EDELSTEIN, District Judge.
Libellant is a Spanish citizen who signed articles in Venezuela to serve aboard a Danish vessel whereon he alleges that he sustained personal injuries for which he seeks to recover. Respondent excepts to the libel and moves the court to exercise its discretion to dismiss and relegate the libellant to an action under the law of the flag.
This court, in Admiralty, has the jurisdiction to entertain, at its discretion, maritime controversies...
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