Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-16
oeHR,No SEA.
Notion That NJ IL Time to Draw the
Line and Call Great britain Co Time =.
We Called Chul

Notion That NJ IL Time TO Draw the
Line and Call Great britain Co Time -.
We Called ChuL
WARRINGTON. March 10 II. has been
well understood that the Washington
fos1 edited by Gen. Frank Hattou, Is
IN position TO give pretty fair suggcs.
lions rs to the views of the prcsidcn,
Even this fact would not be needed "a
make the following extract from It's
leading editorial interesting aud signi-
hcant rs bearing upon highly impor,.
ant question just now:
we are free TO say that IL was N mis-.
take TO agree to arbitration. The prop-
erty was ours. No other maratim.
power had challenged our rights OF
ownership. Only the universal bully
and freebooter had raised the question
IL would .havc been far better to nice,
the issue then. rs II now appears we
shalt have to meet IL after all IL would
have made our position clearer and left
us with one blundcr the less TO rcmcm-
Der and regret We must put I'M with
this, however. and do what In US lies IN
make atonement
I'VE shall bc told that the world will
lose nothing IL the seals should he ex.
terminated. which II true. but totally
irrelevant And II there should happen
To be the very smallest uncertainty
In any OF our uttcranccs. wc
shall hear IL said that our cour.
age was for Chilli and our pru.
dencc for Great Britain--which will be
good. useful, partisan argument. bu,
fruitess rs well as false The whole
body OF American people will close be.
hind the American president who draws
the line on England The applause
that followed Mr. Harrison's summon
To Chill will be rs passing summer
gust TO the sustained tempest of enthu.
sinsm that will hail his check TO Chiirs
hungry friend MIR Harrison may take
our word for IT,"
The senate committee on foreign re-
lntions "Wednesday spent an hour i'm the
consideration of the Bchring sea nrbi-
tration treaty. While IL was prac.
ticaily decided that the treaty should
Toe reported 10 the senate with n
recommendation that IL loo an.
proved, no formal action OF tina,
nature was taken, ms the committee be.
lieved that the prudent course would
be TO await the receipt from the prcsi-
dent OF Lord Salisbury's reply TO his
last proposition looking 20 renewal oi
the modus vivendi II ~ learned TIM,
many senator's. without regard 90 party
lines have determined that some PRO
vision must be made for renewal of
the modus vivcnei. as n condition pr..
cedent Co the contamination OF tb.
treaty.
The proposed arbitration treaty was
given out wednesday by the senntc.
stripped OF NIL vcrbiagc, II provides for
seven arbitrators, two from the United
States, two from Great Britain Zone 20
represent Canada). and one each from
France. Italy and sweden The sit.
tings are To be In Paris The following
five points are 10 be arhitrated.
/. What exclusive jurisdiction i'm the
sea now known as the Behring sea and
what exclusive rights i'm the seal fisher
les therein did Russia assert and cxer
else prior md up 90 the time of the ccs
sion of Alaska 10 the United States?
, How far We're these claims ot
jurisdiction as 90 the seal fisheries rec
ognizcd and conceded by Great Britain,
D. Was the body of water now known
as the Behring sea included i'm tn,
phrase racine ocean, as used In tn,
treaty of 1925 between Great Britain
and Russia; and what rights, IL any, II
the Behring sea were held and ex
clusively exercised by Russia after sale
treaty.
4. Did not all the rights OF Russin a,
TO jurisdiction, and as TO the seal fish
cries in Behring sea east OF the water
boundary. in the treaty between Tn,
United States and Russia of the 3Oth o,
March. 1851 pass unimpaired 10 tn,
United States under that treaty?
3. Has the United States any right
and. IL so. VIII at right of protection ol
property in the fur seals frequentinp
the islands of the United States IN
Behring sea when such seals are fount
outside the ordinary three mile limit