Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-31


and NovemberI /, and between l60 degrees
longitude west and 40 degrees of longitude
east in the Behring Sea- And he will cause
an act to be introduced into Parliament to
give effect to this arrangement so soon as It
can be prepared. In his opinion, there is no
doubt that the act will be passed. He viii
also join the United States Government in
any preventive measures it may be thought
best to adopt by order issued to the naval
vessels of the respective governments In
that region.
You will perceive Secretary Blaine's
axis, then, that from the 18th of No
vember, 1887, to the esd of April, 1855,
Lord Salisbury had in every form OF
speech assented to the necessity of a
close season for the protection of the
seals. The assurances were given TO
the American Minister, to the Ameri-
can charge, to the Russian Ambassador.
and on more than one occasion to two
of them together. The United States
had no reason, therefore, to doubt that
the whole dispute touching the seal
fisheries was practically settled. In
deed, to have distrusted it would have
been to question the good faith of Lord
Salisbury. III diplomatic intercourse
between Great Britain and the United
States, be it said to the honor of both
governments verbal assurance from
Minister has always been equal to his
written pledge. Speaking the same
language, there has been no room for
misunders landing between the repre-
sentatives of the two governments, as
may easily happen between those of
different tongues"
For several weeks following April
Goth, Mr.. Blaine says, ''there were
many calls by the American charge at
the Foreign Office to learn whether
Canada had been heard from" He
called alone, and called in company
| with the Russian ambassador.
Finally, on the Goth of June, Lord
Salisbury told him that an urge MT tele-
gram had been ''sent to Canada week
ago with respect to the delay in it's ex-
petition" and that a report had been
received by the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, saying that the matter
will be taken up immediately
Mr.. White, relying entirely upon
these assurances, ventured to hope
that shortly after Mr.. Phelps returns
the British Government will be in a
condition to agree upon the bills of the
proposed convention"
cit was thus finally acknowledged"
Mr. Blaine, says, that the negotia-
tions into which Lord Salisbury had
co>dially entered. and to which he had
readily agreed, even himself suggest
| ing some of its most valuable details,
was entirely subordinated to the judg-
ment and desire of the Canadian Gov
eminent. This Government can not
but feel,'' Secretary Blaine continues,
''that Lord Salisbury would have dealt
more frankly if in the beginning he
had informed Minister Phelps that no
arrangement could be made unless Can
ada concurred in it, and that all negotia-
tions with the British Government di.
rect was but loss of time. When you,
Mr.. Minister (Sir Julian Pauncefote).
arrived in this country year
ago, there seemed prospect
for adjustment of this question,
but the Russian Minister and the Amer
lean Secretary of State have had the
experience of Mr.. Phelps and the Rus
sian Ambassador repeated. In our
interviews there seemed to be as ready
disposition on your part to come to a
reasonable and friendly adjustment as
tlcLc lids dI Oo0h oii Jul POI w
offer one You will not forget an in
terview between yourself, the Russian
Minister and myself, in which the lines
for close season in the Behring Sea,
laid down by Lord Salisbury, were al
most exactly repeated by yourself, and
were inscribed on maps which were be-
fore us, copy of which is in the pos
session of the Russian Minister, and a
copy in my possession. A prompt
adjustment seemed practicable, an
adjustment which I am sure would have
been honorable to all the countries in
terested. No obstacles were presented
on the American side of the question;
no insistance was made upon the Behr-
ing Seas mare ctausum; no objection was
interposed to the entrance of British
ships at all times on all commercial
errands through all the waters of tho
Behring Sea- But our negotiations, as
in London, were suddenly broken off for
many weeks by the interposition Of
Canada. When correspondence was re-
sumed, on the last day OF April, you
made an offer for a mixed commission
of experts to decide the question at
issue"
''The proposition made by Lord Sails
bury in 1885, and the propositions maze
by Her Majesty's Minister in Washing
ton in 1890 are in significant contrast, ="