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ally situated for the development both of lands now known to exist and of
others that may be discovered to the north of us. It is no more inevitable
that every land north of Alaska shall belong to Alaska than it is that the
strip of coast from the vicinity of Skagway to the vicinity of Prince Rupert
shall belong to us, which it does not.

The countries to the north will belong to whoever appreciates their
value and cultivates them.

Mr. L. C. Christie,
Legal Adviser,
Department of External Affairs,
Ottawa, Ontario.