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Show IN BEHALF OF ENGLAND. Sir Charles Russell Speaks Before the Bering Sea Court. lie Ar.nra lor IVUuIn Umllnir -Uuetn Mrlorli- l',uln.tilr Iji.l lnblle Al'lHarnnee. I'Anis, May 10 Attorney General Hlr Charlcj Itt.tiell of counael for On at llrltntn beforo tho llerlng Hea tribunal of arbitration began hla addicts today In behalf of tbo llrltlth cate. The toutt room waa thronced. Hlr Cltarlca beiin by beatonlnggoieroutpraltnon II.Darguiuonl. of Meatrr. Culler nud Couderl; neveitlielct', ho went ou to eiy, lie thought C.rlor'a lino of argument argu-ment had taken lilu. Into rulety clouds, luelarliyalealund ethical, Willi li had no bearing iion tho care, lloultu tulltalrougholda which wero legally ludefetialblr. lorlntlanco the theory that foreign vea.ela could bo aclzsd in time of leacej tbatpclaglu sealing waa crlmlutl and aeala although wild welo uevorthelee. American iropeily, be-caueo be-caueo they poMcaiol anlmum revelt-undl, revelt-undl, displajed a reniarbablo con-lutlon con-lutlon of Ideas. Heala, Hlr Cuatlea declared, de-clared, . ere l.l.o (.anie which a laud uwoerhai a right to kill, although only on hla land. Anlmum reverlendl conferred a iropotty right lu wild animals only, and wueu will animals were Induced ty artificial incnuf, such Ha fiedlng them, to return lo a articular articu-lar . lace. Hlr Clurlet (uolcd tlio iat li'ntory ol privateering and tbo tUvo trade to I rove that actions In themselves wring wero uut ueccatarlly ollenslvo against Inleruatlooal hw. He argued with toe Amsrlcam that It was referable that tbe seals shoulJ bo exterminated rather than tho tribunal ihould swerve from a straight lino of tho law. Tbe whole quoallou wa exaggerated. American counsel spoke of aealiklna oil tiioujh the dlaipieiarancu of the nulmal furnliliitig tealtklnt would caure n rude thccl. ro c.vl Iz illou. Hlr Cbarlca would not atsort that tea aklna wero not nccea.ary tu haiplucaa lu Ibis world or the next, but hooluted out that about tho ) oar leSJ the method of pieailng thosklce waa discovered tvhlch put them Into market as arllolea cf luxury. Couuiel for Ilia United Htatea dwelt upon tho cot ot Alaska and the valuo of that territory to the United Htatea on aooountof tealt, but at Iho lime of tho iurihao rf Alatkn tho United Htatea did not tako teals Into consideration. considera-tion. Thii statement lod to n lorglhy die-cutalon die-cutalon at to the corrcclueta of tbe assertion. Hlr Charlea continuing urged that the mttho la ot aeallng on the i'llbyloll itlauda were more dtatructivo aud moru orueltbati (elagloeeallug. Ho rldlouled tho profratlou of iho United Htatea that they were aetlug In Ihla matter lu n spirit if humanity. 1'claglo tenlln;, be iaj,was due to tho i nollil'jui tax liu)0ed by tho United Slates Uon tho lesieea of teal Itiatidr. Hlr Charlea Indignantly repudiated the chare, Impugning the Impartiality of the llrltlth comtulttloners. |
