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Show tT.t llllC nLtl IM1 Jlr. tarlrL.iiUlu Hie nailer la I lie lou.l i,r Arlilirslloii. I'aiiib, May 2 Mr. Carter described tlie.l.ut.litir ol ftmalo seals hiavy with uuburuyouu, and other horror. otielaglo aeiillog. To piecnt tht.e horror, and proiu t seal herds, the Unite 1 Htats. hu. taken a josltlon which he tx)daltiid to thu ten cf til. ability. Ihu United Hlate. had taken this position at Ihu risk of war with droit llrllaln, aud It had bean reary lo maintain It. position, and thus discharge It. duties to humanity even If It Is obliged to fios half the world 111 urms. History Would recogutie American lUht. and tho Justice ol her cacic. I'lio duty of tho United Htates wa. not extinguished by tlio reference of the dlaj uto to thu trlbuna', but that had Lion Merely transferred, Ihu Untied Htates had withdrawn and lelt to the arbitrator, the .acred duty of forbidding elaglo.eallng und conllue seal killing tu tue Islands. If Ihu tribunal should decline to assume thlsduly It would only leave for pjs-tcrltyn pjs-tcrltyn newourcu cfcoulentloii. From tbuboglunlng to tho nud Mr. Carter had si oken fort) hours. Ash. sat down, Ilaron do Courcel, re.ldunt of tho court, .aid. "I cannot refrain from thauklug you, sir, fjr the mag-ulllcent mag-ulllcent speech, which ha. been chat, acterlted by a liftluui. of view will H urtby of thl. high court." |
