Statement of Facts Regarding the Alaska Boundary Question: Compiled for the Government of British Columbia (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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The greatest care and candour shall be exercised on my part in dealing with this inter national question, the magnitude and the importance of which are not easily realised. In by-b one days, when the Treaty referred to was framed and passed, that portion of the American Continent, being little known, was not deemed of much value, except for fur hunting purposes. Lapse of time, Chowever, has produced many changes, which require to be dealt with on their merits.

Statements which may be brought forward in connection with this question, or which may have been adduced previously, to be of value, should be susceptible of proof, and be founded, not on assumption, but on tangible, solid foundation. The aim Of this report is to present the Boundary Question as free from doubt and ambiguity as possible, referring to both sides without bias or prejudice, keeping the Treaty continually in View as a guide.

The whole matter naturally resolves itself into two heads, which require to be fully investigated and examined and decided upon, namely the contention of British Columbia, or Canada, or Great Britain, under the Treaty, on the one side, and the claims of the United States, with their purchase of the rights of Russia to Alaska in 1867, on the other.

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