A SEIZED SEALER.
Uruguayan government offers , ■ compensation. l ;:. (By Teloerapii-Pross . Association-Copyright)' ,'[ ■■•;;. New., York', September 20. .The Government of tho South American •Republic of Uruguay/has offered tho crew, of tho Canadian '■'sealer--Agnes. Donohoe £5000 sterling as' compensation., for; their imprison- : menwor alleged illegal sealing. \ >. AN OLD CASE-CLAIM BEYOND 3-MILE'.' ' .. ■ ■,'. ■■ '- LIMIT* , . ■, ./•' . . The Canadian sealer. Agnes 'Donohoe wai arrested m .190)-by: the authorities of the Ee.public -of .Uruguay ;for. Bshing;<in : Eiver Plate waters. The captain and crew of the sealer assort that : they-were operating outside the three-milo limit; -recogrijsed: i by, international ■'aw. ?m this.does not seem to be denied, but' the -Uruguayan Uoyernmenf ;,asserted, nnder <: Tho ..British ■ Government formally'' protested against this claim-to jurisdiction'over-Ehw l'late waters, outside tho three-milo limit. The I scaler was released- by Uruguayj arid a- claim : for-, was presented. The ■ claim was at first rejected by- TJrnpiay.'-but now it would seem, that the BritiV'Government .which, has actod, throughout r .iri: consultation witb the Canadian Government, has carried its point, ;,' , ■■.-... ,■:.;• . ,:,:....
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 7
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161A SEIZED SEALER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 7
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