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Debate for Thursday, Nov. 4, '97.Question: "Resolved, That the United States has a right to such jurisdiction over Behring Sea as will be adquate to protect the seals."
C. S. Hamlin '83, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the late administration, has been appointed one of two members of a commission to consider what shall be done by our government for the further protection of the sealing industry in Behring Sea.
I. General policy of the United States in the past has been to dispense with a navy: Nation LIV, 44.- (a) Foreign complications have been settled by peaceful methods.- (1) Oregon boundary.- (2) Aiabama claims.- (3) Maximilian trouble.- (4) Behring Sea question.
II. It is necessary for purposes of defense. - (a) Extensive seaboard 16,000 miles and Alaska. - (b) Increasing commerce: U. S. Report on Commerce, 1894. - (c) Inadequate coast defenses: Gualtrough. - (d) International complications can not be avoided. - (1) Chile. - (2) Samoa. - (3) Hawaii. - (4) Nicaragua. - (5) Great Britain as to...
Mr. Melville is known for the prominent part he played in the attempted voyage to the north pole through Behring Straits; but his appointment in the navy is due to his ability as an engineer. During his term of office the navy has been practically rebuilt, and the excellence of...