| Show THE BOUNDARY QUESTION SAN BAN FRAN omoo nov 7 C A carpenter who was war formerly editor ot of the Alas Al aBkari kaii news at as J juneau has bag just returned from the north and be says saje that the people io in the territory are are in a fever ever of excitement over we the bou bound nd ary question in ID all its ila details he stigmatizes stigma the attempt of tile the cana llao biad surveying party to locate lacate the line according to their 0 oar ta as an a grab on the part of england the great scheme on the part ot of goglard he be says hays besides blaes laes ber bar natural greed for we the grid gold ol of the yukon la Is to establish a coaling station elation and a vort of entry on the be alaskan coast so that she may occupy a position of vantage in the event ot of an oriental war or trouble with great britain and russia the dispute in a nutshell he said Is IB that great britain holds bolde in accordance with the of he treaty that the boundary linel la eten ten marine leagues in the interior from the outward line of the bordering islands instead of from the cost coat liue ilie or of the mal mainland by taking the outer edge of the be islands as the point from the boundary line ina parallels england will try to shut abut out oui alaska arm ber bar harbors along the mainland in other word rob alaska of the he greater part pan of 01 southeastern alaska the american government ban baa always held as aa its it interpretation of the treaty that bat the line is teu tan marine leagues from the indentations or coast line of the mainland and there never would have been a dispute it england bad a port of entry by which sue ane could reach the yukon vailey aj |
