Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-19
CANADA DISSATISFIED
WITH FINDINGS OF ALASKAN
BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
Fress of the Country Almost Unaui.
NOUS in Criticism of the
Result

dispatch from Toronto. Ont. last niahe
says:
In an article on the reported decision Of
the Alaskan boundary commission the Globe
| 'soNernmenD tomorrow will make point
OF the value to Canada of the Pearse and
| "dieS islands. the latter practically COM
| hiaholhg Fort Simpson, the probable ter
minus or the new Canadian Transcontl-
| mental railway. and says the decision Civ
| ing these islands to Can..da is of no great
| Importance
The Globe continues:
! NO doubt the British commissioners
, shrank from a dangerous deadlock that
would have ensued had both sides refused
| to give way in regard TO the ownership of
the mead of the Lynn Canal The fact
| that Canadian goous are bonded across
the coast strip makes the Lynn Canal
| question less important than it otherwise
| would be. Canada will nevertheless be
deeply disappointed with the decision In
! regard to the ownership of the arms Of
| the sea in the disputed territory The
| fndlng Is a compromise, in which neither
side gets all it set out to secure Deci-
sion is final. however and there will be
| no barking back. Every foot Of boundary
! line is now settled forever, with no pos
slhility of future strife
After asserting that the terms of the ar
| bitration We're most unfair and that tho
tnited States showed slight confidence in
| the judicial soundness of its claims by re-
| fusing to accept neutral arbitrator the
World toppositlon), say:
| Imperial statesmen, or rather English
statesmen. for they do not appear to have
grasped the meaning of imperialism, re-
| garded the friends p of tie United States
| as a pearl beyond price. provided this
country has to pay for it.
These easy triumphs for American
| diplomacy in the settlement of boundary
! disputes full of dangerous possibility.
There is broad frontier between Canada
| and the United States If raising "a
| boundary claim is to make subsequent
| acknowledgement mere matter of form, the
| Americans likely to make our from
| tier bristle with boundary issues before
Canada is much older
| \ dispatch from Nortreal says: omment-
ing upon the decision of the Alaska boun-
| dairy commission the Gazette tomorrow will
say:
Canadians generally did not expect much
| from the arbitration commission. The COM
mission not an arbitration tribunal such
as could be expected to decide on the weight
of evidence no matter which side suffered.
The three representatives of the United
States We're hardly open to conviction"
Under the heading Canada is Sacrificed
lie Journal will say, in part
This result has been seen from the be-
ginning. In accepting the decision of a
commission named equally by the two
parties to the case, England plainly indi-
Gated a disposition to no longer sustain the
contentious of Canada, but to sacrifice them
| III nope OF securing the disappearance
of cause of continual friction with the
United States Today find ourselves con-
lating not the decision OF an arbitration
commission, but a diplomatic arrangement
wherein our clear rights have been sacri-
feed without any return.
LIE Canada. which is the personal organ
of the Canadian minister of marine and fish
cries, will say:
Lord Alverstone, the representative OF
Great Britain. has ranged himself on the
side of the Americans and decided favorably
to the Americans all along the line, save
for one little concession, through the grace
of which it is hoped to excuse this shameful
capitulation. Through the treaty Mr.. Cham
berlain signed with Mr.. Hay Canada is COM
PEELED to accept the decision of the tribunal
and to submit to the voice of the majority.
In a word, Chamberlain has given it to us
in the neck.
He was the whole machine. He issued
his instructions before he left the colonial
office; he refused to heed the protests of
Canada against the personality of the Amer
lean commissioners; he gave Lord Aver
stone his lesson and Canada was condemn
ed before the case was heard. We have one
more instance of the betrayal of our In
terests to add to the long list of British de-
fections. The decision of the ALASKA CONF
mission is rude blow to the cause of inn
periasm in Canada.