Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-08

recurring 70 any oi its ihuttiteh hhA
superior rights Ia ALASKA, that thi-
government has ~ full authority for
going beyond the three.mlle limit IN
case Of proved necessity a. Great
Britain pOssesses. Two ~ three In
stances OF power which Great Britain
exercises beyond the thfec'miic ilne
have already heen quoted, but hiled
thus far ~ secure cDinment or explain
alton from Lord 5alishury.
ANOTHER CASE GAN M CITED,
perhaps still more 10 the point. In
1889, only two years ago, tut British
| Parliament enacted u law, the effect OF
which Il fully shown by map ui.
closed herewith. Far outside ~ the
threc.milc line the Parlihmont OF Great
Britain hns attempted o. cOnirola body
Of wa'or situated byund tho north.
eastern section OF scotland, 200 fquatu
miles IN extent, and 10 dlfuci that Cur.
tain mcthous Of firhing shall not be
used within that great body Of water
under u prea ribei penalty. The In.
hlLiiion Il no. alone agslnst British
subjects, hut against 'n1y per.on.'n
Mr.. Blaine quotes From the parlln.
mcntary act ~ question, aud ndds: "if
Great Britain may thus control great
area Of 200 square miles " ocean on
the coast Of Scotland, Willy may not the
| United states prescribe space around
tho PnbilOir Islands In which similar
prohibition may he enforced? II mus,
not escape observation that the area Of
wntcr outside the thrrc.milc line ~
Scotland, whose control ~ assumed by
Great Britain, is M large ~ would 10
found inside u lins drawn fi0m Cape
Cod Ia Portland harhor.
"Ilord Salisbury fcastoris hls conlon-
ton that the words PA lie ocean Mt
tho time Of the treaty tStwoon Russia
and Great Britain did include herring
sen, Ia the same sense that the Atlantic
ocean includes the Gull o. Mexico, aud
yet II would be regarded a, very
Inaccurate statement 10 say that the
Mississippi river flows Into the Allan.
tic ocean. In point Of fact, therefore,
according 10 the usage Of the word,
there Ia no dispute u any cous, quence
ON geography.
''TIiE HISTORICAL rOISr
IL the one at ISSUE. An explanatory
note from Russia 10 the state d.pari-
n,rnt, especially referred u Ia John
Quincy Adams diary, aud quoted Ia
my not. OF December 18th. plainly
draws tho distinction between the Pa
ciiic ocean on the one hand and the
sen Of Okotsk, the seq OF Kamschatla
aud the ley sea on tho other, aud 10
long ~ Russia drew TINT distinction, II
must apply to nnd absolutely decide all
contention between the two countries
as far NJ the waters OF Berlng sea are
concerned.
"IS THE opIaIDS OF THE PRESIDENT,
Lord Salisbury IL wholly anu strangely
In error In making the following state.
m.nt: Nor do they (the advisers II tho
Presidency rely for Justification Of the
seizure OF British ships in tho open sea
upon the contention that the interests
Of the seal fisheries give the United
States government any hight for that
purpose, which, according 10 interna-
tional law, II would not otherwise pos
sess.'
"rhe government Of the United
States has steadily held Just the re-.
verse OF the position Lord Salisbury
imputes 10 II. IL holds that the owner.
ship OF the Islands upon which seals
breed, that the habit OF the seals In
regularly resortlng thither and rearing
their young thereon, that their going
out from the islands In search of food
and regularly returning thereto, and
all the facts aud incidents Of their rcla.
ton 10 the islands, give n the United
States property Interest therein; that
this property interest was claimed aud
exercised by Russia; that England re-.
cognixed this property interest, 20 far m
recognition Is implied by abstaining
from all Interference with II during
the whole period Of Russia's ownership
aud during the first nineteen years u
the sovereignty OF tho United States.
IL IT, yet 10 be determined whether the
.awless Intrusion II Canadian vessels
an 1850 and Subsequent years has
changed tho law aud eguity Of the case
Heretofore prevailing"