The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-09

naturalization Recent Investigations
have shown deplorable state Of af-
fairs in these three matters of vital
concern. By various frauds and by
forgeries and perjuries thousands OF
acres of the public domain. embracing
lands of different character and ex-
tending through various sections OF the
country. have been dishonesty acqulr-
ed. 1t is hardly necessary to urge the
Importance Of recovering tlese dishon-
est ACQUISITIONS. stolen from the people,
and of promptly and duly punlshlns
the offenders.
Through frauds. forgeries and per-
juries and by shameless briberies the
laws relating to the proper conduct OF
the public service in general and to the
due administration Of the postofflce
department have been notorlously vlo-
lated. and many indictments have been
found. and the consequent prosecutions
are in course. of hearing or on the eve
thereof. Fvr the reasons thus 1ndlcat-
ed and so that the government may
be prepared to enforce promptly and
with the greatest effect the due pen
alties for such violations Of law, and
to this end may be furnished with suft1-
cient instrumentalities and competent
legal assistance for the Investigations
and trials which will be necessary at
many different points of the country.
urge upon the congress the necessity
Of making the said appropriation avail
able for immediate use for all such
purposes. to be expended under the Oh
rection of the attorney general.
Need For Treaties Making Bribery
Extradftab1e.
Steps have been taken by the state
department looking to the making OF
bribery an extraditable offense with
foreign powers. The need OF more eI-
fective treaties covering this crime IS
manifest The exposures and prosecu,
tons of official corruption in st. Louis,
Mo-. and ether cities and states have
resulted in a number Of givers and tax
ers Of bribes becoming fugidyes in for
eign lands. Bribery has not been IN
cluded in extradition treaties hereto
fore. as the necessity for it has not
arisen. While there may have been
as much Official corruption in former
years. there has been more developed
and brought to light in the immediate
past than in the preceding century OF
our countrys history. 1t should be the
policy of the United States to leave no
place on earth where corrupt man
fleeing from this country can rest IN
peace.
Alaskan Boundary.
After unavailing attempts to reach an
understanding on the Alaskan bound
ary question through a joint high COM
mission, followed by prolonged negotia-
tions, conducted in an amicable spirit,
a convention between the United States
and Great Britain was signed Jan. a,
1908, providing for an examination of
the subject by mixed tribunal of SIX
members. three on side, with view
to its final disposition. Ratifcations
were exchanged on March 3 last.
whereupon the two governments ap-
pointed their respective members.
Those on behalf Of the United States
were Elihu Root. secretary Of war;
Henry Cabot Lodge. a 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 justice OF
England; Sir. Louis 4Anaable .Jette. *.
C. NJ. c., retired Judge Of the supreme
court of Quebec. and a. B. Aylesworth.
X. c., Of Toronto. This tribunal met
in London on Sept. 3 under the presi-
dency Of Lord Alverstone. On the goth
Of October = majority Of the tribunal
reached and signed an agreement on
all the questions submitted by the
terms of the convention. By this
award the right Of the United States
to the control of continuous strip or
border of the mainland shore. skirting
all the tidewater inlets and sinuositieS
Of the coast, is confirmed; the entrance
to Portland canal. concerning which
legitimate doubt appeared. 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 ifty-siXth de-
gree Of north latitude, and the interior
border line Of the strip is fixed by lines
connecting certain mountain SUBMITS
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
only part of the frontier where the
drainage 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 its branches.
While the line so traced follows the
provisional denl:lrcation Of 1878 at the
crossing Of the Sti!linc river and that
of 1899 ut the SUBMITS Cf the White
and Chilkoot passes, it Rms much far
ther inland from tie Klehini than the