Show UNITED STATES victorious canad ans th the dom mon nion has been saarif ced the engrossed copy of the alaskan award has been signed tho the canadian commissioners aylesworth and jette declined to sign the award but will submit their con arary opinions to the tribunal so as to go officially on record while they d declined 0 to sign the award they signed the maps agreed on by the majority the award relating to the portland canal gives fhe the united states two fisl lands and commanding ohp the entrance of the port land channel and the ocean a passage to port simpson and destroying the strategic value of wales and pearse islands which are given to canada the mountain line adopted as the boundary lies so far from the coast as to give the united states bially all the territory in dispute the line completely clears all the bays and inlets and means of access to the sea giving the united states a complete land barrier between canada an and d the sea from the he portland canal to moun st ellas elias around the head of the lynn canal the line follows the water shed somewhat in accordance with the provi provisional boundary the canadians feel very sore over the outcome they almost openly ac cue cu e lord alverstone Alv erstone of partisanship when the latter presented them to king edward at buckingham palace the king endeavored vainly to induce jett and aylesworth to say they were satisfied or that that they ac so cepter the situation but the two can adland declined to in any way express acquiescence with this view they simply shook hands formally and bowed one of the canadian commissioners afterwards said to a representative of the associated press this award affects more the rela role eions between the dominion and the mother country than people here seem to realize and almost mark marks the part ing of the ways at lease so far as leaving any such question for england to decide for us |