Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-13
REPORT RULED OUT
Uncle Sam Gains One Point
Over in Paris.
A DECISION OF THE ARBITRATORs

Which Rejects as Evidence the Supple
mentary Report-Two Other Points De-
cided in Favor of the English COnten-
tion-JurisdictionaI Right Not Subordi-
nate to Sealing ReguIations-AEent Eos
ter Interprets Part of the Decision
Carter Begins Two Weeks Speech
Which Morgan Declares Concise"
PARIS. April 1s.-The decision of the
Behring sea arbitration committee In ref
erence to the admission of the British COM
mittees supplementary report was made
public yesterday. 1.-THE court decides not
to admit for the present document enti-
tied a supplementary report of the COM
missioners of Great Britain, dated the Slst
of January, 1898, and signed by George
Baden Powell and George \. Dawson,
which report was presented to each of the
arbitrator by agents of Great Britain on
the 25th of March, and which contains
either criticism of the proofs produced in
The paper and documents previously pre-
sented or an argument relating to the said
proofs.
Can Use 1t in Their Pleas.
Full liberty is reserved to the represent
.,tives of the interested parties to appro-
pirate said document, dated Jan. 81, 1898,
pleadings if they see fit to do so. The
question OF the admissibility of any one or
more of the papers Joined in the said docu-
ment, dated Jan. 81, 1893 is reserved for
later examination without prejudice to
the right of the representatives of the two
parties to discuss the point in question as
well as the contents OF said additional pa
per during the course of their pleadings."
Point Against the United States.
Another preliminary point submitted to
the decision of the arbitrators was the mo-
fion submitted by the United States on
April f. asking for the crasure from the
English counter-memorandom, of certain
passages put forward as evidence. TIL 5,
the arbitrator decided to pronounce upon
at a later stage in the proce edings- The
arbitrators further, in pronouncing as to
the method to be preserved, declined to
subordinate the question of jurisdictional
right to that of the point bearing upon the
seal fishing regulations, and the two gus
tons are to be argued separately, in accC- =
dance with the course of procedure de-
manded by the English lawyers.
Morgan Says This Is Concise
Preliminary matters being settled, Sir
Charles Russell said that the right of
speaking first belonged to the American
counsel, Mr.. Carter, who after a compl-
ment paid to French hospitality, at once
opened the American case. He spoke all
the balance of the session, and will proba-
bly, continue for two weeks. Senator Nor
gan remarked to the correspondent that
Carter was making a conc Sc and splendid
argument, which did great credit to the
United States.
Foster Interprets the Decision.
United States Agent Foster said in an
interview that the decision of the court of
arbitration refusing for the present to ad-
init the British supplementary report sub
stantially sustains the American interpre-
tation of the treaty of arbitration in the
contention that additional evidence cannot
properly be laid before the tribunal. The
decision, Foster added, determines that
the report can rank as argument or criti-
cism, but is not pertinent as evidence or
printed argument provided for in the
treaty. He made no comment on the de-
cision not to subordinate jurisdictional
rights to seal regulations