New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
WANTS l2-M|LE LIMIT
Cars New Claim Concerning
Territorial Waters.

--s~et 1910. BY the brentwood Company,
Tnnero- Nicholas and his government
,-rs lately put forward q pretansion
..h;c, il admitted by the other great
..u-s-. ot the world. win neceseitate q re-
,ss,o, Of one OF the most important rrin-
..,,as Of International law. Until now
,x--s,o-iai aters have always been re-
s,r5ed as limited by three miles from the
,.o,e Russia, however, Insists on Z
,rs,ve-r11ile limit and has recently capt
-as several English trawlers for fishing
.,,hin the tweIve-ulile limit from The
-,o,,-h of the White Sea The japanese
.ave complaints OF an analogous charac-
te- against Russia for capturing their
.~,e-y,7e- within the twelve-rnile limit. but
ssz-,,d the three-nlile limit of the Russian
-oss- line. and either the Gar viii have
a. hack down. which is improbable. or else
4, will be necessary to summon another
,r,srnationaI congress TO arrange for a
,s- deI;n,itation of the extent Of terri
.o-ssI waters and at the same time OF
che eIairas OF the various powers to land
I'D water in the Arctic regions The re-
.e,t conference held at Christiania merely
..ie-eS TO the ownership of Spitzbergen
.,d did not take into consideration any
of the other regions Of the Arctic ocean
Baroness HenaelnuIIer's New Honor
As much speculation exis-s as TO the
nature OF the distinction which has just
tesn bestowed upon Baroness Won Hengel-
,,,rIIe- l,v the Emperor OF Austria IN caus-
-snr her appointnent 10 the Office OF LADY
of the palace it may be as well 70 ex-
Main that this is an honorary Office. in so
<sr that II does not entail any actual ser
vice Il Is restricted exclusively TO women
~i7, ran show the necessary number Of
-obiTary ouarterings On the fathers and
-,o+her's side. free from any matrimonial
alliance with the bourseoisie; that Is 10
Esv that sixteen Immediate ancestors on
<re fathers side and sixteen immediate
ancestors on the mothers side, or thirty
two in I'll, should be noble. The posses
s,o- NJ This uealogical qualification en-
.f-fes any Austrian woman Of unblenlishec
conduct 10 the rank OF Palastdaue, which
r-fves her The right to be present not only
sf all great state functions al the court
~ Vienna but also al the more private
ainyr7ents: in one word, makes her 6
-,erarer of HE inner court circle and s.
fablishes her position beyond caVh IN lhe
great world OF Vienna, position WFlch
ehe Offices of her husband and her own
,.osi+ior as arnbassadress would be unable
20 give her.
TIE baroness. by reason OF her birth, has
1ouE had 2 right TO this Office OF lady OF
4ha pslace. and # she had failed 20 take
she necessary steps until now OF putting
4orward her claims thereto by the SUD-
mission Of her genealogical qualifications
- the grand marshal Of the court, II Is
y,eraI, because she has been living SO en-
rire1v abroad. That she should have done
So now tends 10 confirm the impression
that her husband is slated for one or the
several Austrian embassies in Europe, al
Paris. al London, at St Petersburg or
Rome which are either vacant or about
20 become so.
The baroness VIII now within e sno1t
.s--e receive the Order Of the Star Cross,
which. founded by Empress Elenore, con-
sort Of Emperor Ferdinand III, In 1853
usually follows the bestowal OF the dignity
OF lady OF the palace. the same qualihca-
-fans being required for the one as for
rte other