Show ALMOST CAUSED RESORT RESOR TO ARMS Inner History of the Oregon Question Will Soon S oh Be Beat Beat I at Hand I MATERIAL BEING B ING GATHERED RED HUDSON BAY COMPANY POWER IN THE LAST CENTURY London March 0 The Tho Inner history of what is known as the Oregon question which brought America and England to the verge of or war in the forties of the thelast thelast thelast last century is fa about to be given to the public Professor Joseph Schaefer of the University of ot Oregon who has contrib contributed contributed several books book to the history of the northwest is now in London gathering the material He has already had access to the correspondence on the subject In Inthe Inthe Inthe the archives of ot the state department it at t Washington and the American embassy In London and is now going over the papers in the colonial and foreign of ultes fI es Correspondence What will however probably furnish the most interesting data Is the he private correspondence of Lord Aberdeen at the time secretary of or state for foreign af at fairs for Great and this has been placed pl ced at the disposal of Professor Schaefer by Baron Stanmore fourth son of that statesman The question that has always puzzled the students of the history of the north northwest wet west Is why did Lord Aberdeen after In Instructing the British minister at Wash Vash Washington WashIngton II ington that England would insist upon the Columbia river as the boundary fi fl finally finally nally draft a treaty admitting the con contention contention I of the Americans that the forty for ninth parallel was the proper line There T ere I have been many answers to this question Qu I but none satisfactory to the historians Hudson Bay Scheme The Hudson Bay company compan then a apo po power was fighting to retain Its posts on the Columbia river and Willa VilIa Willamette mette matte river and urged the British gov government gO government not to give up a foot of land The Aberdeen treaty treat gave up all the country south of the l i with the exception of the southern por i tion Hon of Vancouver island where the som om pany had an important post and large landed Interests Professor Schaefer is inclined to t believe bellee that the letters of ot o Lord Aberdeen will disclose that private advices from the country pointing out th the thid J difficulty of governing the district and the Influx of Americans who the English influenced the foreign minister in conceding the American claims in opposition to the company |