http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222313
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Great Britain. Parliament. Command papers North-west American water boundary
creator: United States
issued: 2015-06-19
issued: 1873
description: "([Great Britain. Parliament. Command papers] C. 693). At head of title: North America, no. 6 (1873) D. Includes: Appendix to the reply. For the same text, see entry [I-]406." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 51. "[For maps and charts referred to in this paper, see North America no. 8.] Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. 1873." -- Title page.
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extent: 45 pages : table ; 34 cm
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note: NORTH AMERICA. No. 6 (1873). CD.) NORTH-WEST AMERICAN WATER BOUNDARY.REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CASE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY, AS ARBITER TOE, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OE THE TREATY OE WASHINGTON, JUNE 12, 1872. [Eor Maps and Charts referred to in this Paper, see North America No. 8.] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. 1873. LONDON: PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS. REPLY. [This Reply is printed in a different form from the copy laid before the Arbitrator; it has therefore been necessary to change the oviginal Marginal References.! THE United States on the 12th of December last presented their memorial on the Canal de Haro as the boundary line of the United States of America to the Imperial Arbitrator, and to the Representative of Her Britannic Majesty's Government at Berlin. To the Case of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, likewise submitted at that time, they now offer their reply. A formal answer to every statement in the British Case to which they take exception, would require a wearisome analysis of almost every one of its pages. They hold it sufficient, to point out a few of the allegations which they regard as erroneous; to throw light upon the argument on which the British principally rest their Case; to establish the consistency of the American Government by tracing the controversy through all its changes to its present form ; and, lastly, to apply to the interpretation of the Treaty some of the principles which Her Britannic Majesty's Government itself has invoked. I. #. The argument of Her Britannic Majesty's Government has kept in the background the clear words of the Treaty describing the boundary, and has made no attempt to bring them into harmony with the British claim. On the contrary, in the statement of the British Case, p. i. question submitted for arbitration, it assumes that the Treaty of 1871 speaks "as if there were more than one channel betw…
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has type: Legislative proceedings
identifier: FC189 .G73 1873
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language: English
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publisher: London : Harrison and Sons
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subject: Canada--Boundaries--United States
subject: United States--Boundaries--Canada
subject: San Juan Island (Wash.)
subject: Gulf Islands (B.C.)
title: North-west American water boundary. Reply of the United States to the case of the government of Her Britannic Majesty. Presented to His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, as arbitrator, under the provisions of the treaty of Washington, June 12, 1872
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