Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-11
Behring Sea Difficulties
May Be Settled.
THE ARGUMENTS AT AN END
England and the United States Have
Reached an Agreement

was occupied by la-'l'nItt I-t..Nr. i..
Of whom remained through t.a lly i.'.e-
itor Taft took up t.e .ru .aa, u. Cine
United States aJ .le point "L...'.e IeiJ
off Monday. uo Clgiuel ,ha. I.. ..iHn
over the waters Cceupy.Hr .r..t ui
Alaska 10 this county by Is. I, ..U all
waters over which the euues at hu -.a
had jurisdiction, was conveyed uy taa
grant The question .#s .e.ts a pole
tical one, the executive a.Il $685. some
elusive unless c3u-rg.s too a. .a, "a. NJ
any claim were to ua made er. ra.ns Ger
rtorial sovereignty, the JPN .au. "a5
vested with power 10 make it and ..r dee
cision would be conclusive.
How could the prcsdo4. Ua.i8s '.Hl
Mr.. Taft, "What.Weye the water ~ L..--
ing sea ii he could not carry rut Che
seizure actf" Mr. Taft Thought Che s.s.a-
ments Of opposing counsel "s Oh wHa. WHs
tho doctrine Of the United States l. tho
matter arose from confusion ut...r minds
as to what the doctrine o. ,h'a a-.s .lua.o
really was. The pgc7aou. gE..g cd t.a
right to decide political questions and
from his decision there was I1 al. .. #.
was true that the president clu.d exercise
almost sovereign power bUl taala $3.50. u3
danger of his exceeding tno bounds Ci
right in doing so and Mr. Ia0t uu.. 3 an
Assistant Secretary French, ig answer 600
report of the treasury department, had
many years ago outlined t.e
Present Claim ol the Jaiiei .t.t.s
as to the Jurisdiction ov.v Nle..a ..s;
Secretary Manning had later aa i.Ia.acl
Mr. French's decision In the matter us t.e
position of the department, THE c-..n.isa
had been guided by these aee.s.a.. ... .u
accordance with them had exercised jGg.5.
diction over that part of LeLJur sea where
the Sayward seizure occurred. Air. Blaine
had asserted that the position OK .als Egr-
ernment, concerning its .i.e.oa over
Behring sea, was impre .e. The cone
sui of the British galsr. .eHt st.. .lr.
Taft, had said that the United s,t.e. .sd
no direct claim over Le.-.ug SEQ. To tais
they differed from their client, I.agt sEI.s-
bury, who construed tho position o. the
United States just as this government did.
Referring to Secretary Elyagta r-laa.
of British vessels seized for ille 81 seai.uE
In Behring sea in 1855, Mr. Taft c..,"ldoi
tnat this was done without giving J.a
right of seizure. The Lai,el States, to
said, had been asked tJ submit taa GG,t-.
to arbitration and Lad agreed C.. ,G' ur.g--
sition, and now the other side asked iar aG
opinion in advance of This arbitration.
ItIhsto bANAstNt'..t '.t..t ....N '...
upon, but at least the co,iteu u'u.,u.e ila.-
ter was leading ur 'o arbitration.
liAttoIney General Mile, followed ,lr
Taft in continuation oi tle argument Cor
the United States. I.e began uyus.'u-
q high tribute 90 t.c solicitor W...r.l
whom.he said, had c.ug.Na.at lAe .o...at3 t3
the case of the United states, whle WIN,
he would say would be simply in the lA-
ture of
Undersooviug and Eul's. ia.ae
what Mr.. Taft had said
The other side I'm its Ir.er insisted. said
the attorney general. ON many r.rr.af-
tions that vou,d NOT I,ar.. r,.r...i i... I'D fn
The lirbt of the Inv n. .n.r-rt t,s
jnrisdiction of tbe .r.r-..r c.ur. had
been settled. Tho .nrr.ff.o. tl.uglg
otherwise. The Alaska count. De s.t1 ..rls
not an inferior court.aut..r.... proved 81
was a superior court aad ita # l...s var.
lust as conclusive ou the supreme court a,
on ANYBODY else. The ,....f..s .r "a ..
sions of British courts bv tile other a...
were of mayors and other inferior ,r..u.
mails, and the court Of kings Aai I.c..eI
that they were not superior courts.
Mr.. Miller, after outlining o." o.h-E."s-
between the Jurisdictions %. ..a -.....r
and inferior courts, so.l tUt dee. N OF
inc Al'lsEd courts N"NNt L', .. ......... .
unless statement 81 want ol ! n..".
appeared on its face, AND he quoted Nae.
Justice Marshall in su.glI ...r gsa-
tention. The attorney general made aa
ironical allusion q the foreign policy +
Great Britain, adding t."' t.a British
government had not always 90. .Wu chat
touching regard for international law u'
which Mr. Carlisle bad spoken SO highly.
In its international dealings the question
of boundaries he said, was not question
for the courts, because the c'Urta a r.t
make boundaries They simply iHy..t.-
gated and found what tho political oou.r.-
ment had established. Courts could NOT
question the acts of the p'.tIg.. branches
of the government. Ia c1neIV".a1 Oh.
attorney general said un a.rg...a- |.H
been arrived ot as g. t.n terms o.. alg.tra-
tion in the Behr.ng sen question nuI r.#
the other side asked thg tls supreme
court should decide tho question, aut SOD.
only decide II, but decide b. aHiuHr ,.r
United States.
EngIand's Closing Argument.
Joseph II. Choate of Ncw Yug'. followed