| Show ow oa r fad rrt R Why shy Canada and Great Britain aln Are re ret m r ron r rN or At O- O r I Nt y t 3 w w c cV arm I 1 t YUKON scar MAr AND tra TIRA DF TN rOAY Raising Railing R ailing Such Objections to t J 1 o Sam s Bold to Put a Million Milli r q s w i N D 0 Square Miles of Arctic Territory 1 r n c d tc jyry I rift g iii c d Under o ST rC it 11 Ott 11 Sri the he American Flag j T 8 aJ t J fit U J i l Q t tl Th 13 r J a v I r tAi k j tr rt 1 C r DAF t- t ti K Kg i g J 1 j f if r t Nf S r 5 g gr r a t hr i 1 r rC C e q rice ata Jjr t In Farr 4 i v vt w fi Tv cr If fly fly- k t h 1 fy y r f a 3 f 9 rJ t if M j L 1 0 J SACKS A I oRf 4 V I o F t rj k L y d j f ri rT T ie iee e 4 E Q t it h f 11 Mi r rs V 1 s T d Q ON w w PA Jm T ti r V Y Ya W o J rk 0 k 5 I v a tN fit v r r 1 G t J 4 1 ICI ZIE r 1 l lj f j Zt y i fa f 4 11 4 i- i i r 1 r- r 1 J r i If It W T t f rr tx tt 4 f f Py y CiLi h 0 1 t J N Nc c I R I It t S Sr t- t rid t is isa J gf a iJ X t f i 1 1 7 f ii n i w N I w l the Canadian and the or of the north of Y rj q t i iI I- I Ito extent Map recently Issued by government g Canada t ta t-r t t t to which the Dominion lays claim and where it is establishing settlements ft- ft f J fey 1 fa kl v i f I l aa Ww s k kf f military posts a and e d p f es as fast as it can an The futh tl eat eata t p j a K c M 1 I north rth Cadi Canadian is oal located at Ci Crag I ct t 1 S s 3 1 i Y t Harbor only miles from the pole pote polet f J f MJ 1 t iv i 1 t f s cw a i I a a f kt i Z Nil i f nr s s I I 3 cl t I y W J trw C 4 K i H HOW OW shall the North orth be oe ei di- di t s HOW H Tj vided To whom hom shall be gl given ghee eft the million square m miles es of un- un unc un unexplored y c explored territory that lies hes within the Arctic Circle and is believed ed to be fill fill- im rich in coal iron oil and per pcr- perhaps haps other things many f 1 f These are questions over oser 0 r which the tho United States and Canada already are beginning to ha hose have e a friendly argument and in which England is taking more than a passing interest Before they are finally settled they are likely to e numerous numerous other nations that would like to share in whatever riches the polar regions may con contain tam The announcement by Secretary Denby that the United States intended to lay claim to all this territory as a result of the proposed trip of the dIrIgible Shenandoah to the North Pole roused a storm of protest in in Canada The British Embassy at Washington was asked to keep Canada posted regard regard- regarding regarding ing mg Uncle Unde Sams Sam's plans for flying the Stars and Stripes over a large slice of 01 the frozen North and the Dominion go gov- gov government gov government v- v i is now preparing to send the c AmerIcan government a formal note cn the subject This note will nIl assert Can Canada's adas ada's claim to the Arctic regions on the tho following mg grounds v By right of prior British discovery Cry By right of British transfer to Canada By right of a Dominion 1 Order in Council defining the territories m in question and B By t rigl t of effective occupation The formal transfer of these to Canada by Great Britain was made madem m in 1880 in m a dispatch from Queen Vie Vic Victoria's toria's torla's court reading as folio follows 5 September Prom and after the first day of Sep 1880 all British territories and possessions in North America not d- d already dready al already ready included within the Dominion of Canada andall and all islands adjacent to any such territories or possessions shall wIth the exception of the colony of Newfoundland and its dependencies be become come and be annexed to and form part vf of the said Dominion of Canada and s become and be subject to the laws lass for forthe forthe the time being in force in the said Do- Do Dominion Do Dominion minion in so far as such laws Iss Is as s may be applicable thereto Nearly thirty years ago the CanadIan government divided the whole hole of the un- un unorganized un unorganized organized and unnamed districts of the northland into four provisional JOnal districts and prescribed that they be known as Unga a Franklin Mackenzie and The region thus divided dI embraces all of the lands and islands in the Artie archIpelago and includes everything e that thatIS thatis thatis IS not just ice or water between bet een the northernmost part of Canada proper and th the North Pole It takes in according accord to Canadas Canada's contention inch every of the land that Secretary Denby recently proposed to annex as a r result sult of the Shenandoah's light flight Under the accepted interpretation of International law it is required that a nation make effective e occupation Ilton of ofa n a territory before being allowed ed to lay ay claim to it Canada maintains thaw tha It has met this in every titular through Canad in n ex cc e- e expeditions to the area ir it dispute and lInd trough h its established policy ot of pushing push s is 3 and nd lading 11 posts P and lind po po