Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-26 | Page 1 | Seek Treaty to Prohibit Pelagic Sealing

SEEK TREATY TO PROHIBIT PELAGIC SEALING Chicago nee Dec luiA dispatch to the tho from Washington soh President and hil tile cabinet are seriously ii a suggestion made Ly by him or which promises Ir if with foreign n Interested d tol tall wih to secure lio the protection ot or tile Iho fur fr seal lol herd or of the ocean Ir Sims reported to up on hi his return front IL trip ot of investigation up to tire Iho seat tha that the do cress II in tile tho herd visa a due lol solely ly to pelagic sealing I it Is 0 true the 1110 Iz or of the herd her hll hat bee been decreasing for tor a a Ler iter of e r lall Mr lr Im Hints I lt Its II is more moore seriously threatened lt at this time thins than ever In its hl his I tory To Tile hert herd Is In the tho mot most critical coalition The high tor or skins ski I tim tho London maKet market last Iut year hair not only let ltd to 10 renewed activity yer on err tM the pat part ot of the tho sealing fleet neot but bItt II is unquestIonably re responsible for tor Iho th In sea Ihl year of at tho largest fleet neet ef vessels o h has elfr ever directed Il Its operations ra ton against the tho h herd rd Fleets of i the tho ize ot of In the Canadian allon and Japanese cannot long prey on the he herd with without out mit soon annihilating I in inIn In vl view w or of this warning Seey Secy Hot Root 11 determined to push lh Ore HUMla and Japan the three having In the tho for tin th or of trig I ri treaty trealy pelagIc fir ro ha liars suggested It t would be b to or l tUI tam all or of the pil br born on hf hie islands lu lit the ni same way the Iho great herds of cate cattle roam the Ihu are and that acton ot of this kind on the part pari or at thO Cit Unite United Hla t reduce th the Ial seals to en It its I and justify I it iTi In them on the tho high ual seas