Show HE BEHRING SEA CASE r has been concluded and the united states gets geis AN unfavorable iN unfavorable FAVORABLE DECISION the tha court rules that this country has no rights beyond the three mile limit the behring sea arbitrators met tuesday morning in puis and president baron D do councel delivered copies of the decision afterward ile ho adres addressed ced the arbitrators savi baying ng lie he recognized 0 tile the great value of arbitration as a cause of peace between nations lie ile expressed tile the opinion that every international a arbitration rendered war less probable and said aid lie he looked forward to the time in the near future when it would be the rule and not the exception to settle international differences in this way senator Morg anone of th the 0 american arbitrators and lord glannen one of the british responded ic cipro cating the barons and recognizing t the hospitality rendered by france the session then terminated amid mutual congratulations and expressions or of boo good ical 1 I ing the award decides that by tile ukase of 1821 russia rusia q claimed jurisdiction in the dehring behring akca to the extent of italian miles from the coasts and islands belonging 1 t to I 1 her but in the course of 0 t which led to tile conchias conclusion on 01 of the th treat treaty of 1821 1 with the united states and 1825 with great britian russia admitted her jurisdiction should be restricted to reach a cannon shot from shore from that time up the session of alaska to the united states russia never as asserted d in fact or exercised any exclusive jurisdiction juais diction in the behring sea y or any exclusive rights to seal fisheries beyond the oyd ordinary inary limit of territorial waters on the second point it is decided that the body of avater water now known 1 1 I n I 1 r I 1 u ded in f haa aso tt c I 1 C c o can a on the fourth point it Is is decided that all rights of it russia to juris jurisdiction and to F cal fisheries passed t to the united states limited by the cession concerning I 1 the fifth point on oil which special press ress lias has been placed by the united states cammi commissioners loners tile tribunal decided that the united states had no right 0 to to the protection of oil our r property in seals frequenting tile the islands of tile the united states in the behring sea fea when found outside the ordinary or clinar three mile limit tile the following regulations were adopted by a majority of tile arbitrators tra tors mr and sir john thompson dissenting article one provides that the united states and great britain shall forbid their citizens and subjects hunting fur seals within a zone of sixty geographical geo 1 miles around byloff YI off islands article two provides that there shall lie be a close season from may alay I 1 to july 31 1 1 in th that it part of the paci nc i ic ocean inclusive of the behring sea north to the alie 3 ali de degree decree gree north latitude or eastward of SO 80 degree k longitude until the water ater boundary described in article I 1 of the treaty of between the united states and russia is reached along that line to the behring Bel iring straits article three provides that during the open season only sailing ve vessels sels 61 shall bs be permitted to c carry rry on fur sealing operations article four provides that such vessels shall be required to bo be provided with a special license licence issued by its government and to carry a distinguishing flag C article five rc requires quires tha master of sailing bailing vessels to I 1 keep ep a log 0 book of their operations article 6 3 the uso use of nets firearms ai ms or explosives is forbidden in in fur sealing 0 this ic ie does not apply to shot guns when such are used in fishing bishin 0 outside of tile sea during the s season eason when buch may may lawfully be carried on article 7 the two governments govern shall take measures to control the fitness of the alie men authorized to engage in sealing scaling r these men shall have been proved fit to ti handle with sufficient skill the weapons with which seal fishing is carried on article 8 the proceeding proc ceding regulations not apply to indians dwelling on the coast of the territories of the united states or great britain p carrying 0 on fur scaling in canoes or boats not tran transported sorted by or used in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles oars or sails and manned by no lie more than five persons in the manner hith hitherto eito practiced by indians provided such indians are not employed by other persons and p provided provided who when rr so hunting 1 in canoes or boats the indians indian shall not hunt built for seals outside of territorial waters under contract to deliver kins to anybody this exemption not to be construed to affect the municipal law of either country nor alia 11 it extend to the waters of the Debring sea or waters around the aleutian islands No nothing thiner herein contained contain eI is intended to interfere with the employment of iti deans as hunters or otherwise in connection with sealing scaling 0 vessels jcsse s as heretofore article 9 concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view ta the protection and preservation of fur seals shall reni remain anin in force until wholly or in part abot abel islieb by common agreement 0 between the united stat states es and great I 1 britain said concurrent regulations 0 to be submitted overy every five years to new examination in ordeal to enable both governments to cos sider whether in ill the 1 light ig 0 1 I 1 t 0 of f pas past t experience there is is occasion to make a special finding or to make any ally modification therein the arbitrators make special finding on the facts agreed upon by agents of both governments with reference to the seizure of british vessels in the behrin behring c sea in ISK and 1889 in addition n the arbitrators make certain suggestions to the two governments tho the mo most st important being that they should come collie to an und understanding or standing to prohibit the killing 0 of seals 0 on n land or sell sea for a period of from one to three years years and should enact regulations regulation sf to oc carry 1 arry out the findings of tile thu ar i i |