Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-20
THEIR COUNTRY IS SACRIFICED.
They Urged Their Views With All
Their Might, but We're Power
less to DO Anything.
ALL CANADA IS VERY BITTER.
Fruits Of Victory Wrested from Her
And Given to the United
States.

rortou oct. 90, (220 p. m)-The
enqrossed copy of the Alaskan award
was signed at 21O p, M. The Canad an
commissioners. Messrs. Aylesworth and
Jette declined to sign the award but
will submit their contrary opinions to
the tribunal, so as to go officially on
record. While they declined to sign
the award tho signed the maps agreed
on by the majority.
WHAT UNITED STATES GETS
The award relating TO the Portland
canal gives the United States two ISL
ands, Kanaghunut ana sltklan, com
handing the entrance o. the Portland
channel and the ocean passage TO Port
simpson and destroying the strategic
value of Wales and pearse Islands,
which are given to Canada
MOUNTAIN LINE.
The mountain line adopted as the
boundary lies so far from the coast as
10 give the United states substantially
eli the territory In dispute. The line
completely clears all the bays and In
lets and means of access TO the sea,
giving the United States complete
land barrier between Canada and the
sea, from the Portland canal to Mount
ST. Elias. Around ths mead OF the
Lynn canal the line follows the water
shed, somewhat In accordance with the
present provisional boundary.
NO PUBLIC MEETING.
In consequence OF the attitude main
tanned by the Canadian commissioners,
Lord chief Justice Alverstone decided
this morning not TO hold the proposed
public meeting of the Alaskan bound
airy commission, but to hand It's decis-
ion to Messra. Foster and Sifton, res
pectiyely agents Of the American and
Canadian governments.
CANADIANS VERY BITTER.
The Canadian commissioners not only
declined to sign the award, bu. said
they would publicly withdraw from the
commission. They, as well as the Can
adams connected with the case, are
very bitter. kilograms from Premier
Laurier and. other prominent persons In
Canada show that this sentiment IN
shared generally throughout Che Do
minl0n
Messrs, Jette and Aylesworth. in
statement OF their reasons for refusing
to sign the award, say they consider
the finding of the tribunal regarding
The Islands at the entrance OF Portland
canal and the mountain line is not
judicial one, They add;
THEIR VIEW.
we urged our Views as strongly as
we were able, but we have been COM
PEELED to witness the sacrifice OF the
interests OF Canada. We were power
less To prevent It, though satisfied that
the course which the majority was de-
ermined TO pursue In respect to the
matters above specially referred TO ig-
hored the Just rights of Canada"
CANADIAN STATEMENT,
The statement OF Messrs Jette and
Aylesworth, the Canadian commission
ers, regarding the award Is as follows:
The decision of the Alaskan bound
Hly tribunal has been given and in
view or its character the people Of
'bnada are, In our judgment entitled
TO such eXnlapation from us as will
enable them TO comprehend fully the
manner In which them interests have
Leen dealt with, We take up the
points Of the decision In the order in
winch they are presented under the
treaty under which the tribunal was
constituted
PORTLAND CANAL
'First-The Portland canal There are
Two channels parallel with each other,
VIA four islands between them. The
canadian contention was that the
northern channel should be adopted
me United States contended for the
southern channel on the result of the
ueelslon depended the possession OF the
eur Islands, Kanaghunut. Sitklan,
hles and Pearse, When the tribunal
Considered this question, the view OF
.he three British commissioners was
lNIl the Canadian contention was alb
so'utely unanswerable. a memorandum
Wha prepared and read to the commits
Alonefs' embodylng our views and
SnoWing i to be beyond dispute that
me CANADIAN contention in this branch
OF me case should prevail, and that the
noundary should run to the northward
me four islands, thus giving them
anada. Notwithstanding these facts
vac members of the tribunal, other than
ourselves, have now signed an award
tNlng two OF the islands, Kanaghunut
"hd sitklan. to the United States These
Two Islands are the outermost Of the
wv. iney command the entrance Of
Tue Portland canal and the ocean pas
sage to Port Simpson. Their loss wholly
destroys the strategic value TO Canada
ol lhe Wales and pearse islands. There
Is III our opinion, no process OF reason
ing whereby the line thus decided up
ou oy the tribunal can he JUSTIFIED. II
Was never suggested by the counsel In
me course OF argument OF such line
was possible. Either the four islands
belong to Canada or belong to the
United States. In the award Lord AL
Nerstone agrees with the United States
commissioners that the islands should
oe divided, giving the two which pos
sess strategic value to the United
States.
LINE NoRTHwARD.
'second-The line northward from
cortland channel. substantially the
canadian contention iegsrding this line
was that there are mountains parallel
WIN the coast within the meaning of
we treaty Of 1926, and that the tops
such mountains should be declared
me boundary. the mountains nearest
lhe sea being taken The United states
contention was that there are no noun.