ASTUTE JAPAN.
NOT BOUND BY SEALING CONVENTION.
WHITE MEN OUTFLANKED. COLUMBIAN SEALERS MAY CHANGE THEIR FLAG. (bi TB^JSGiurn —press association—corrmani' (Rcc. August 11, 8.50 p.m.) Nqw "York, August 11. The Japanese Pelagic float, not bdiiig bpund by tjip Convention prohibiting thq British and the American fleets killing settls within a zone 'of 60 miles around the Pribi|of Islands, pursues the seals up to tho ordinary three-mile limit. This go injuriously affccts the British Columbia sealing industry that owners of British Columbia sealers contemplate placing their vessels under the Japanese flag,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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90ASTUTE JAPAN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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