Letters and Papers Relating to the Alaska FrontierEdwin Swift Balch Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, 1904 - 134 páginas |
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... called Portland Channel , through which the United States have run their line of demarcation , is not , and cannot be , the Portland Channel referred to in the Anglo - Russian Convention of 1825 , upon which the title of the United ...
... called Portland Channel , through which the United States have run their line of demarcation , is not , and cannot be , the Portland Channel referred to in the Anglo - Russian Convention of 1825 , upon which the title of the United ...
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... called Portland Channel until it reaches a point on the mainland where it attains the 56th degree of north latitude . Does the line as laid down by the United States do this ? Not by any manner of means ! Instead of ascending to the ...
... called Portland Channel until it reaches a point on the mainland where it attains the 56th degree of north latitude . Does the line as laid down by the United States do this ? Not by any manner of means ! Instead of ascending to the ...
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... called Portland does not . I say it will be found that the ruler very nearly follows the course of this channel ; it does not quite , for it cuts off some outlying edges of the island . It is this fact which furnishes one of the ...
... called Portland does not . I say it will be found that the ruler very nearly follows the course of this channel ; it does not quite , for it cuts off some outlying edges of the island . It is this fact which furnishes one of the ...
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... called " Clarence , " and not the one now called " Portland , " for if the line ran through the latter , there would be no need of a spe- cial clause to preserve the whole island to Russia , for every part of it would be at least a ...
... called " Clarence , " and not the one now called " Portland , " for if the line ran through the latter , there would be no need of a spe- cial clause to preserve the whole island to Russia , for every part of it would be at least a ...
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... called " claims of Canada " arose from the fact that the exclusion of Great Britain from the sea between Skagway and Port Simpson , which was the effect of the treaty , has become inconvenient to Can- ada now that the hinterland of the ...
... called " claims of Canada " arose from the fact that the exclusion of Great Britain from the sea between Skagway and Port Simpson , which was the effect of the treaty , has become inconvenient to Can- ada now that the hinterland of the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Admiralty Chart Alaska Frontier Alaskan boundary question Alasko-Canadian Frontier American contention Anglo-Russian treaty April arbitration boundary line boundary treaty Britain British Admiralty British Empire British Government British possessions Canadian Government Canadian map Clarence Straits coast line COCHRAN commission Commissioners continent Count Nesselrode crest degrees forty minutes dispute Dominion Editorial EDWIN SWIFT BALCH England entitled facts fifty-four degrees forty fiords forty minutes north Franklin Institute Henri Bourassa Hudson Bay Company inlets January Letter line of demarcation Lynn Canal mainland March ment minutes north latitude monograph Mount Saint Elias mountains Nation negotiations northwest official Petersburg Philadelphia port Portland Canal Portland Channel published Quebec Conference referred run parallel Russia Russian America Secretary settlement shore sinuosities Sir George Simpson Skagway sovereignty strait strip of territory T. W. Balch thirty miles Thomas Willing Balch tion treaty of 1825 tribunal unbroken lisière unbroken strip United Vancouver Washington
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Página 109 - ... shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Página 108 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 5 - ... (c) In determining the boundary line, if territory of one party be found by the Tribunal to have been at the date of this Treaty in the occupation of the subjects or citizens of the other party, such effect shall be given to such occupation as reason, justice, the principles of international law and the equities of the case shall, in the opinion of the Tribunal, require.
Página 81 - ... begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40' north latitude, so famous in our history, the line ascends Portland channel to the mountains, which it follows on their summits to the point of intersection with the 141° west longitude, which line it ascends to the Frozen ocean, or, if you please, to the north pole. This is the eastern boundary, separating this region from the British possessions, and it is borrowed...
Página 70 - It remains only, in recapitulation, to remind you of the origin and principles of this whole negotiation. It is not, on our part, essentially a negotiation about limits. It is a demand of the repeal of an offensive and unjustifiable arrogation of exclusive jurisdiction over an ocean of unmeasured extent...
Página 15 - And, further, the United States surveys of the coast could be advantageously used to locate the coast line in deciding the mouths of the rivers in question, as points from whence the necessary triangulation surveys should commence, in order to determine the ten marine leagues back, and might further be agreed on "USCC App., 50.
Página 32 - ... (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast...
Página 81 - In endeavoring to estimate its character I am glad to begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40...
Página 7 - Wales, lequel point se trouve sous la parallèle du 54-me degré 40 minutes de latitude Nord. et entre le 131-me et le 133-me degré de longitude Ouest (méridien de Greenwich) la dite ligne remontera au Nord le long de la passe dite Portland Channel...
Página 108 - That, wherever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast, from the fifty-sixth degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude...