Show DECIDES AGAINST CLAIMANTS I IN WARSHIP MAINE CASE CASEI I Commission Declares Government Government Govern Govern- ment Is Not Liable for forS S Damages Demanded by the theof Families of Men Killed and andin Injured Explosion in S WASHINGTON March 6 The G.-The The SpanIsh Spanish Span- Span Ish sh r treaty claims commission today h handed down a decision against the claimants nants for damages for death and injuries received by officers and seamen in n the w wreck reck of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor S The commission holds that individual claims of citizens of one nation may arise against the government of another nation for redress of injuries to persons persons persons' or property which such citizens may have sustained from such government or any of its agents but such individual claims do not arise In favor of the officers off I cers cars and seamen of a ship of war who receive in the line of duty injuries to their persons for which a foreign government government government gov gov- is responsible The claim against the foreign government is w wholly holly national and all an injuries to such officers and seamen selmen are merged in the national injury and they can look only to their own government for su such h remuneration remuneration remuneration re re- as it may ay choose to give themA them A seaman injured by the explosion h destroyed the battleship Maine in V The Navy department on t a- a r aary ary 20 1898 gave out this list of the thet t Maine Maines s dead and injured a- a Killed t Injured 6 63 63 t t t Uninjured 18 18 V Va Total i. i l a- a 65 a-a- a 5 a- a a-a-a- a V athe a- a the harbor of Havana Cuba on February February Feb Feb- 15 1898 had no individual claim clams against Spain Spam even if that government was responsible to the United States for the explosion and therefore such American is not entitled to award In his favor from the Spanish treaty claims commission organized by the ac act of Congress of March 2 1901 to adjudicate adjudicate cate all Individual claims of citizens of the United States against Spain which the United States released to Spain and agreed to pay by the treaty of peace of December 10 1898 The claims so far flIed filed with the commiss commission com corn miss mission on which will be affected by this decision amount to about which probably would be increased to had the decision been favorable to the claimants |