Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-12

| al the assassination OF the common.
| wealth itself Government Of the peo-
/ pie. by the people, for the people
will perish from the face OF the earth
| II bribery IL tolerated. The g.vers and
takers Of brides stand on an evil pre-.
| eminence OF iniamy. The exposure
and punishment OF public corruption
/ IL an honor TO n nation, not q dis.
grace The shame lies In federation
| not In correction. No city or state,
still less the nation can be Injured
| by the enforcement OF law. As long as
pubic plunderers when detected can
/ find a haven of refuge In any foreign
/ land and avoid punishment just so
/ long encouragement Is given them TO
continue their practices. II we fail TO
1 do all that in US lies 20 stamp out
corruption we can not escape our
share OF responsibility for the guilt.
The first requisite of successful self.
| government Is unfinching enforce.
ment OF the law and the cutting out
OF corruption.
Alaskan boundary.
! For several years past tho apid
| development Of Alaska and the estab.
| Hshment Of growing American inter
osts In regions heretofore unsurvey-
cd and imperfectly known brought
| into prominence the urgent necessi-
| ty OF practical demarcation OF the
| boundaries between the jurisdictions
OF the United States and Great Brit
ain. Although the treaty OF 1926 be-
tween Great Britain and Russia, the
provisions OF which we're copied In the
treaty OF 1867. whereby Russia con
yeyed Alaska &c the United States,
was positive as 20 the control, first by
Russia and later by the United States.
OF strip OF territory along the con
tinental mainland from the western
shore OF Portland Canal TO Mount st.
Elias. following and surrounding the
indentations OF the coast and includ-
ing the islands TO the westward, its
description OF the landward margin
of the strip was indefinite. resting on
the supposed existence OF a contin-
nous ridge )r range of mountains
skirting the coast as figured In the
charts OF the early navigators. IL had
NJ no time been possible for either
party In interest to lay down. under
the authority OF the treaty, line so
obviously exact according to Its pro
visions as 10 command the assent or
the other For nearly threefouTths OF
n century the absence OF tangible
local interests demanding the exer-
cl-e OF positive Jurisdiction on either
side of the border left the question
dormant In 1875 questions OF revenue
administration on the Stikine river
led TO the establishment OF provis-
ionai demarcation, crossing the chan
mel between two high peaks on either
side about ,wenty-four miles above
the river mouth. In 1893 similar ques-
tions growing out OF the extraordin-
ary development of mining interests
n the region about the head OF Lynn
Canal brought about a temporary
modus vivendi, by which a conven-
lent separation was made at the wat
ershed divides OF the Klehlni river.
These partial and tentative adjust.
ments could not in the very nature
things, be satisfactory or lasting. A
permanent disposition of the matter
became imperative.
After unavailing attempts to reach
an unde taading through q joint high
commission, followed by prolonged
negotiations. conducted in an AMIGA
BILE spirit, a convention between the
United States and Great Britain was
signed, January "a, 1903. providing
for an examination Of the subject by
n mixed tribunal Of six members
three on side, with a view to its
final disposition. Notifications were
exchanged on March last, whereup
on the two governments appointed
their respective members. Those on
behalf of the United States were Ell
hu Root, secretary OF war, Henry
Cabot Lodge, senator OF the United
States, and George Turner, an ex
senator OF the United States, while
Great Britain named the Right Hon
!. orable Lord Alverssone. Lord Chic
Justice OF England. Sir Louis Amable
Jette, X. G. NJ. G., retired judge o
: the supreme court Of Quebec, and A
:. b. Aylesworth, X. c., OF Toronto
! This tribunal met in London on Sep
: TENDER 3, under the presidency o
Lord Alverstone The preceding
were expeditions, and marked by
9 friendly and conscientious spirit. TIT
u respective cases, counter cases, ant
: arguments presented the issues clear
y ~ and fully. On the goth OF Octobe
A majority OF the tribunal reaches
and signed an agreement on all cues
), lions submitted by the terms OF tn
- convention. BY this award the righ
i. OF the United States 10 the control o
y n continuous strip or border OF tn
mainland shore, skirting all the tide
e water inlets snd sinuosities OF tn
" coast. Is confirmed; the entrance I
h Portland Canal concerning whlc
T. legitimate doubt appeared) Is dehi
q cd as passing by Tongass Inlet and I
2. the northwestward OF Wales an
l. Pearse islands: a line is drawn fror
IS the head OF Portland Canal TO tn
s ffty.sixth degree OF north latitude
4 and the interior border line OF th
Is strip is fixed 10y lines connecting ce
N tain mountain SUBMITS lying betwee
y Portland Canal and Mount Elias, an
y running along the crest OF the divld
p separating the coast slope from IN
n inland watershed nj the only part
1t the frontier where the drainage ride
@. approaches the coast within tine di
s. lance OF ten marine leagues stipula
lie ed by the treaty as the extreme widt
IN of the strip around the heads OF Lyn
Is Canal and its branches.
g. While the Inc so traced tolo"
y the provisional demarcation of 1877
IS at the crossing of the Stikine rive
ID and that OF 1899 at the SUBMITS OF II
is White and Chilcoot passes, II rut
l. much farther inlana from the klehil
u than the Temporary line OF the late