East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-17
JOINT COMMISSION
CREATED TO SETTLE
BOUNDARY QUESTIONS
UNITED STATES AND DOMINION
or CANADA HAVE BUFFER
BETWEEN THEM.
Treaty Of 1909 Provides for Com
mission and VIII Adjust for settle.
mcnt Ali Such Questions as May
Hereafter Arlse--SO far the Conn
mission Has Proved success.
BY BURTON K. sTANDIsH.
(Written for the United Press. }

WRITTEN lot lHe lHlled fTcSh.)
WASHINGTON. March 17-If the
United States ever has trouble with
Great Britain II will not grow out Of
the fact that for four thousand miles
or so the United States touches one
Of Great Brltain's colonies, the Do.
minion OF Canada. So thinks u. S.
Senator Wesley L. Jones. While or
dinarily boundary lines are the sur
est source Of war-maklng. the Unit
ed states-and likewise England-is
protected In that instance by a buff
fer that is~proving its value. Senator
Jones thinks. The buffer Il the in
ternational joint commission. created
by the treaty Of 1909. TO settle all
boundary questions then pending ami
''to make provision for the adjust
ment and settlement OF all such ques-
tlons as may hereafter arise"
This commission Is composed OF:
Obadiah Gardner OF Maine. James
NJ. Tawney OF Minnesota. and r. Z.
Glenn Of North Carolina. for the
United States: Henry A. Powell. X
C.. New Brunskick, Charles A. Ma
grath. Ontario. and p y. Mignault.
X. C., Quebec. for Canada.
Although organization was not ef-
fected until January 10. 1912. owing
TO the delay In naming OF his ap-
pointees by the king Of England. the
commission already has adjusted
more difficulties Senator Jones SAYS.
than were settled through the dip
lomatic agencies OF the two countries
since the beginning Of this govern
ment 1t has still others to dispose
OF.
Its work is a tribute TO the genius
and progressive international states
manship Of the two great English
speaking nations OF the world" said
Senator Jones in discussing the top
ic. 81; must be apparent to any
one that with a boundary between
two countries almost 1000 miles m
extent with millions Of people living
side by side under two separate and
distinct governments, whose CONNER
cial financial and Industrial rela-
tlons are necessarily and intimately
related. and who are the owners IN
Of a vast property which |
marks almost one-half of that boun- I
iary. conflict OF interest will arise
In the future as In the past. Be
tween no two countries in the world
Is there a boundary OF such tribunal
extent
Diplomacy does not afford the
people of two nations, whose rights
and interests are involved in any in
ernational controversy, the oppor-
unity to appear face to face to have
heir controversies determined upon
sworn testimony and according to the
principles Of law. The necessity
therefore, for the existence OF this
commission or some similar tribun-
Il will exist therefore as long as
here exists the necessity for courts
.ither in the United states or Can
ida. This is so because OF the exe"-
Use Of their common right TO the use
II the water which marks the houn-
larry Between them.
"The treaty between the United
states and Great Britain creating this
International court OF justice makes
he most advanced step yet taken by
ny two notions in the history of the
yorld-not only for the settlement OF
International questions, but for the
ettlement oC questions of less con
equence between the people Of both
ations.
There are many arbitrations be-
ween the L. $. and other nations
Doubtless there are many between
ther nations of the world, but there
re none between any other two that
reates a tribunal composed of citi-
ems Of both nations for the settle
1ent of international questions be-
ween their governments or between
heir people. This commission there
ore, charged with the duty ani
aving the power practically to work
ut the great problem OF whether or
ot the theory of International peace
through arbitration can or cannot be
made success, should have the :
earty support of both governments,
'In my judgment, this tribunal
an example to the world"