Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-03

THE MARINE CONFERENCE. Reports of shs Commistess On the
 General Divisions of the Programme
 The Creation of Am International
 Tribunal Declared Impossible.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The International Marine conference met to-day after recess of seven days to enable the committees on the general divisions of the programme to finish their reports The reports of the committees on the subject of uniform load marks, the establishment of permanent international marine commission and general division three were submitted. The amend ment proposed by Captain Shaskford, pro- viding that steamers under way shall carry an additional white light similar to the pres ent light, was adopted.
 The amendment proposed by Lieutenant Vega Dc Sloane of Spain providing that all vessels under way shall keep out of the way of coupled steamers engaged in trawling was discussed and rejected. The new section proposed by MT. Goodrich relating to col lision between two vessels and the duty of the master in charge of the vessel to stay by the other until he ascertains if assistance IS postponed until the report of the committee on life saving has been received. The com mittee in it's report upon division ID, the establishment of permanent international marine commission, says they have constd- cred whether such a commission should be instituted with practical result and in such E . manner as to lead to its adoption by the maritime powers. The committee says that they do not believe it feasible. The commit tee continues Ns follows: "We have also de- cidsd, by a majority ot votes. that 1t Is not possible to create an International tribunal to try questions of collisions between sub | ieots of different nationalities, and therefore beg to propose to resolve:
 | That for tho present the establishment of e permanent international maritime commis. sion is net considered sxpedient.
 Article 10 relating to vessels trawlingl dredging or fishing in fog, mist or falling snow shall ct intervals of not more than tive minutes make blast with their fog horn
 followed by ringing their bells, was taken ur and adopted.
 After recess article twelve, providing that
 "s steamship shall be provided with whis | tle or siren sounded by steam or other em l cient substitute for steam. and with an efh
 cient fog-horn to be sounded by mechanical
 means, ," was discussed by the English ant
 Swedish delegates and was then adopted Subsection 12, which provides that boat of less than twenty tons gross tonnag
 "shall not be obliged to be provided with
 mechanical fog-horn, but if not SC provided
 they shall make with some othe
 instrument an efficient sound at interval of not more than two minutes" wa adopted. The remainder of the afternoon session was devoted to discussing sub-divi , sions of article 12, providing that s'a vessel if steam vessel at anchor in fair way Q seq shall, ct intervals of not more than tw } minutes, sound two prolonged blasts with he , wistle or siren, followed by ringing her bel or if sailing vessel, two blasts with her fo 3 horn followed by ringing her bell" After ! long discussion the principles of the pari graph were adopted by vote of 12 to
 The conference then adjourned till to-mo
 row.