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Show , I actions of Hull.,, ut Join I u.. 1 rlcll Ail Issue haa been presented to tho; war department gruwlug out of the exacllousby thetiullan nf Joloof a lax upou pear) fisheries In the waters of thesoulheriiarililxlago Thtse taxra ' are compared with the value of the tlsherli aud have been paid to tho sultan for many yeara past Up to this time they havu uorir Won questioned, but now certain foreign corporations whlilihavo brought to the pearl Hah- cries Improvid apparatus and method claim that they are exempt from this sort of taxation under the treaty o lsilj I at wcin ijpaln on the oue aide and Lngland, tlirmany and Krauts on tho other, whereby Hpulu guarantee to other powers the freedom of the fisheries fish-eries lu those water. |