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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
