New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-03
4 DIVISION EXPECTED.
on 4LASKAN BOUNDARY.
Com mission Meets To-day to Ar
range Prehminaries.
.-,..,, .o Tho Nsv- York Tribune by French cable
- -ans ~ HE Trlhnne Assocla.iNn.l

l---v-tsr- 1908 By The Tribune Associa:ianD
r,,son. SEPT 2-The Alaska Boundary Com
-, -fl meet to-raorrow Al the Foreign
- ~ settle the details Of the or@l argument
- ,vobarze printed briefs. Lord Alverstone
-. r-obsblv be elected chairman and Henry
,,-,.,,e secretary. and one or two minor officials
IN no appointed The American and British
-. have been printed and win be formally
--,..-,ss Adjournment for two or three weeks
-, 10 ordered So that the various counsel can
80 leisure for = critical examination Of the
.,,s~. ~ -heir opponents and FOR replying 20
!. TIE commission may he called upon 10 fix
,,-,,. Tor thc tim. required for oral argument
80. .ts p-opossl is not likely 20 meet with much
..,.o- I'M ,ha British side Tho oral pleadings n
-. Geneva arbitration were not diffuse. Sub
.,,,s-. s-bitrations have established prece-
s.-, fo- unlimited oratorv. As there are three
.svo,a.es on each SIDE the proceedings may be
,-,ioores Tor several weeks. ~ the Behring Sea
.-s,,-s.ior rules sre adopted and the counsel
s-s not limited I'm time
~. commission viii probably decide to-mor-
--..s.op side viii open the case and which Will
-, che argument The number and order 81
=, .-..t-s-s viii 10 left undetermined. The
-. oesos will respect SIS own traditions
- ,-.-ose ~. admission ~ the press. but the
- ard Canadian commissioners viii
- ..,r -,,bii-frv after the opening session.
.--a-i1s- brief is described by those who
-. ~sss r. as exceptionally strong i sup
-. .,,-,r,s-i,e r-oof that the boundary Or
-. as --f,rarflv ordered fcr the express
- - l.seni-r the British away from tide
-. ans .nsr his was the understanding be-
-, me Pussian and British Foreign of1oes
49,. and after the lire was fixed by treaty
49, while the negotiations were IN progress.
--Ais view receives strong support from me
rt-aseolorv ~ the treaty. n which the slnuosl-
-ias n the coast are mentioned as the oasls TOT
measuring ten leagues inland. and II IS also con-
f--red by The fact that the British claims 20 ude
water ro-rs are Of recent date and were saniftea
m Dc so by The Canadian oficials.
T,s American brief is 50 strong on the points
~ treaty law and undisputed possession q the
territory Cor "a long period that counsel are en-
outraged 10 hone for an eauitsoie and saws
fart1rv settlement
The british case has beer worked NJ with zeal
and t--eufce-ce by the Canadian stan, having
tyr access ~ the records OF the Foreign once.
.rs viii he presented with subtlety and force ny
-re Attorney General and Solicitor General The
american methods ~ measuring the coast lines
~ the North Atlantic ana Pacific viii be con
,~-e-ea and The rhras.rg ~ he Russian- British
-rr1+v wifi 10 interpreted Nv lltF -leii' l-
inventions made conternporaneousN
While = Watson. J " Dickinson ana Dehl'
-s,1or ra--s made ur strong brief and can be
oe7ended uron - present The case forolDiF' ~ :
, -fo--,1-sta that Ambassador Choste has not
80, kent IN reserve for the reply 70 Sir Robert
r,-is.. ,.ro is most capable and resourceful
advocate
As there is mt seventh commissioner the
r-o.per- Tor q eetfenoent ~ the Alaska con
-rrvers, Is nor bright The commission VII oe
divided unless al signs fail and the Americans
u-l be lefr tr possession ~ The tidewater ports
which fhe Canadians are anxious - secure
-H~ourh The help ~ the mother country
The American Ambassador is entertaining the
--n1raissi-iers tonight. after abandoning an
effort 10 bring together important people TO
meet them here The cabinet and opposition
leaders ere catered among country houses