Territorial Waters.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Peace Treaties. – in the House of Commons at on 2 May 1923.

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Photo of Lieut-Colonel Albert Buckley Lieut-Colonel Albert Buckley , Waterloo

The only rule which can be said to have received general recognition as defining the extent of territorial waters is that prescribing a limit of three miles drawn from low-water mark. My hon. Friend understands, however, that a number of States have at different times claimed to exercise jurisdiction for various specific purposes over a wider limit. No conclusion was reached on this subject at the Barcelona Conference.