Show SEARCH IW SUEZ CANAL Prof Woolsey Gives Some Points Regarding Watervay New JJavcn Conn Jan 6 Prof s T Woolaey makea ihe following statc monl in regard to the right of search in the Sue canal By till convention of Constantinople In 1SS7 the Sues cunul was neutralled i that Is freed from any act of war The British cluim however that this con vention is a dead letter Their post LIon Is slaicd by Prof Holland to be a reservation or denial of obligations un dot this treaty during the British occu pation ot Egypt As Mr Curon Paid in i the House of Common on July 12 1889 The terrors of this I convention have I not been brought into f practical onera lions lionsTho The searching of neutral ship InlthO uiuhei Sue canal L which would ho a ijl i4r i7 uncltI pneJHJojiiifM I Iii lit h ne with this theory But suppose the mni tral exasperated by ftls sftirch Insists that > Ihe convenljoiula In force that < < > t t EuugltrI control of Egypt docs not Involve I In-volve IcglsIatKe jurlsdU lion of the canal ca-nal that the English proteelorale of Egypt docs not carry sovereignty with It that to consider a treaty null and void until it pleases the British Government Gov-ernment to declare It In force Is playIng play-Ing fast and loose with Intcrnallonal obligations Suppose these contentionS to be urged by hostile Europe ana there IH much to be said In their favor it I Is I evident that t a pretty com plica 1 lion might arlso Involving not only the I Hiatus of the Suez canal but opening I I > also the whole Egyptian question |