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Show A TEMPARARY agreement. Alaska Boundary Dispute Settled For the Time Being. London, Oct. 12. Sir Louis Henry Davies, Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, informs the Associated j Press that he has given Canada's con-; con-; sent to a temporary arrangement of the Alaskan dispute. This has practically practi-cally settled the whole matter for the. time being, as the main features of the arrangement were originally suggested by the United States. Colonel John Hay, the American secretary of state, will sign the last papers within a few days, and Reginald Tower, British charge d'affaires in Washington, will ratify, on behalf of Great Britain. Sir Louis D ivies said this evening: "The terms agreed upon are simply a line drawn across Chilkat pass, delim-inated delim-inated by the river and mountain top. It has absolutely no. significance except I that we hope thereby to avert local friction. Of course, an arrival at even a. temporary agreement is satisfactory. So far as the original contention is concerned, con-cerned, we are just as misty as ever. 1 see no signs of reaching an immediate settlement. i canaua rcimquisnes no claim uy ner j assent to this temporaiy arrangement, land she has not the slightest intention I of allowing her original contention to ! lapse to obscurity. I "It is not our purpose to permit this J new understanding to extend a day i longer than is necessary. The fact that I I am returning to Canada must not be j taken to indicate that a settlement will ! be reached by- the date of my leaving ! England. My return is necessitated by matters altogether outside the. Alaskan affair. "I am, however, working in conjunction conjunc-tion with the colonial office upon the case. It will not come before the joint high commission unless a diplomatic settlement is previously attained." |
