Show OFFICIAL DIGEST OF THE BOUNDARY DECISION Canadians Think They Were Sacrificed DIGEST ALASKAN DECISION Commissioners Claim They Were Powerless Claim They Kacl to Ignore the Rights of Canada and to Abide by Majority London Oct Ohe following is on oil belch digest of the Alaska decision deci-sion sionThe The decision of the tribunal Is made II of answers to the seven questions contained in the treaty of 1003 constituting con-stituting the I tribunal First question Ansuver The line commences at Cape iluzon Second question Answer The Portland Port-land channel passes north of Pearse and Wales Islands and enters the ocean through Tongas passage between Wales and Sitklan Islands Third question Answer A straight line to the middle of the entrance of the Tongas pass tt Fourth question Answer A straight line between Salmon and Bear river di recL to the fiftysixth parallel of latitude lati-tude Fifth question Answered in the affirmative af-firmative Sixth question Required no answer after the fifth question had been answered an-swered in the affirmative Seventh question Answer The majority ma-jority of the tribunal have selected timeline time-line or pcnkK startltrg at the head of Portland canal and innning along the bight mountain on time outer edge of the mountains shdwn on the maVs or survey made In 18UI extending to Mount Whipple and thence along what Is known as the Hunter line of ISIS crossing cross-ing the Stlkine river about twenty four miles thence northerly along the northern peaks to Kates Needle from Kates Needle to the Devils Thumb FURTHER SURVEY NECESSARY The tribunal staled that there was not sufficient evidence owing to the absence 0 f complete survey to Identify Iden-tify the mountains which corresponded to those intended by the treaty This contemplates a further survey of that portion by the two Governments From the vicinity of Devils Thumb the line runs to the continental watershed thence through White and Talya or Chllkoot pafcscs westerly to a mountain Indicated on the map attached to the treaty as 6850 feet thence to another mountain 5800 feet and from that point In 0 somewhat curved line across the head of the glaciers to Mount Fair weather This places the Canadian outpost In J upper water of Chllkat river In British territory and the mining camps of Porcupine and Glacier creek In American I Ameri-can territory From Mount Fair wcather the line passes north on high peaks along the mountains indicated on the map by Mounts Pinto Ruhama and Vancouver to Mount St Elms COMPLETE LAND BARRIER The line completely clears all the bays and Inlets and means of access to the sea giving the United Slates a complete com-plete land barrier bevveen Canada and the sea from the Portland canal to Mount St Ellas Around the head of the Lynn canal the line follows the watershed somewhat In accordance with the present provisional boundary The Canadian commissioners not only declined to sign the award but said they would publicly withdraw from the t commission They as well an the Canadian connected with the cane are very bitter Telegrams from Premier Laurler and other prominent persons in Canada show that this sentiment Is shared generally throughout the Dominion Messrs Jett and Aylesworth In a statement ot their reasons for refu < into in-to sign the award say they consider the finding o the tribunal regarding the islands at the entrance of Portland Continued on Page 2 |