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people residing in the United States, or by people in the 
United States against people domiciled in Canada. It sacri- 
ficed private rights to a certain extent, and in regard to 
various parts of the boundary waters it made a cession of 
territory. The Heligoland Treaty of 1890 and the Anglo- 
French Treaty of 1904 were both made subject tothe approval 
of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Japanese Treaty 
of 1906, and the French Treaties of 1907 and 1909 had been 
made subject to the approval of the Canadian Parliament, 
and he thought that it would be the wiser course, in dealing 
with matters of this kind, to make such treaties subject to the 
approval of Parliament. It would have the additional effect 
of avoiding the unfortunate occurrence when the treaty was 
published in full in nearly every newspaper in Canada and 
the United States, when it was not officially before the 
Senate of the United States, nor officially before the represen- 
tatives of the people of the country. In 1911 Sir W. Laurier 
promised to lay the Pelagic Sealing Convention of that year 
forthwith before the House of Commons. 
§ 6. ForEIGN RELATIONS OTHER THAN TREATY 
In matters of foreign concern other than treaty, the 
position of the Imperial and the Dominion Government is 
perfectly simple. It is clear that it is to the Imperial Govern- 
ment that foreign Powers must look for redress of any wrong 
to their subjects. It is, of course, natural that representa- 
tions should also be made locally, but if any formal action is 
required it must be made through the appropriate diplomatic 
channel —either the British representative at a foreign Court 
or the foreign representative at the Court of St. James’s. 
The position is neatly illustrated by what happened in the 
case of the riots of Vancouver in 1907. Formal representa- 
tions for redress were made to the Imperial Government from 
the Governments whose nationals suffered in the riots, and 
in addition the Canadian Government were in informal 
communication with the Japanese Consul-General, and Sir 
Wilfrid Laurier, with the approval of the Governor-General, 
addressed to the Japanese Government through His Majesty’s