Show BKHBItfG SEA ARBITHATIOff Agents of the Principles Yesterday Exch Hgo Their Respective Cases WASHINGTON Sept 8 The second phase of the Bearing sea arbitration closed yesterday yes-terday with an exchange of cases between the agents of the principals The preparation prepara-tion of the original case for the United States haslargely esged the attention of Secretary Foster recently It embodias a minute historical cohecvion of acts connected con-nected with the Russian ownership of Afaaka as far as they bear upon the question ques-tion of the maritime jurisdiction of Be bring br-ing sea and control of the fisheries etc Also an exhaustive analysis of the correspondence corre-spondence early in the present controversy with Great Britain The American arbitrators arbi-trators will be supplied with a copy of the British case and they will be occupied with their reply for several weeks |