e ce e s 's further and farLer Ier earth narth- narth fast as condit ons ois variant Interesting evidence of o what t Canada i 4 1 w a d dt t v t M r tJ fi 17 nen ti ar 7 N 57 I r S d A Al r t if l iP g Wr dt w r s y rr r J Jc fh v c a 1 x I N 1 ft l t 1 lo I If f fIfi i iff ff ii u e a b c r f rv j tf J I t a P y itt v tC t f V r x 1 j a J E s st t i Er r u t rk t i is s 1 t tn t n if Situ 1 A i r f 7 t rr L r s iY r rr r rF i ti re y rv a W Sr h 4 0 i- i ii i Y Jh a l t 1 1 Jf lk rt if h 1 I f 3 t f-t r t t 11 Est A 4 q J t f r r Mr n r i Q f t 5 i w A 3 H Meson M Patrick right and other olber Un United ted Stater Army Arny experts planning w 1 jr ttA ex 1 A f I the airplane flight the world which will if successful probably probably be followed by ex- ex exP cruises to the th North P QI ruses cruIse o Pole e J JY JP P 1 hie L l j r i Y n Pv i J tt s A- A Fr Frs ax f fY a t h s rr t o n jI ii tAl J IM A n r 1 If J 1 S rn ii W n e P v w ll 4 1 i 1 i J fi I 1 p f t lili aF 14 t j Av j i I y t tr Q I iT I H tn I t r a s t iG 7 1 A w 3 kI kIu k M h e 11 i iJ y u t ka a ay a n w at t t If iP j 1 J 9 fo fl rg tM t t A vf 3 r Y 3 J x Y ft aYS i o 1 a p J SA r k 9 1 JJ t- t g i 9 r I 4 m my y i Th The e flag raised at t t the h e et North Pole Poe by byR its discoverer toe the L u l f ti e 1 is f J r late Lieutenant t Commander R Robert 0 bert E Peary P Y rr 1 ay 4 f 4 ht jr l ky J r 4 d tl is doing in to this respect is to furnished by bythe bythe bythe the map of this northern territory whIch which the the Dominion government recently Issued and which is reproduced in miniature on this page This shows the vast c ea- ea ex extent tent of the domain over which the Cana Cantu Canadians claim control and how by byears years ears ears of persevering effort they have ha pus ed the outposts of civilization to within an as- as astonishingly as astonishingly short distance of the pole The little dot on the map mop designated as Craig Harbor at pre present ent s 's s the point furthest nort north over o Canada per per- permanently permanently permanently flies its flag This settlement IS at the tip of Melville Island and only miles from the North Pole The etten ent eat includes a postoffice as aswell aswell well pled pied p cd for its size as any of tle tl e in the provinces of Ontario or UI Up to date it is true the post post- postmaster postmaster master has not had any great amount of nail mail to handle In fact throughout most of the year icar eaI he has rone whatever and md even e during the short hort period when navi nau- na navigation I gallon gation is open he is never in danger iger of having to stamp man many letters or weigh many newspapers and magazines Craig Harbor also boasts a 11 tiny bar bar- barracks barracks racks where here some d dIt diy day it is planned to quarter a n d detachment of police like those hose that keep order end and furnish thrills for the tho in 1 th the C adian Ca Of course is n not t the slightest lightest real leal necessity for tor n a 01 or a mount mounted ed polIce i barracks at ot sucha such a forlain out outpost post rost of civilization as Cram Craig Harbor nu DU Canada h nu i I them as IlS valuable ibe q qI sun I Lois Lols of the cl um it makes male to rl rI norther tel c Small as the settlement is its existence is a splendid did monument to the abil abrl abilIty ability ity tty of the Canadians to spread spread en civilization to the frozen frozen North The hard hard- hardships r ships and perils which men faced in m gaining a II foothold on the bleak Ice ice ice- bound coast of Melville lile Island and which they continue continue to face as long longas longas longas as they keep the lb flag lag 4 4 floating thele make e a w story tory Before tho coming su n suni f i Ii ici ci el 13 is over OHr there is a rood chance that Cral Craig lIal boi may lose the th ellS dis t dis-t tl ti i of being the northern northernmost most mot permanent Canadian set tet et- et I torts arc to ba be mado mada to establish several se other othel settle settle- settlements settlements ments at points still nearer the tho pole According to the popular idea Idla the polar regions are suc such sucha a desolate waste aste of snow and ICO that no nation should want to bother with Ith them but science tells us it is a mistake e to think so the greate great e ci c calls It t th the friend friendly Arctic and predicts hat bat day it v Mill ill be su supporting an population and su sup supplying sup supplying plying nil all the test lest of ot tic tl e Ith n Q i a S Sa x a E Ew w 2 4 S I Ij is j i Y 7 IW t tCo X I J Commander Co Peary in H lb Arctic o ig cloties ot c j t tr r I 1 N J f rt fp sl i A l ff ot II jj tr r r d t f UJ 9 w t l i iOne One of the stretches of snow and andice ice covered land in the Al Ai which science thinks j jray ray y be tremendously rich in natural I j the lie land within the 1 0 Cucic ce is as o of oft t rea t commercial rid i 1 1 strategic lanco lance tance for far the erection ton tion of bases for airplanes