The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-08
DECISION IS GIVEN
 IN FISHERIES CASE
and America On Five and American On Five
FISHING LIMITS ARE SET
American Fishermen Cannot Re Forced To Report To British Custom Houses ad Do Other
 Objectionable Things

Washington, September IA substantial victory for Great Britain in perhaps the two most important points, consolatory triumph for the United States in the other five points, with a prospect of an- other arbitration later at the instance of the United States government is the way the decision of The Hague tribunal in the New Foundland fisheries case is viewed here.
 The decision eliminated the right of the United States to share in the making and enforcement of reasonable regulations" governing the fisheries in the disputed territory, and 1t is that qualification reasonable" that may permit this gov ernment to some time reopen the question of the joint action as to regulations. The state department has not been officially advised of the decision, and therefore de- clines to comment upon 1t.
 The treaty coasts involved are the southern and western coasts of New Foundland from Rameau island around by way of Cape Ray to Quirpon Island, the whole of Magdalen Island and the Lab rador coast from Mt. Joli northward in definitely. The treaty of ISIS, in which the long fought controversy revolves, de- clared the United States right to take, dry and cure' on the coasts and to dry and cure only on any of the unsettled bays, harbors and creeks on the rest of the southern New Foundland and Lab rador coasts. Under the treaty Great Britain conceded the rights just mentioned and the United States renounced any claim to take, cure or dry fish within the three-mile limit not included in this spec flied territory, except that American fishermen were to be permitted to enter British waters for shelter, etc.
 Af 4l,a c1,t inc on tions on the first point, which includes regulations as to time and methods of fishing, is especially deplored here. The other lost ground concerns the headland doctrine wherein the British contention that the three marine miles within which the United States agreed to take, dry or cure fish, should be measured from an imaginary line drawn across the mouth of bay from headland to headand.
 The United States contended that the treaty referred only to bays not ex- ceeding six miles in width and that the coast line was to be taken across the entrance of those bays so as to give Great Britain a three-mile belt beyond their entrance line, but that In any larger bays the limit of terri torial water followed the sinuosities of the bays coast. The Washington claim apparently grew out of the mi grafton of mackerel to the Bay of Fundy where they were followed by United States fish ermen.
 On virtually all the other conten- tions the American side seems to have won. The British cannot make the United States fishermen report to GUS toms houses; they cannot impose upon these fishermen light. harbor or oth- CT duties; New Foundlanders may be employed on the United States fishing vessels and these vessels upon enter ing at treaty ports are accorded the right to purchase supplies and other commercial privileges and they may fish in the bays on the treaty coasts except Labrador