Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-07

iolIsly exact accorulns " It's proViS-
az to command the assent of the
,ssr For nearly three-fourths of
t,rv the absence of tangible local
s..arests demanding the exercise of
no.;tive jurisdiction on either side of
- border left the question dormant.
= 1878 questions of revenue admins
.-ation on the Stikine river led to the
establishment of a provisional denar-
,o+;on. crossing the channel between
80 high peaks on either side about
t,,,e,tv-four miles above the river
,,orth In 1899 similar questions grow
,no out 70 the extraordinary develop
,,ent of mining interests in the region
ahout the head of Lynn canal brought
.hout a temporary modus vivendi by
-,bich a convenient separation was
.,ode at the watershed divides of the
white and ChiIkoot posses and to the
north of Klukwan. on the Klehini river
rbese partial and tentative adjust
rents could not, in the very nature Of
things be satisfactory or lasting A
tournament disposition of the matter
& became imperative.
an understanding through a joint high
4 commission, followed by prolonged ne
4 gotiations, conducted in an amicable
Il snjrit. a convention between the United
Il states and Great Britain was signed.
81 January "a, 1908, providing for an ex-
animation of the subject by mixed
N tribunal of six members, three on
E side with view to its final DISPOSE
h ton. Notifications were exchanged on
March last, whereupon the two gov
ernments appointed their respective
81 members. Those on behalf of the
n United States were Elihu Root, secre-
b tary of war; Henry Cabot Lodge, a sem
Il ator of the United States, and George
n Turner, an ex-senator of the United
Il States, while Great Britain named the
81 Right Honorable Lord Alverstone Lord
e Chief Justice of England, Sir Louis
Amable Jette. K. C. M. Co. retired
Judge of the supreme court of Quebec,
and A. B. Aylesworth, K. c., of Toron-
81 to. This tribunal met in London on
"a September 8. under the presidency of
Lord Alverstone. The proceedings
friendly and conscientious spirit The
respective cases, counter cases. and ar
guments presented the issues clearly
and fully. On the goth of October a
ma jority of the tribunal reached and
signed an agreement on all the ques-
tions submitted by the terms of the
convention. BY this award the right
TO -
a continuous strip or border of the
mainland shore, skirting all the tide
water inlets and sinuosities of the
coast, is confirmed; the entrance to
Portland canal concerning which leg
climate doubt appeared1 is defined as
passing by Tongass inlet and to the
northwestward of Wales and Pearse
Islands; line is drawn from the head
of Portland canal to the fifty-sixth de-
gree Of north latitude: and the inter
Tor border line of the strip Is fixed by
lines connecting certain mountain sum
mits lying between Portland canal and
Mount ST. Elias, and running along the
crest of the divide separating the coast
slope from the inland watershed at the
Drainage leagues stipulated by the
treaty as the extreme width of the strip
around the heads of Lynn canal and it's
branches.
While the line so traced follows the
provisional demarcation of 1878 at the
Pressing of the Stikine river. and that
pf 1899 at the submits of the White
moe 1 e.
fher inland from the Klehini than the
temporary line of the later modus Wv
endl, and leaves the entire mining dis
trict of the Porcupine river and Gla-
cier creek within the Jurisdiction Of
the United States
Inc result is satisfactory in every
way 1t is of great material advant-
ge TO our people in the far north
west IT has removed from the field
~ discussion and possible danger a
question liable to become more acutely
ccehtuated with each passing year.
Flnally, 1t has furnished a signal proof
tne fairness and good will with
Nhich two friendly nations can ap-
proach and determine issues involv-
ns national sovereignty and by their
azure incapable if submission to a
Fhird power for adjudication.
me award is self executing on the
ltat points To make it effective as
esards the others it only remains for
ne TWO governments to appoint, each
~ us own behalf. one or more scienti-
experts, who SHALL with all con-
enient speed. proceed together to lay
lUwn the boundary line in accordance
in the decision of the majority of the
lpunai' recommend that the con-
'ess make adequate provision for the
ppointment compensation, and ex-.
enses of the members to serve upon
us JOINT boundary commission on the
art OF the United States.
Claims Against Venezuela
II VIII be remembered that during
second session of the last congress
tot