THE ALASKA BOUNDARY AWARD.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—
London - October 21. The Times says that the attitude of Lord Alverstone shows that Canadians could hardly have hoped for a more favourable 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 offered perennial opportunities for exciting discord between two great kindred nations. Ottawa, October 21. The Canadian press admits that Canada must acquiesce without "squealing" in the decision of the Boundary Commission. The press advises the Government to make sure of the Canadian right to the Arctic Islands and to the islands of Hudson Bay, and to consolidate the Dominion by federation with Newfoundland. Senator P. Poirier, of' Canada, urges that the Dominion ought to acquire Greenland. New York, October 21. The American newspapers warmly praise Lord Alverstone's impartiality, and declare that the Alaska boundary case is the greatest diplomatic victory of the generation. They urge Americans to make every reasonable overture for improved relations with Canada-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12409, 23 October 1903, Page 5
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