Mr. Choate to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
London, April 1,
1903.
No. 1094.]Sir: Referring to your instruction, No. 1149,
of March 10 last, I have the honor to inclose herewith copies of the
note in which I communicated the President’s proclamation of the
convention between the United States and Great Britain for the
settlement of questions relative to the Alaska boundary, and of his
lordship’s reply.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
The Hon. John Hay,
Secretary of State.
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[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. Choate to
Lord Lansdowne.
American Embassy, London, March 19,
1903.
My Lord: I have the honor to inclose
herewith copies (2) of the President’s proclamation of the
convention between the United States and Great Britain for the
settlement of questions between the two countries with respect to
the boundary line between Alaska and the British possessions in
North America, signed at Washington January 24, 1903, and to inform
your lordship that the President has appointed the Hon. Elihu Root,
Secretary of War of the United States, the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
the Senator for Massachusetts, the Hon. George Turner, ex-Senator of
the State of Washington, as American members of the tribunal
provided for in the convention.
I have the honor to be, etc.,
[Inclosure 2.]
Lord Lansdowne
to Mr. Choate.
Foreign Office, March 28, 1903.
Your Excellency: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of the 19th
instant, inclosing copies of the President’s proclamation of the
convention between the United States and Great Britain for the
settlement of questions with respect to the boundary line between
Alaska and the British possessions in North America, signed at
Washington on the 24th of January last.
Your excellency at the same time informed me that the President has
appointed the Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State for War, the Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Hon. George Turner as American members of
the tribunal provided for in the convention.
I have the honor to be, etc.,
