New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-09-23

New York Evening Post, but
it insists that ga much better
world than the present will come
about by a steady increase in the
list of national copartnerships
within which the imposs;blity Of
war is assumed as aromatic. y
Moreover:
cit must be a SQUIRE, Of legiti-
mate pride to Americans that to
this country has come the oppor-
| tunity to take the lead in the stea-
dy weaving of the network of in
ternational peace. Ir some quar-
tiers the proposed treaty with
Great Britain has been denounced
as an artifice on the part of Bril-
tain to secure our aid, directly or
indirectly, in her European quar-
rels. But when, simultaneously,
we enter into arbitration cOmpacts
also with France and Germany.
lit must be apparent to any fair
minded man that our role will not
TO share in European quarrels,
but. from the very nature of the
case to exert our influence for
peace. Pledge to two men to quar-
rel with neither it would 90 "ard
if we could not do something 20
keep them from quarreling 'e-
tween themselves. "
A similar emphasis is Dla led
upon the convention rec.,,Iy
signed at Washington by 'ep'e-
sentatives of the United States,
Great Britain, Russia, and Japan
guaranteeing the preservation of
the fur-seal herds in the nurth,
ern Pacific for a period Ct fifteen
years. The saving Of the seals
is in itself looked upon as no
mean consummation. but far more
in the editorial eyes is
the fact that four great nations
can so easily arhitrate a serious
which has been an occa-
sion Of keen international dispute
For more than forty years. Pelag-
e sealing is to stop. and the po-
|ice-power Of the great nations
concerned is pledged to prohibit
md punish it. But this is Incl
dental, says the New York World:
"The convention would not
lave been signed if it alone had
,een considered. In other words,
he seal question. while the orig
nal business of the International
Seal Fur Conference. proved a
est Of the sentiment and policy
f the foreign Powers concerned |
especting future treaties. The
trength of international public
pinion in it's insstence for the
worlds peace was considered
With deliberation, and the d.
lomats were ever mindful of this
consideration, and finally decided
0 make concessions to this
trong and growing sentiment"
Between the killing off of the
cal herds in their rookeries at
ne Pribilof Islands by Ameri- !,
ans, and their wholesale destruc- :.
on at sea by the Japanese and ,
the dav was already :
sight, notes the Brooklyn Cit ;
en-. "when the fur seal would
: seen no more on land and wa :
r." A conference was there
vre called Of representatives o:
lie nations chiefly concerned. p
hese were. continues the Brook s'
n paper in it's editorial sum- u
airy Of he results of the meet B
g, "the United States, as the 8,
rgest producer Of seal; Great d
ritain, as the only dyer Of the y
#, and as a producer through III
anada's pelagic sealing, and ia SC
N and Russia, the former as a 81
lagic sealer and very small IN
oducsr. and the latter as the al
lsiness. The chief points Of sa
e treaty are thus set forth by TO
he Citizen: 10
" An agreement to kill no more y, u,
al at sea for the coming fifteen
ars has been reached, and, t., a.
event the use Of their flag by III
y one else, all the other maritime
tons are to be asked to join in G,
e agreement. Under it the in
lited States and Russia are to dc
| seal in the rockeries under on
tricted conditions looking to on
, preservation of the race; and, wi
compensate Japan and Canada sa
the loss they will suffer by sh
pelagic sealing, this IA
lntry and. Russia are to pay &c
m percentage of the rock pr
es catch. This lis to be d. Hi
ed SO that Canada will get ten plt
cent. Of the Russian catch lor
| fifteen per cent. of the Amer co,
n, while Japan is to get twenty er
cent. Of the Russian and fiji col
of the American. Literary vo'
est. rr'
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