The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

and may frun time - time. make. alter and
rev oAc ~ laws TOR tnc purposes ~ This ~et-
tlon bus no stlch ~ iAus shalt be ~ any
validity until IA has apcn eonhrmed IS tao
secretary ior scotland.
~sA Az person who uses any snfl
method ~ fshlng IA cnnirAvfnflon ~ any
! ~uef \. law shall ~ liable. on kunxlfilug
under shr summary 4sr slAVtinn f>enklfnil
Act~, a. a ilnF NO. exceeding tst raunia fAr
! the fr~l outnsr. ana no. exceeding fuNnty
| pounds for thA second or any subsequent w.
;s'nsc and every net ~ct. or attempted ~ bc
set. IN canirAyenton 81 any >ucn hy inv
may hc seized and lr~trnyss nr ufhelN =,
disposed n. n NJ the xlh section ~ thls act
mrnslone
II Urea, Britain may thus control an are
~ 2.'pi ~llarc miles - ocean on the east ~
scotland. why may not the United STATES
thus prescribe space armand the lrihSloy
ISLANDS IN which, siniiar prohibitions my he
rnforrcls rne follow M would hc tisc nrrl
rd leg station fpr such purpose ~ con-
sre>~. and Il j. but paraphrA~c u rho aet %
parliament:
THE tnr seal board may. by bylaw or bv-
iaN~. ilrccl Thar the methods ~ sealing
known spcarine. or harpoonlng. ~ with
firearms. shall 4tuf hc used within 4 line
drawn from tile shores ~ the rrlbyinff
islands. ~Ny miles In the nellr NJ sea. and
~a'd board may. from time 20 time make
alter and feNokr hS Laws Tor shr purpose 81
this secfion. hur M such ty Law shall o. ~
any validity until il has been coniirsncl ~
the secretary ~ thrtrpasury
~>'~ond-An< person WIN uses any such
method ~, sealing Ia contravention OF such
bylaws shall be liable. on conviction ~ a
fins not exceeding sim for the tr<t omen -
and nos exceeding S5o1 for The second or any
subsequent offsnse, aud every spear. har-
pnon cr nrtarm attempted % b. u~ei a con-
trAyenflrn ~ ANY >util by Law may b. seized
and DESTROYED or otherwise disposed ~ As
said fur seal board may direct. 4"
II must not escape observation that the
area ~ y a;cr outside the three. uillr Inc on
the coast ~ Scotland. whose control i a.
~uiisei w Great Britain. i a. large a. would
be found inside line drawn. from Cape q N
20 Portland hArbor. on the New England
coast.
Lord Salisbury reaSscrts his contention
that the wosd~ Pacific ocean" AZ the time
~ The treaty between Russia and Great
Britain lid irciuac Behr ng sea Indoubt-
cdly thr Pacific ocean Includes Hehring sea
IN the same sense thar the Atlantic ocean ln-
ciude~ the gulf ~ Mexico. and YET il would
he regarded a. avery Inaccurate statement
- ~ay that the mississippi river lows into
the Atlantic ocean
Think Lord salisbury fails IL recognize
the common distinction between the >tiAn-
tic ocean" and '-tAe waters ~ the Atlantic"
ttfNfI
AtlHntlc ocean. IL MOULD. ! am sure cnmpHrr
~ith general usage y sag thar il belongs ID
the ater= ~ the Atl0ntlc. AMI Will. Beh-
ring SrA ~ MT chnlcaiiy part II the IA
circ ocean il undoubtedly belongs TO The
waters ~ the Pacific.
The Enci'~h channel would not rsiinariiv
be understood A. lncluled Ia the term AZ
lAnfic ocean one would not say that
rot,r or Calais j. on the coast Of the A.
lantlc ocean. and yet clearly the English
channel belongs q the waters 81 the Atl4n-
TIC. n point of fact therefore according 70
the usage ~ th~ world there j. no dispute IL
any consequence bftw-cn the TWO govern
meats "n tAr ~ec-r sphieal point under com
~iderAtInn. The historical poin: T. the ono
~la, ilied ia the state Department.
~ this country. especially referred
70 IN Mr.. John Quincy Adams diary nni
quoted IA ms note ~ December IL l-91.
plainly draws Distraction between the Pa
rifie ocean on the one hand and the ~-es OF
okhot~k. the ~ra ot kamschatka and tho
iced sea- on Tie other. and 20 long a. Rus.
sia drew that li<tihetion IL must apply ~.
and must absolutely decide All the conscn-
tions between the two countries a. Tar as
the waters OF the Eehrsng sea are con
ccrncd. To discuss thi- point further would.
in the opinion OF the president. contribute
nothing % valve TO tile general conten;ion.
In the opinion ~ the president Lord Sails
bury i wholly ana strangely IN error in
making tile following statement
~Sor 40 they fshc advisers OF the presidtnt)
rely. NJ A juztlfcatton 81 tire seizure %
British ships in the open sea. unon t,ie con-
tcnti0n that the interests OF the seal fsh-
cries rirc N Tire ynitet states government
any right lof he purpose. which. according
70 international. law, u would no; otherwise
po-sessv
The government OF the United states has
steadily heil iai@t the reverse ~ the position
which I.nfd salisbury has imputed 70 Il. II
lsDld- that the ownerSn n ~ the Islands upon
y hich the seals breed: thar the habit ~
seals ~ regularly rr~ostirs thitherand rear
.n& ther younr ,hffron ,aat their gong
ont FROM the iEiaNf- in search ~ food
4nd regularly returning thfrsfo. AMI
IAN the facts and incidents ~ their
relation ~ the stand. give ~ the Knitted
state. properly interest therein. that THIS
properly interest MAS claimed ana exfr-
ristl lt Russia daring the whole period ~
~ severed znty pver the land and waters ol
Mash tla; England rrcotrizei this prep
erty interest ~ fHr a. rtconnit ION ~ implied
hy ais'airlrE fr0M An Interference wfth
il during the whole pcrIrl az Rms
~ia'- ownership ~ Alaska ANA during thr
frst nineteen years 0f the sovereignty III the
United ~tafs- u ~ xtt ~ M determined
whc:icr tile iawless Intrusion ~ Canadian
vessels ~ is~1 ana subsequent Years has
changed thc law and equity u thc case hers
tof0re prevailing.
consideration. slr. your obedinns ryant.