§ MR. ROSE (Cambridgeshire, Newmarket)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Convention signed at Washington, 24th January, 1903, for the adjustment of the boundary between the dominion of Canada and the Territory of Alaska aims at arbitration for a settlement of the 1460 dispute or is to be confined to a judicial interpretation of the boundary line.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)The duties of the tribunal established by the Convention is stated in the Convention itself to be to consider judicially the questions submitted, and its decision is to be final and binding upon all parties.