New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-13
THE BEHRING SEA DISPUTE.
SEAL FISHERMEN PRESSING FOR AN EARLY
SETTLEMENT.
NOTHING LIKELY TO RE DONE AT THIS SESSION OF
coNGREss-RUssIAN INTERESTS IDENTICAL
WITH THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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royGRrss-RUSsIAN INTERESTS IDENTICAL
WITH THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Washington. Aug l9.-Rccent dispatches from
Ottawa show disposition on the part oil tie
Canadians 10 press for an early settlement of the
Rcbrinc Sea question. This course is urged only
bv those who want to engage in taking seals i'll
those waters. While the Canadian Government
,s anxious to have those waters opened to any
and all who may desire to take seals there, the
home Government is not known to have presseu
the question lately with any great degree oil ac-
tiyity because her interests lie in the opposite
direction. Nearly all the scalslns that come from
Alaskan waters arc sent TO London 10 pe uSou
and this business and that of making up the shlh'
into garments give employment to very many
people But if The business OF catchns sc".o 20
thrown omen to all freebooters it wonld not pe
very long before the seals would DC eAuo @ ' atcb
ana there would be 10 seals Tor any one " 0
and no skins Tor any one to dye. o,,.o, ,horo
Until TINS Admins ration came in'o Pon, ao in
had been no serious attempt MADE 10 chT4sJ o', i
thc illicit scaling business ia ,no Sedinif,utions as
prohibiting the killing OF iur sealn any ,;or had
In the Alaskan waters, ana thls cons. uDl nla ~ Of
been treated with respect Doth Dy .hc pcopi;o pp,;onS
~ rn;tod States and those OF other nations
iint The buccaneers thought they saw an oPpoo Pt
tunjtv under this Administration 10 Apply thar
trado doctrines in practical way, anu my
did u hv going at the thing IN their own styic'
md although the Administration maue SOM @ t sei%
ures rho moral effect OF thls acto,l W". - w -
iarge extent wasted when 1t SURRENDERED wv" y, y,
,%n ssi1ed vessels to England merely as an acI
w. conrtosvn What has been done this season
has not yet come 10 hsn@ A., or of n com
There is an impediment in the way Oh a aoanr co,-
,,ctc surrender Of these waters TO the Ducceiecis
tn the fact that Russia owns some isiahus IA
her half OF Bthring Sea. which are popuids,cu
with fur seals and it won't do Tor the marauucrs
70 trin, with Russia. That Power may
he relied upon To assert hcr s Ilsnae
With all the boldncSs ana ,astu'eh::SSS
which generally characterize her deahhgs WIN WIN
other nations She is a rarity to inc Iehuihs
ncgotiafons for peaceful settlement OF the Gucs-
tion. and is not only called upon to deicnu htr
own rights in her half of Behring Sea put Is
morally bound to assist TO the full extent ol her
rover in maintaining the ttie whlch sne sda Z
the United States to the castery nan 81 i"nIlns y
Sen There is another mrortant feature "hch Is
likely TO prevent any maadministratlon or heru-
icssly snrrcndcrng rights. and that consists ID lne
rording invcsti CATION, ordered by congress sonie
ti,no aco and now in charge of the Coinml!tre on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Tbs INQUIRY eni-
braccs among Other things, an INJURY as 10 "l'ae
are the nature and extent of the rights ana lhI"r
csts OF the United States in Bchrng Sea IN AiasN''
,Yhothc~ md 10 what extent the same nave "e.Ii
1iootrd and hy whom and what furtner legls-
lation If any is necessary for the better pr"'cc-
ticn and preservation Of the samc. mere II ho
danger that the Administration will determine any
tLinO unti the report Of the committee shail nave
henn nrcsnntNd end acted upon by the house %
Renrcsrrtativcs and. with the backwardness 9l
nondinr legislation before the House, nothlhg i
likely to be done this session