Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-16
UNCLE SAN BEATEN
He Loses Every Point in His
Case at Paris.
WILL LIKELY HAVE MONEY TO PAY

But Obtains About All He Wanted as to
Protection of the Seals-Every Claim
Under International Law Decided for
England-Text of the Decision and the
Regulations for SeaIing-Our Hawaiian
Observation-Disclosures Blount Arrives and
Says We Are the People
PARIS, Aug. 16.-The Behring sea arbi-
tration commission has completed its
work and the two nations most interested
will now proceed to extract such comfort
from the decis on as is possible. 1t may
be said, however that in all the points
inv diving international right the United
States has lost, while that country has
gained certain protection for her seals.
The meeting of the arbitrGtors at which
the dec sion was hand down" was
held at a. IN. yesterday and the repre-
sentatives of each government were
handed II copy of tie origina'. Then tie
session terminated with mutual express
sions of good will. Baron de Courcel stat
ing that arbitration in time would become
the regular manner of solving interna-
tional disputes.
Decision the Five Points.
After preamble stating he case that was
submitted for decision, the fall text of the
decision on the five points is as follows:
1--WE decide and determine as to the five
points mentioned in article 6, as to which
our award is to embrace a distinct decis-
ion upon each of them: AS to the first of
said five points we, Baron de Courcel,
John NJ. Harlan, Lord Ea:,nen. Sir John
>. ID. Thompson, Marquis Emilio Nisconti-
Nenosta and Gragoro w. w. Gram, being
a M -jority of said arbitrators, do decide as
follows: By the ukase of 1921 Russia
claimed jurisdiction in the sea now known
as Behring sea TO the extent of 100 Italian
miles from the coasts and islands belong
ing to het; but in the course of the nego-
tiat-ons which led TO he conclusion of the
treaty in 1924 with the United States and
the treaty of 1926 with Great Britain
Russia admitted that her jurisdiction in
said sea should be restricted so as to
reach a cannon shot from shore 1t ap-
pears that from that time up to the time
of the cession of Alaska to the United
States Russia never asserted in fact or e.
eTcised any exclusive jur sdiction in Bell
ring sea or any exclusive rights to the seal
fisheries there bevond the ordinary limit
OF territorial waters.
Never Recognized by England.
As to the second of the five points, we,
Baron De fourcel, John NJ Harlan, Lord
Hannen, Sir John S. D. Thompson, Mar
| quis Emilio Visconti- -Venosta and Gregoro
W. w. Gram, being majority of said ar
bitrators, decide and determine that Great
Britain did not recognize or concede any
| claim upon the part of Russia to exclusive
jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries in
Behring sea outside the ordinary territori-
al waters.
"As TO the third point, as to so much
thereof as re<aaires us to decide whether
| the body of water now known as Behriug
sea was included in the phrase Pacific
Ocean" as used in the, treaty of 1925 be-
| tween Great Britain and Russia, we unan-
mously decide to determine that the body
of watur now known as Behring sea was
| included in the phrase Pacific Ocean" as
| used in said treaty.
No Right of Seal Protection.
| "On the fourth point we decide and de-
termine that all the rights of Russia to
| jurisdiction and to the seal fisheries passed
| TO the United States limited by the cession.
ION the fifth point we decide and deter
| mine that the United States have no right
to the protection of or property in the seals
| frequenting the islands Of the United
| States In Behring sea when found outside
the ordinary three-nile limit" This de-
| cision,was by EaFon de Courcel, Lord Han
nan, Sir John s. D. Thompson, Marquis
Emilio Visconti Venosta and Gregoro w.
| W. Gram, Justice Harlan and Senator
| Morgan dissenting.