Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-15
TRE SEAL QUESTION.
Decision in The BsrIlS Sea COnilo.
Yafsy Rendered Today,
PAnrLY AGAINST AMERICA.
A Close Scaaou.-A Protected Zone
Established.-Thc Use Of Fire
arms Prohibited.


handed down at 1907 O'Clock this
morning. The i've points Of article o
nre decided against the United States.
A close season IL established to begin
900 May lst and TO continue until jay
si-t. This close eenaou shall be Oh.
frrvcd both In the North Pacific ocean
and Bering sca. A projected zone Il
established extending for sixty miles
around tho Islands. Pclagic sealing Is
allowed outside the z1ne IN the Boting
Tea from August lst The use Of irc'
arms ia sealing Il prohibited. the
American arbllrat ~ have eNpfessei
their satisfaction with the text Oi The
decision.
Baron de Courccl, after the decision
al been rendered, thanked the afbi.
traitors fer the close and Intelligent
attention brought TO boar upon the
case.
lord Hauncn aud Senator Morgan
In replyin ~ tho president of the trl'
huual, acknowledged his courtesy and
lis hospitality. The American atbl-
traitors believe that the regulations de-
Uiird upon by tho tribunal mean
practically the END Of pelaglc sealing,
aud that they are better terms than
were heretofore offered TO the United
States by Great Britain as u settlement
OF the question involved.
Cabled advices 10 the secretary Of
state say that the Boring tribunal de.
Cidod that Russin did not assert ana
rEe5ciuB exclusive Jurisdiction IN
Boring sea aud seal fisheries therein
prior 10 the cessiun o! Alaska 10 the
United States, aud consequently that
Great Britain never conceded ouch
right to the Russians; that the Boring
sea was not included In the phrase
"Pacihc OCEAN, rs used IN tho
treaty OF 1875 between Great Britain
aud Russia. Consequently no oN-
elusive rights Of Jurisdiction over
Bgfius Sea anu the seal fsheriua
therein passed 10 the United States
with AlRskn under the treaty OF 1867.
The inference IL that II IL under thv
last OF the i've points submitted to ar.
blifntiOn by article seven that the con-
cosslons % 70 close season, n sixty
mile protected zDne, and tho prohibl.
ton Of the use ot IRE arms apply. The
nth poiat was that ON which
me greatest stress was laid In the
Argument by the United States coun.
nj. IL raised tho question whothor
the United States had any right to
protection OF properly in fur seal
ffequenting the Islands OF Boring Sea
outside the three mile limit. Tho pre-
liminary abstract OF tho ecision re-
crived Ia regarded more ns implying
that the tribunal TO n certain extent has
conceded this right and In tho future
seal NE will be- protected by virtue OF
International agreements entered into
HHWNaF NlW "a 40 a nN hn uFllNWnNIun
ENGLAND SATISFIED.
LONDON, Aug. i5.-Gladstone an.
uOunced In the house OF commons TO.
day that ho had received n private
telegram from Paris 20 the effect that
with few exceptions tho award Of the
Beflng ecu tribunal arbitration was
satisfactory b. thr Britl-h interests.
The raj VlH Gdscttc thtA afternoon
pub isho- dispatch from Paris, saying
That ON the que lions OF fact regarding
tue seizure % the sealing vessels tue
decision " the tribunal IL In favor Of
Great Britain. The paper adis that as
natural result ~ this decision the
United States will give 10 Canadian
HehlCTs due CONFORMATION Tor the
seizures Illegally made. The regula.
tiOns providing iDr n close season are
very stringent. The prohibition Of Dire
arms may ne found serious disadyant.
hge boy Canadian seaiers.
TIE REGULATIONS AGREED on.
Concerning this nIth point ON which
Gpoclal stress has bten placed by the
United States commissioner, the
tribunal decided that the Unite d
States had no right TO the protection Of
or property in seals irCquenting the
Islands OF the United states IN the
Berlnr sea, when found outside the
ordinary three mile limit.
The following regulations were
ndupri 10y q majority NJ the nrbitTa.
tore, Mr.. Harlan aud Sir J0nn ThOmp-
son dissenting.
Article one provides that the United
States aud Great Britain shall forbid
their citizens and subjects hunting fur
seals wIthin zone o! nifty miles
around PnbyluT islands. Article two
provides that there suRll DO q close
leason from May LIST TO July ~ In that
lnft Of the Pacific ocean Inclusive OF
he BeriuB sea north Of the 35th de-
Iree uOtth latitude or eastward VI
80 degree longitude, until the
Hbier boundary described In nrii-
'le one OF tho treaty Of 1867
NNANfth AAt " Nllth f1lhlth uHl
NuHHin, is reached along that
line 70 the Berlng Straits. Article
three provides that during the open
season only sailing vessels shall be
Permitted to carry on fur sealing
operations. Ar Gle four provides that
such vessels shall be required 10 be
provided with "A special license Issued
by its government and TO
carry distinguishing flag.
Article i've requires the master Of
sailing vessels to keep u log book Of
their operations. Article six forhids
the use OF nets and explosives in hunt
lug operations. Article seven provides
for tie inspection Of the hunters
by the governments Interested. Article
eight eEempts Indians dwelling along
the coast Of the sea, defined from the
regulations prescribed. Article nine
provides thai the regulations shall re-.
main In force until abolished
or modified by common agreement
between the United States and
Great Britain, aud furthermore pro-
vldes that tho regulations shall be
submitted every five years TO au eE.
animation and that ArbitrRtors are 10
make special findings with re-.
ference 10 the seizure OF the
British vessels In the Bpring sea in
lkAg mud 1890 aud an fbsa