New Britain herald., 1922-10-17
QUOTING
 J. 5. ARGUMENTS Sees No Right to.Seize Ships Out
 side Three Mile Limit

Washington, Oct. IT (By Associated
 ss)-Nego citations between the
 British embassy and the state depart
 ment looking to the release from
 custody of vessels of British registry seized by prohibition forces outside
 the three mile limit were expected to
 take more definite form as a result of
 the definite refusal of the British
 government to enter an agreement which would permit of reciprocal au- thority to make such seizures
 British Are Opposed suggestion from the United States that an agreement whereby the two governments could exercise special supervision over American and British shipping in costal waters out side the internationally accepted limit of jurisdiction would be of ma terial assistance to American authori- ties in enforcement of customs and
 liquors status was opposed by the
 British government in note made
 public last night on the ground that an undesirable precedent would be established. Great Britain however, offered to cooperate in every way | assist in curbing the activities of smugglers along the American coast In the 'conversations" they have been described in diplomatic les.--looking to the release of ves- sells alleged to have been seized on the high seas British representatives here are known to have differentiated sharply beteween cases of ships cap tured outside the three mile limit which had established contact with the shore by use of their small boats and those against which no such evi- dence lay.
 English View.
 It was understood Great Britain has indicated her willingness to adhere to the doctrine laid down by the United States supreme court that the send ing of small boats into the jurisdic- ton area served to bring the parent ship to all intents under the same jurisdiction. In other cases how ever the British view was declared to be emphatic that American enforce ment agencies were without authority. In support of the contention that such ships as the Buema and the Gardner, both of which were captured by the American dry navy" at points from seven to nine miles off the New Jersey coast. the British Government was understood to have relied heavily on the decision obtained by the United States from British courts in 1895 in the case of the schooner Anna
 The Case of the Anna.
 The Anna, flying American colors, was captured by the British privateer Minerva near the mouth or the Mississippi river and her cargo of log wood was confscated and sold. An interesting feature of the case was that as in the cases of the ships re- gently taken off New Jersey-a large sum of money found on board by the captors was seized.
 Claim for the ships release was filed through the American minister in London on the ground that she had been captured within the marginal area over which the United States as- serted exclusive jurisdiction. The British courts upheld this contention and it is now declared that the llnlte0 StdteS IS eotopPeu ps ieS o'i precedent from going outside that margin.
 The British note pointed out that Great Britain had already taken steps to prevent practices as to registry ls- | suance and clearance papers Of which the United States had com plained of in it's note, adding that Great Britain had supplemented | these steps since the American note had been received and it was hoped | "the measures taken will prove suc- cessful in preventing any breaches In the local law