Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-08
ENGLAND AND THE BEHRING SEA,
The British Minister Denies-Alarming
Reports Reiterated.

Sir Julian Pauncefote last evening denied the
statement that he had under instructions from
the British foreign Office broken off the ne
gotiatlons concerning the Behring sea
| trouble for the present and had informed the
State Department that captured Canadian seal
ers would be released by force if necessary.
Sir Julian Pauncetote is quoted as saying: Il
have made no communication of the kind to
MIR. Blaine. There is no doubt that our We sseis
in the northern Pacific are there to protect the
British flag and our sealers, but have not
broken off negotiations, and there is
no reason to expect disturbance OF
the friendly relations existing between the two
governments. On the contrary, Mr.. Blaine has
been obliged to leave here for Bar Harbor, as
j understand, for the benefit of his health and
has expressed himself willing to continue
the negotiations and i am about to 20 to the
neighborhood of Mancbester-by-the-Sea which
is within easy access of Bsr Harbor and, as at
present arranged, shall continue from there
the negotiations with Mr.. Blaine"
Sir Julian said he did not know what instruc-
tions had been given to the British feet or the
American revenue cutters. but he thought it
unlikely that during friendly negotiations that
anything would occur on one side or the other
likely to provoke any disturbance of the cordial
relations which happily continue between the
two countries. But" he added, 1.-THE great
point is that the negotiations have not been
broken off, and that these alarmists repor Is,
which really do much harm, are not correct"
THE REPORT REIrERATED,
The publication in The STAR last night of
the report that negotiations had been broken
off attracted much notice all over the country
The denial of the statements by Minister
Pauncefote caused manv to discredit the alarm
ing rumors which received some confirmation
in the reported movements of British naval
vessels. The New York World today, notwith-
standing Sir Julian Pauncefote's denial, pub
lished the following in a dispatch from Wash
ington:
The Worlds correspondent is able to state
upon the highest authority that the negota-
tons between Secretary Blaine and the British
government looking to a settlement of the
Behring sea controversy have been abruptly
terminated by the British minister, and
that Sir Julian Pauncefote has trans
mitted to the Secretary of State
London foreign Office to the effect that should
any vessel sailing under the flag of Great
Britain be seized in Alaskan waters by United
States revenue cutters the entire British SQUAD
ron lying off Victoria will be instructed to re-
capture the prize at any cost, without regard to
possible consequences"
At the State Department it was denied by
Assistant Secretary Adee that any communica-
tion Of the character described had been re.
ceived from the British minister.
IT MAY BE QUESTION OF WORDS
The statement made in The STAR last night
was published in number of papers with more
or less amplification. The authority upon
which THE STARS brief paragraph was based
Is such that denial from Sir Julian is ex-
tremely surprising. The difficulty must lie in
the terms employed in making the statement
not in the substance of the paratraph