and diri dirigibles i Lies bles blesIn In days davs d s to come when ton war ar is fought holly in m the air and airships hivo I a r I replaced steamships and rail rail- lail load trains for the tho ot of and a n d the thc short hort wt ut across tIle the polar regions will III be bO II u tilt air route loute l between et this con continent and andAs and Asil i t nd ind the I nation sAu h ha has h 02 o 0 o n toehold thel c tOl to toi des tile the mmel III riches I hes It Lt- Lt bt maintain 11 I a 1 lUm rocs ium-rocs OJ Iy tt latIons s n-s hides and th thIe the Ie guest lt livestock Il fur masts fot fOl tS ts flying mg craft claIt sill 1111 and ad g Ild industries It could haw ha 0 a mich Leter c anon of be bc rr t tash ash coning coming absolutely supreme in m the air rn 1 ends end's nd's ale believed to tobe tobe t o be weIr iI au of tins tIm fact tact and it is ex e expected petted IC that Great Britain will give sh ston n support to Can an idaa claim caim to being Ili the ore oe oc heir to whatever hato er th en a rl rio rio-en o en North NOl th ma may hold If It unable to t o get the other nations of the world orld t to o agree to this it certainly will insist on onan o oan onan n an international to tI eat these U regions 33 as tou leu icu cd tr ed territory y with friendly ai at range range range-ments ments a ni na todIe to dIe tie the control of cs to for fo r commercial fl fly Iving in- in mg English ate lc experts do not hesI- hesI hesItate hesitate tate tp t say how much they I would could prefer to Lave llave Canada Canad and tho lest iest of the em empire pure pire in 1 c over oler 0 the th shoe hoe of this miel n Eunice the tre orl originator tol l of othe the p empire airship sen service Ice re re arils one point in the Circle l angel Island ofa ofas of a as Vital ui tl tI e as os 13 is in the Far Fa rat r rat a ai a II tv war lor ba base We Wc were wela the Gust fust people to e naval basa says says n r 1 aril r for r the tilt future re vc ve e have to tn see sea th tin J we are not left beh behind in air b bases es As Asan Asan nn an air base Island bland assumes a position of great importance How the frozen North shall shaIl be divided IS a n most interesting question and one involving more knotty problems than the experts c in law have had to wrestle restle with for a long time Of course the United States should nener think of laying claim to Melville or an any of the other ArctIC Islands which Canada claims on the ground that they were ere discovered Cred b by British explorer explorers But the lard that is believed to lie he between between the askan Coat coast and the North that Pole Pole that is qUite a different matter mitter If American dirigibles or airplanes should sail over this land and map ItS tent extent It it-is it IS believed belie ed the United States would feel just as Secretary Denby Denby- stat stated ed cd that it hade had e wary every ry right to call this tin terrItory its 0 own particularly onn-particularly particularly If it t n tint first exploration thee Hero ero followed led up by the e establishment of settlement or military posts I t I Canada alo alto also o seems to agree that mere discovery ery is not sufficient permanent to give 1 e perma perma- nent vent title to a territory As soon as the trip of the United States Navys Navy's dirigible ble to the Dominion pole was announced the Do Do- Do minion forward began hurrying for ward plans to send into the North thIS summer one or 1 to 10 0 e expeditions to take formal rosse possession slOn of various arlOUS islands al- al al ready already claimed b by Great Britain andes and es establish settlements post offices and mida mili military tar tary stations Now that the lean dirigibles dirigible's eem seems to ha have hate e been finally trip abandoned perhaps Canada will sill 1 one of Its expeditions e to the very Cry region on Secretary Denby had his eye eve and la lay C to that From England comes the news s that prompt indefinite advantage IS 13 to be taken of the postponement of the dirigible polar flight An As tion hon expedition to b bee led by Commander r p M AI MI AIa Boothby a n retired TA S I a aIr service ser serI I e officer IS being organized under private t n to attempt the to the pole May early In It is planned to use the government go dirigible R SG which has not been operation for some sonic time In The craft will ho 10 willbo fitted fatted with new engines and adjusted to run on a s II mixture of kerosene h ii of gasoline arid acid It is believed that the trip 0 o the pole and back eon can be accomplished in for fo r days that therefore no masts and ind supply bases mooring in the AI I regions will be etl I ed I about the crow crew i is to be bo aIl airship and ts is to the I view lew of ol intern aId nid according i thare h nh e can Lan be no nf international n possible question ab abut about ut Crent Buta ns n's to the 4 polar iou or 01 other ether la d nay be Lc Cled clu ii 11 te ti cA that a bill ll CO course c of lie t 10 Ii |
