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Show THE BERING CONTROVERSY. Points In Contention Beivreen ttu United States acd Englind, Alilnnnll tptirnls In Hie I'eoplr. An AiKirtLM-llInc llninlterl' .Nrrim I ernpr. Nnv Yomc, March 23. Tho lltrahVt Tails cabin says tLal at tho meeting Thursday tho Deling sen aibltrators decided that thu sittings should not bo held behind closed doom. This icrmlts making pibllo Ihoenct lolnls In contention, ilrlilly staled tho catu to thu United Slates III Tho Alatkati fur ical Is 1 egottcu, born and reared only upon tho I'rtblloir Island', t) which they leturn laoh siting to spnil snvernl months con-siting con-siting t'lgethei; that while at thisa Islanda tho seals uro easily controlled; that dl-crlinlimttou can bo and has l en .xcrclfcd; while jitmint fruu thu lilanls during mlgralloli, which leacbe-i as Isr south as thu cunt of California, they land on no other shoto and mliikiewltli no oilier herd of fur sealij that became of IIicmi habits the Alvam herd and each ludlvldutl of It Is thu ro erty of the United Htatea. Thu mi thuds employe I by open tut sealers la attacked by thu American government as tlcntiuotlve, wasteful aud i xteriiilnallug. It Is rl iliucd that n laru i eroentagu of the sells killed by 0en sea hunters are femahp, n ma lorlty uf which aro about to become or nro nijthuri. Tho destruction of a pregnant femslo cause a thu death of heruubira young. 'Ihu death of u mother seal L lied whlla lu search of food In the waters uf Jlerlug tea destroys her ollsi rlug on thu 1'rlblloil rookeries. 1'utther It Is claimed that many teals shot lu tho open aoa by hunters etcapu mortally nuunded oralukbefulo thu hunter reaehea them. Open sin eeallug, It Is arueJ, will result In tho destruction of the herd In thu nenr future. On the lilnndj only u limited number of milii seals aro killed. As the seal Is polygamous a 1 ir jo number of males can bu hlllixl wltuut nlfect-lug nlfect-lug tho birth nte of thu herd, rue caau of Uteat llrllaln, on tho other hand, Is that Atakau atals have nocharacterlstlcaof imlmali that eau benndo subject topriitl); that It Is not certain that they laud only iiu the rrlbllocll Islands, or that they do not Intarmlnglu with thu Jtueslau ami herd or that they are pelagic In naluru nnd therefore should bo fronted rta rish rathor thau land animal; that nnuy of tho propositions essential to Ihu position takvn b the UnltedBtalcaaru unproved or contrary to fact". As to tho pelagic sealing, It Is claimed that iloitruotlveiitas and wastefulness has been greatly exaggerated; exagger-ated; that It Is a legitimate and projar method uf taking teals anl can bo prosecuted without daimer of exterminating exter-minating the In rJ. Much Importance Is also given by the lliltlth government govern-ment to thu Junrdlotlonat olaluitover During sea, but this seems t j bu troaitd by thu United Htatea as a secondary quisllou. Doth nsllous concede that the seals havu decreased, thu United Htntui charging Ihul such dtcrcatu was caused by the destruction ol proluclug seals by open sea sealing, (Ireut Hiltalu claiming that Ihu preseuteoudltlon has been caused by tho excessive number of mares klllud uu Ihu Isliudsuud thu Injurious etlicts of thu methods there employed. AimrrlilaUAeilllllnl HOW, Match i5. At Modena today to-day a Jury aiqulltod twint-foor Anarchist! who wereun trial lor taking tak-ing part lu the Auaichlit riot lu October Octo-ber lost. |
