New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-24
IN ExcnANGr III rEorEsrs.


The next Letter iu the ,ciI., Is brief II is from
The British Minister {, Mr. rlaao undo. da,. ~ Ms
20, and I'm it the Minister SAY, hat q, the secretary
has cDLlrmcd the new paper sat .Acnts That Ievcnu.
cutters have bocu ordered Ia hrlr.lg sea % ,ezc
foreign scilcr, Dc 8, Instructed 20 -ay thai formal
protest against suc rteifcrcLee with British vc-s'l
will be- forwarded vithout delay.
secretary Liauc's rc,pous.. tlirre dtys later. Be-
even more bret being "a simple acknowledgment Of
receipt 81 the letter. Later. however 'or Tho 10Th
he wrote Julian that. 90 tIiu. 49, J., Instructed Dos
the President To- mOe.t against the course u ti'
British Government In authorizing. encouraging aud
pro'cc tins vessel, which ONLY interfering Win
American rclta In the Echrlng Sea. but which ar,
doing violence a. well the ,ieht II tn CIVILIZED
world. The Pro -iGcnt. Pc say g. supplied that .a.h
protest should be- authorized by Lord Salisbury ',pc
cally because the previous declarations Of hs Lord
ship would seem 81 render 10 Impossible. The -rorr
tary thrn rapidly skctchc, the history OF the ncgotn
tons under tie previous Administrations, beginning
November II. 1o77, when Lord salisbury in an Official
interview with United states Minister Pheip, agrccl
that regulations should bc adopted for thc preservation
Of the seals, and invited him - procure from hi, COS
eminent such system, Of regulations. I., VA, done
and Lord salisbury Vrowi 81 to cause an act Of Pari
mcut 10 be introduced - give the regulations r'"' I
and 70 t0lh the United satos IN preventive mci -ur'
By orders to naval vca,cs The Russian Government
desired 10 have th, arrangement extended 10 Their
waters the OKiOl~N SEA, ana Ln4h rdll'HulA So
Ccsted that bcsdes the whole OF Bchrug sea. those
uortioD, Oh the So of Oanot,u and of the Pacific
ocean north Of north latitude A. desr"c' should be
| included. SAYS the secretary
You viii observe then, hat from tie nm %
| November 1851, to the sd Of Aprl, 1N-9, Lorl
salisbury had in every form 81 speech asSe yea 70 ,nc
necessity Of cl0." -'1eOI Tor gre pI'l|u'n ~ w
| seals. Those assurance werc given to ne Amcrcl
Minister 10 the American Charrc. 10 the n-siau I'm
bls,ador. aud on more ten one o'cI'it' 10 r"D W
therefor to doubt that IN" whole dispute touching the
seal Gsheric, was practically settled. Indeed 10 nave
| Gisrnstcd il would have brcn I" Pur,u"! NE YS'l
| faith of Lord salisbury. In diplomat intercourse
between Great Britain and The tnitca ~ :; ' u ,,iu
| TO the honor Of both G1vanWent' VrIh" ;',ulI'u
from Minister has Away been equal {" MS written
! Continuing Secretary Blaine SAYS tiat I'VE a.
after that a -snrancc Lord salisbury aid tat hctt
an act Of Parliament nor an order IL '9u'i '"5;,
in his di patch -cpembcr l2 Fcporcd !hai ~,
Iordship setcs that the Canadian Go'erimclt o]e,n
| cou1 be obtained Her Majesty Government va, no'
wiling 10 enter into the convention Say lie Sc''o
tary: .,.
| If WAS thus finally acknowledged that the negolt
ZION into which Lord salisbury lad cordially cn,,fg;
and to which h. had readily aGrtG', rt'a "",o a
| suggesting some Oi IT, most valuable drtili', wac
entirely Subord!aa'cd 10 the Judgment ana a'oirr /"
hs G d, d,' Ig IGrv WonG have dcalt nor,
frankly IT, In the begnnine. he lri lHioFncd ',,,> >
Phelps that no arraleeneI' ,V"% r ON vii,
| th- British Government direct Wa but los % Hme
Mr.. Elaine rext proceed, 70 treat Of the proposition
| made by >!r Ialinu Pduuccipte Tor PROVISIONAL ar
rangemcrt. and points ont thai the open season
| selected by the latter wOuld hnd tie Islands mo
crowded with seals. especially iemal" gong iorl
for food for their young, and that deadly lpo' "ou'
follow. The respect which the scaling vessels "ou
| LAY to the ten nile limit would BE- the same tia
wolves pay 10 "A flock Of sheep 50 placed that ~
shepherd can guard them. lic says thai tho la
proposition Is insignificant In contrast with that mad
by Lord salisbury IN 1s-8. says he:
The circumstances the same, the conditions alr
the same the right, OF t" United state, the snIl
In both years The position VI England ll, changed
because the wishes VI Canada have demanded th
states Is expected TO he content h. that her right
within the Bchrng ana on Ia, i,iInns thereof
are not absolute, but arr u be determined by on
| % Her Mac-ty's Province. The British Government
would a.surcdy and rightiuy complain II an ar
raucemcut. between her representative add The Icpe
sentative OF the United states should, without nnicc
be- broken of by the United states the TOunG tina
the state Of California was not willing that il -hOul
be completed.
| THE MINISTER'S PROPOSITION REJECTED.
Therefore the Minister, proposition is rejected am
negotiation, are 10 be continued. but 10 is tatcd tina
owing 10 delays fol which The United state, Govern
mcnt is responsible II is to- late to conclude suc
negotiation IN time to apply is result the present
son Therefore, I'm conclusion, he proposes, I'm bchal
of the Pre- idcnt. that Her Majesty, Government agIe
not 10 permit the vessels (Which in h., Judgment do In