THE ALASKAN AWARD.
HB PRESS ABBOCU.TIOB. Ottawa, October 26, Sir Wilfrid Lautier, Premier, in Iht dominion Home of Commons, replying to Opposition eriticitms on the Alaskan sward, said he would not believe, until Lord Alverstone's reasons for his decision had been received, that CanadnV interests had not been sacrificed. The Lynn Oanal system was open to argument, bat he was at a loss to understand the Portland channel decision. So lon# as Canada was a dependency of the Grown, the present poner were insufficient, and we must ask the Motherland lor an an extension to enable us to deal with similar questions in the future in our own fashion, and according to our best light. He said that he often regretted that Oanada lay alongside a grasping powerful nation lik-1 the United States; also that Canada lacked treaty making power. ! Received 27,11.16 p.m. Ottawa, October 27. Lord Strathcona in a interview said he was convinced that the greater freedom in treaty miking asked by Sir W. Liurier, would not be used in any way detrimental to the Empire's best interests, as Oanada, besides consulting, 9,4 would act in conjunction wuh the W- Motherland.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 232, 28 October 1903, Page 3
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193THE ALASKAN AWARD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 232, 28 October 1903, Page 3
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