CANADA AND AMERICA.
AN IMPORTANT THE AT Y. Tress Assocktion-By Telegraph-Copyright Received 9.5 p.m., May 18th. OTTAWA, May 18. The Canadian Parliament is discussing Senator Smith's rider attached at the last moment to tbe Ottawa treaty affecting St. Mary's river. Despite the recommendations of Mr Roosevelt. Mr Tai't. and Mr Knox, Secretary of State; to modify, Senator Smith refused to do so. The United States Senate* ratified the treaty without obtaining indications of Canada's approval, or the approval of the British Ambassador at Washington. Sir "Wilfrid Lauricv, the Premier, remarked that the river had altered, and the situation involved serious issues requiring careful investigation, before the Government could ask the Royal assent to the treaty.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13907, 19 May 1909, Page 5
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