| Show DISPUTE the rows hae been telegraphed from washington that klondyke is in british territory thia upon information fur dished by big government officials it been apparently conceded from the date of the first discovery of gold at klondyke that the district was well within british 11 act the canadian mounted police long before the excitement bad established a tort west of be present site of dameon city and the line of demarcation between british and american territory was established at a point on the yukon a chort distance eist of 0 acle city but what the american would like to eee permanently is the question of the coast boundary from the bouth end of princ of wales island to the n the english government covern ment choum once and for all be given to understand that the line as drawn through portland channel and along the summit of the coast a or where there ie no ranee then ten marine leagues distance from the coast must stand what the canadian government hopes to cain is a piece of coast territory that will allow of passage to the interior of the th Territory eo as to avoid interception by american jurisdiction |
