The Portland daily press., 1889-08-06
BRITISH WAR SHIPS ORDERED OUT.
So a British Columbian official
ProclaInns.
Ottawa Officials Are Not So Fresh
and Keep stlII.
Canadian official Organs still
Very BeIlIcose.

CHICAGO, August A special from Win
nipeg, Manitoba, says: 1t was learned last
night from British Columbia official, who
was passing through the city that the entire
Pacific fleet Of the British navy, with the ex-
eeption Of two torpedo boats, had steamed
out Of Esquimalt harbor three days ago.
bound for the scene Of the recent seizure In
Behring's Sea. There had been much tele-
graphic communication between the admiral
Of the fleet and the Canadian and Imperial
governments The feet consists OF seven
war ships and two torpedo boats. Five adj
dltlonal war ships are shortly expected at
Esqulmalt to reinforce the feet. The admir-
ais orders are not known.
OTTAWA, Ont. Augusta 4.-The ministers
here will not talk on the Black Diamond es-
cape until they receive the official report.
The Citizen. government organ, says: ITO
claim exclusive Jurisdiction over the high
seas by reason Of congressional edlct or
presidential signature Is as puerile as though
a measure had been passed giving the Wash
ington magnates control over the heavenly
consultations because the late scientist, Prof
Proctor discovered new star In the frma-
ment. If the jurisdiction existed over Beh-
ring Sea and over all the seals having exist
ence therein. there was no such claim made
or such right asserted untll 1889. The an
swer Is self evident The Canadian govern
ment, we are satisfied. will not permit Amer
lean or Imperial interests play battledore
and shuttlecock with our national privi-
leges."
TORONTO, Ont, August 6-The Globe says
'The Black Diamond dventure reads like
Joke. 1t Is pity the joke had not been COM
pleted as 1t probably would have been had
Capt Thomas found British man-of-war
at Ounalaska. 70 put fine finish ON The
farce, Washington should claim damages be-
cause the Black Diamond carried John Haw-
kins, the representative OF Washington au-
thority. into Victoria. Even Uncle Sam Is
not colossal enough to enable him TO make
demand for the surrender Of the escaped ves-
sell OF course Downing Street should Instant
ly seek satisfaction for the piratical conduct
Of the Rush, but after all that has been done
In Behring Sea, nobody can seriously imag-
inc that Lord Salisbury's government will
make any spirited demand on Mr.. Harrison.
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug 5.-Speaking Of the
seizure of the sealer Black Diamond In Beh-
ring Sea, ID. w. Higgins. NJ. p, said last
night: ''In the face uf the Presidents proc
iamatlon, false and misleading as 1t is, the
United States must either recede from its
absurd and unrighteous claim, or go ahead,
even though the peaceful relations Of the
two countries are smashed. The attitude OF
the Washington government Is untenable
and outrageous"
Robert Ward. president Of the British Co
lumbia Board Of Trade, says; THE tardy
settlement Of the claims Of schooners seized
by the United States and the recent capture
Of the Black Diamond have combined in pro-
ducing a strong feeling of distrust and irrt-
tation, which It might be difficult to restrain,
unless steps are at once taken TO prevent
repetition Of these outrages."