ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
LORD ALVERSTONE’S ATTITUDE,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigb; London, Oct. 21.
The Times saya the attitude of Lord Alverstone shows that the Canadians could hardly have hoped for a more favorable result from an actual Court of Arbitration. The decision is practically a ratification of the status quo. It is an inestimable gain to have settled a question which afforded perennial opportunities for exciting discord between two great kindred nations.
Ottuwa, Oct. 21.. The Canadian press udmits that Canada must acquiesce without squealing in the decision of tho Boundury Commission. The press advises the Government to make sure of Canadian rights to tho Arctie islands and to tho islands of Hudson Bay, and to consolidate tho Dominion by federation with Newfoundland.
Senator P. Poirier, Canada, urges the Dominion to acquire Greenland. New York, Oct, 21.
Amorican nowspapers warmly praise Lord Alverstono’s impartiality, and declare the Alaska award is the greatest diplomatic victory for a generation. They urgo Americans to muko every reasonable overture for improved relations with Canada, a
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1029, 23 October 1903, Page 3
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