Evening star., 1923-09-11

annually half million horsepower,
valued at $35,000,000.
sEStealing". of Water.
Referring to the reported. proposal
of the sanitary. district to construct
compensating works at cost of $2.-
500. 900. Sir Adam says; 1T is impossi-
Bile by artificial means to. compensate
the international waters for the
thousands of cubic feet continuously
diverted from the sanitary district.
United States courts have declared
against this diversion. but the Chi
cagoans ignore the ruling. With the
right. so far as American sanction is
concerned. to divert .4.167 cubic feet
per secona, the sanitary district ar
bitrarily diverts 10000 cubic feet,
though Canada, so far as l know,
never has conceded the right to divert
even the smaller amount. Chicago d.
verts not only for sewage dilutfon,
but for hydro-electrical energy"
Interest also has been aroused in
Canada by a dispatch from Chicago
stating that Canada may be expected
within the next six months to- fall
into line with the United States for
connecting the great lakes and the
Atlantic. by means of a tidal water
way. This project, while opposed by
a. section of eastern Canadian opin-
ion. is said to be approved by a
majority of the people. and especial
ly by the farmers and business men
of the western provinces. Some of
the latter have been dreaming of an
oceanic outlet by way of Hudson bay,
but experts appear to discountenance
such scheme, since the proposed
months in the year, whereas naviga-
tion through the st. Lawrence would
be interrupted perhaps less than five
months in the year.
seek Link with Sea.
Public, men of fsimagination in OF
tawa are in favor of linking up the
great lakes and the Atlantic for deep
sea navigation. From such a water
way they foresee the enrichment of
communities, Canadian and American.
living upon and about the shores of
the inland seas and their communi-
eating rivers. These thinkers hold
that the railways, however numerous
and efficient they are or may become,
are ins0fficient to stimulate produc-
tion to a maximum, and that canals,
rivers and lakes should be. utilized TO
the fullest possible extent as mark ct
openers and consequently promoters
of fruitful labor 1t is argued not
only that economic greatness points
in this direction, but that increased
world communications are essential
to the peace and cultural advance
ment of mankind. That the lakes-to-
ocean waterway is technically feas-
ible and without menace to the exist
ing water levels has been attested.
after careful inquiry, by the interna-
tional joint commission. Canada's s
real trouble in the matter Is financial,
but 1t is expected that this will be
overcome.
Former President Taft proclaimed.
and Secretary of State Knox counter
signed the treaty creating this COM
mission. after the articles of the
treaty had been. agreed by Root and
Brice At the open meeting in
washington, in January. 1912. James
A Tawney, the American Chairman.
described the duties of the commits
sion as lin fact the work OF blazing
the trail of the judicial settlement
of all disputes. where they occur
bewteen any two great nations"
This idea still lies at the heart Of
the commissions purpose, and Is as
serting itself in the thinking of