Show I IN THE SUAKiM The British Advance to be Desperately Des-perately Contested Arab Women and Children Sent Back to the Hills o Maples on Puts Up a Job on the Chicago Opera Festival The British Columbia Boundary Line OTTAWA March 24111 the House of I Commons Gordon moved for copies of i all correspondence bearing reference to appointment of a joint commission with the United States government for surveying sur-veying the boundary line between British Columbia and the United States Territory of Alaska He stated today that the boundary was practically undefined So long as there were no troubles there this was all right but a New York paper had stated recently that an American armed expedition under Lieutenant Schwatka had traveled thousands of i miles into British Territory east of Alaska and Lieutenant Allen was now I conducting an expedition three or four i hundred miles into British Territory He could hardly believe their statements I true seeing that on the Pacific Coast Canadians and Americans lived very harmoniously He would like to hear from the government on this point and be pleased if assurance could be given that the boundary line will shortly be surveyed The Minister of Public Works said the attention of the government had been directed to the article from a New York paper lie inquired into the truthfulness of the article and found there was no foundation for it The importance of having the boundary surveyed had received i re-ceived attention from the government it would not overlook the matter The motion was carried |