Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09


three on a side, with Il view to It's final
disposition. Ratifcations were exchanged
on March last, whereupon the two govern
ments appointed their respective members.
Elihu Root. secretary of war; Henry Cabot
Lodge senator OF the United States, and
George Turner, an ex-senator of the United
States, while Great Britain named the
Right Hon. Lord Alverstone, lord chief JUS
tice Of England; Sir Louis Amable Jette.
K G. ~ G., retired Judge Of the supreme
c., of Toronto. This tribunal met In Lon
don on September 3, under the presidency
of Lord Alyerstone. The proceedings were
expeditions and marked by friendly and
conscientious spirit. The respective cases,
counter cases and arguments presented the
issues clearly and fully. On the 10th OF
October majority of the tribunal reached
and signed an agreement on all the ques-
lions submitted by the terms Of the conven-
ton. b. this award the right of the
United States to the control Of contiru-
strip border of the mainland shore,
sktrt1ng all the tldewater inlets and Sinu-
ositics Of the coast. Is confirmed, the en-
trance to Portland canal concerning which
legitimate doubt existed) is defined as pass
Ing by Tongass inlet and to the north
westward Of Wales and Pearse islands;
line Is drawn from the head Of Portland
and the interior border line of the strip
Is fixed by lines connecting certain noun
tain SUBMITS lying between Portland canal
the crest of the divide separating the coast
slope from the inland watershed at the
only part Of the frontier where the drain
age ridge approaches the coast within the
distance Of ten marine leagues stipulated
by the treaty as the extreme width Of the
strip around the heads Of Lynn canal and
It's branches
visional demarcation OF 1878 at the cross
Ing of the Stikine river, and that Of 1895
at the SUBMITS of the White and Chilkoot
passes, it runs much farther inland from
no Of tho
later modus vivendi, and leaves the entire
mining district OF the Porcupine river and
Glacier creek within the jurisdiction Of the
United States.
The result is satisfactory in every way
1t Is of great material advantage to our
people in the far northwest. 1t has re-
moved from the field of discussion and pos
sibe danger question liable to become
more acutely accentuated with each passing
year. Finally, 1t has furnished a signal
proof of the fairness and good will with
which two friendly nations can approach
and determine issues involving national SOW
ereignty and by their nature incapable OF
submission to third power for adjudca-
ton.
The award is self-executing on the vital
points: TO make 1t effective regards
the others it only remains for the two gov
half, one or more scientific experts, who
shall, with all convenient speed, proceed
aGgether to lay down the BOUNDARY line In
pority of the tribunal | recommend that
the Congress make adequate provision for
the appointment. compensation and ex-
penses of the members to serve on this
joint boundary commission on the part of
the United States.
Relations with China
The signing OF a new commercial treaty
with China. which took place at Shanghai
OH the 9Th of October, is cause for sa it's
faction. This act, the result Of long dis
cussion and negotiation, places our COM
n10t Wit fI,o
empire on more satisfactory footing than
they have ever heretofore enjoyed. It pro,
vides not only for the ordinary rights and
privileges of diplomatic and consular Of.
hcers. but also for an important extension
of our commerce by Increased facility of
access to Chinese ports, and for the relief
OF trade by the removal Of some Of the
obstacles which have embarrassed it In
the past The Chinese government engages,
on fair and equitable conditions, which will
probably be accepted by the principal COM
mercial nations. TO abandon the levy Of.
,ilken' and other transit dues throughout
the empire. and 20 Introduce other desir-
able administrative reforms. Larger facIli-
ties are to be given to our citizens who de-
sire to carry on mining enterprises In
China. We have secured for our mission
aries valuable privilege. the recognition
of their right to rent and lease in per-
petulty such property as their religious So
cieties may need in all parts Of the empire
And what Indispensable condition
for the advance and development Of our
commerce in Manchuria,s China, by treaty
with us has opened to foreign commerce
the cities of Mukden, the capital Of the
province of Manchuria and Antung, an
important port on the Yalu river, on the
road to Corea. The full measure Of de-
velopment which our commerce may right
til the settlement of the present abnormal
state of things In the empire; but the
fcunda ton for such development has at
last been laid.
Rural Free Delivery Service.
The rural free-delvery service has been
steadily extended. The attention Of the
Congress Is asked to the question Of the
clerks engaged in the postal service, espe-
cially on the new rural free-delivery routes
More routes have been installed since the
first of July last than In any like period in
the departments history. While a due re-
gard to economy must be kept in mind in
the establishment of new routes, yet the
extension Of the rural free-delivery system
must be continued, for reasons Of sound
public policy. No governmental movement
Of recent years has resulted In greater i'm,
mediate benefit to the people of the coun-
try districts. Rural free delivery taken
in connection with the telephone the BIZ
cycle, and the trolley, accomplishes much
toward lessening the isolation of farm life
and making it brighter and more attractive
In the immediate past the lack of just such
facilities as these has driven many of the
more active and restless young men and
women from the farms TO the cities; for
they rebelled at loneliness and lack Of men
tai companionship. 1t is unhealthy and un-
desirable for the cities to grow at the ex-
pense Of the country; and rural free deliv-
cry is not only 4 good thing in itself, but
is good because it Is one Of the causes
which check this unwholesome tendency
towards the urban concentration of our pop-
ulatiOn at the expense Of the country dis
tricts. It IS for the same reason that we
sympathize with and approve Of the policy
of building good roads. The movement for
good roads is one fraught with the greatest
benefit to the country districts.
Hawaii
1 recommend that an appropriation be
made for building lighthouses in Hawaii,
and taking possession of those already
built. The territory should be reimbursed
for whatever amounts it has already ex-
pended for lighthouses. The governor
should be empowered to suspend or remove
any official appointed by him, without sub
uniting the matter to the Legislature.
The Philippines and Porto Rico.
OF our insular possessions the Philippines
and Porto Rico 1t is gratifying to say that
their steady progress has been such as to
make 1t unnecessary to spend much time
in discussing them. Yet the Congress should
ever keep In mind that peculiar oblga-
ton rests upon us to further In every way
the welfare OF these communities The Phil