The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-05

British case was delivered 10 the present
tribunal on the % Of May last In sup
port Of the American contention that the
strip should measure from tide water and
from the heads Of bays and inlets q NUM-
Der Of dispositions are produced IN COM
neetion with the counter case going to-
show the occupation Of this strip by set
tiers from the United States since 1850.
Especial effort IS directed toward showing
the control Of the country about the head
Of Lynn canal including the sites Of the
towns of Dyea, Skaguay. White Pass ana
Lake Bennett. It also is stated that nu-
merous documents have been preserved
which had been given to Indian chiefs
and others by officials OF the United
States showing the presence in the Lynn
canal inlets Of naval and other authors
ties Of the United States annually for
twenty years after the United States ac-
CURED the territory 1t is contended that
this occupation and control We're known
to the Canadian government and it's peo-
pie.
Discussing the boundaries proposed by
Great Britain, the commission makes ref
erence to the instability Of the Canadian
contention on this point and concludes
that "the United States has from the
time Of the oession Of Alaska to the pres
emit day maintained but one Interpretation
2 III kAlG llN1AA Ah IoA1. us D0Sttlll AAtlS
been open and known to the world. II is
the same which was presented 10 the tri-
bunal ia its case and which it now re-
4 iterates ia this counter case"
A Careful study Of Documents.
The argument IN the ease IS careful
study Of maps. treaties and other docu-
ments bearing upon the boundary conten-
ton, and it is intended to drive home the
facts presented in the statements to which
Il reference has been made. Considerable
space is devoted to the part played By
/ the KIondike gold discoveries in arous-
Ing Great Britain's interest in the CON
/ troversy and IN this connection notice is
taken of an assertion made by the Britt
1 ish commissioners that the towns Of Dyea
and Sl5aguay owed their existence to the
migration to the Klondike. They assert
on the contrary, that Dyea was founded
I IN 1856 and skagnay in 1883 They con-
tradict fatty q contention made by the
4 British commissioners to the effect that
/ Canada claim to the territories at the
/ head of Lynn canal was at the time we'll
known to the United states government"
This" they SAY. lis gratnitods as
sertion. There Is no proof to sustain it,
Canada never put forward any such claim
to the United States. The claim was first
made n 1898 by Great Britain before the
4 Joint high commission"
1t Is said that IL the Canadian govern
ment had instructed British vessels to
disregard these regulations there would
have been grave danger Of serious co.'s
lision" There undoubtedly would have
been a collision, Just as certainly as II
they had been instructed to disregard
the regulations Of the port Of New York.
Strong exception also Is taken to the
contention that there was a reservation
i oF4 ne arf aF ~. In
1 United States volunteered to create a
4 port of entry at Dyea. The argument as
serts that whatever reservation there
] was was made by commissioner Of cus-
toms and that he had no authority in the
] prernisas.