Show CANADAS CONCESSIONS In their proposition to give up some of the gold country in dispute provided the United States government first acknowledges knowledges the right of Great Britain to the harbor which commands the situation Canadian statesmen simply show their resourcefulness and foresight fore-sight Sir Louis Henry Davis has given out Great Britains final proposition Arbitration Ar-bitration following the precedents laid down in the Venezuelan controversy will be agreeable to Canada providing provid-ing certain concessions are made in advance Skagway and Dye would be conceded to the United States without with-out further claims if Canada received Pyramid Harbor As the Venezuelan dispute was settled set-tled after the manner of a bishops the in court decree dividing property controversy between the contestants regardless of right or titlea compromise compro-mise based more upon a desire to secure peace than to render exact justice we rather suspect that the lady of the snows has a little the best of Uncle Sam in this affair Pyramid Harbor commands the Interior In-terior to a considerable area which may I account for Canada wishing to get possession of it before the arbitration agreement is finally and formally submitted sub-mitted While any settlement in reason i preferable to war it would be interesting interest-ing to know whether the United States government purchased a lot of ocean from Russia as Canadians insist or a certain tract of land such as the treaty of 1825 describes Certainly the United States understood she was getting the land and Russia understood she was I ceding the land 6 |