nr tho Trn;ted g. fes
aio,S .,e 49," oal;,;nss vi, aiora we ,osins
49, ~, por ;ts ,osssie or es,e hlish ha ees
" '..o
LOT us hv tho 1rn;ted stat.a that
,rh;,., t%a att;tuda ~ Great Britain md
Canads has bean ~ surnish inoonsistent.
yariahIe and imnrocticable boundary linee'
= bo ,tf; ~ no mi a1 nj
un;forr and consistent The man which
vas cnrof,,IIv nrenared and published TO
,be World in lss7 il is asserted bas remained
UNCHANGED in anv essential respect in the
manw offic,al additions which have been
;ss,ed since that date with only such slight
mod;fcations "a The gradually obtained
rnoarnnh;c Lnow,adra made NECESSARY and
S1b;ch In no degree modified the interpreta
TOW wbicb tha Tinted states from the beein-
ming has placed upon the treaty, In concu-
SION II Ia said. aThe United States has from
The time az the cession Of Alaska TO the pres
ent dav maintained hut one INTERPRETATION
~ ,be .raafv of ,so5 Tia nosition has
hsen onen and known 70 tho world II ia
the same which was presented TO the tribunal
in its nase and which il now reiterates in
This counter case"
In the argument The Insertion ia made
that nm TO the time of the recent gold dis
coveries in Alaska tho British and Cana
dian governments had acuuiesccd in the
, Alaskan boundary claimed by the United
| states 1T was not until after this that
anv auest ion was officially raised M TO the
boundary line let ween Alaska and Canada
extending around the head of the hays and
; inlpts" Il i. said
The Alaskan boundary Tribunal was an
! pointed late last winter under the pro-
| visions of a treaty especially negotiated
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