The second is that if the convention were allowed to take cognizance of that particular question, still it would not be competent to deal with the great international principle involved, which affects the right in other cases of navigation and commercial freedom, as well as that of access to the Baltic.
Franklin Pierce argues that the proposed convention cannot adequately address significant international navigation rights issues.
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