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Show "hews fromthe old world" Farther Argument In the Beting Sea Case, by Dr. Russell. litcli and Mtrinaus eme In lllons In the llnlirmlai, lllel llool- sil nl llailluue, Paris, May 17. Sir Chnrlea lluisoll coatluued his argument beforu thu HorlngBcn tribunal today. Ho pro-sentcd pro-sentcd additional documents designed to prove that tho lluilng tea was not n mare o'auium over which llunla hid vxeiolsed sovereign dominion. Unat llrltiln emphatically denied that llus-tla llus-tla had any right tjthuuuii hundred mllo limit clnhnod lit tho ukasoof IbJI. Tbodukoof Wellington refused to nego.tata thu treaty of 18.6, until Itusila withdrew hvr pretension ti tho one hundrod mllo limit, mid ltursia admitted In 1825, that shu had no power pow-er to Inter.'i'to with foreign Vessels llsli lugln llerlng tea. Blr Charleequoted from the American historian ilaiicroft and thu IluisUn historian Tlkhemeiilet In su port of Ihu statement, which was controverted by American Agent l'ester, a lively altercation taslug 1 lace. Blr Charles licit proctoJod to discuss dis-cuss ths qui sllous of nttlclo S: Has thu United B talis any, and If so, what rljht ol protee'lon on Irupeity In seals Irequeullng the Islands of tho United Blalea In thu llerlogsea whon they aru found out-sldo out-sldo of tho ordinary three-mllu llinll? lilrChurles said the United rjtates could not excludu other nations from tho llerlng bra unless sho poetcsioil sovereign uomlnlon ovir thu sea, and such a claim be)ond Ihu thrn-mllo limit was repugnant lo nil tho ilncl-llssol ilncl-llssol Interuatlonallaw. Iho tribunal njjourued until Tuesday, Tues-day, May HJid. Culcsollho report of Honry W. Llilotl, Unltud Htstea treaiury agent In 1SJJ, concerhlugseal rookeries en Prlbllotl Islands, weru distributed by thullrltlshuounsel amoug thu members mem-bers of tho tribunal. Blr Charloi Itumll and Blr Jllohard Webster regard this repoit as of tho gteatcst Importance lu thu lupport cf their Caie. |
