CANADIAN WATERWAYS.
« A DEF-ECT .IN THE TREATY. SENATOR SMITH'S RESOLUTION OBJECTED TO. By Telegraph.— Prens Association.— Copyright. OTTAWA, 18th May. The Canadian Parliament is discussing the proposed 'Waterways Treaty with the United States, and especially the resolution which, in the closing hours of Congress, the United States Senate added as a rider to the Treaty, on the motion of Senator Smith. This re&olution affects St. Mary's River, and, despite recommendations from 'Mr. Roosevelt, President Taft, and 'Mr. Knox (Secretary of State), to modify it, Senator iSmith refused to do so. The United States Senate ratified the Treaty with this addition, without obtaining any indication of Canada's approval of it, or of the approval of the British Ambassador at Washington, Mr. Jas. Bryce. In the course of the debate in the Canadian. 'Parliament, the Prime 'Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, remarked that the rider altered the situation, and involved serious issues, requiring careful investigation before the Government could ask for the Royal Assent to the Treaty. Senator Smith's resolution approved the ratification of the treaty, with a. reservation that nothing in the treaty should be held to affect existing i ights of owners of lands under water at St. Mary's River, which connects Lake j Superior with Lake Huron.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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CANADIAN WATERWAYS.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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