Telegram-herald., 1890-07-29
THE BEHRING BUSINESS.
Blaine's Brilliant Management of tho
Matter Highly Commended.

WAsHISGroS, July 27.-Under the
head of mir. Blame Above Party"
Yesterday evenings Star says Mr..
Blaine's old-time admirers are well
pleased with the manner and matter of
mis- Behring Sea correspondence. While
there has been no progress toward
settlement of the controversy, though
the agreement almost settled by Minis
ter Phelps under the former admins
tration has since been repudieted by
Lord Salisbury, and the tone Of the cor
respondence has grown less friendly
toward the close. the grasp Dir. Blaine
has OK the situation and the vigOr Of bis
expressions and power of bis argument
is commented on with considerable en-
thusiasm. The verbal agreement
which he has tried 10 hold Lord
Salisbury to was made with the
Democratic Minister. From Lord
Salsbury's correspondence 1t appears
that the British Minister of Foreign
Affairs had an idea that Mr.. Blame
would be ready to agree that his pre-
decessor or another party had blum
dered, and that the position Of Her
Majesty's representatives had been
misrepresented. IF Lord Salisbury had
any such idea 1t was very promptly dis
pelled by Mr.. Blaine's vigorous de-
Tense of Minister Phelps, and the dec
laration that IN him the United States
put It's trust. This has received n great
deal of favorable comment from men
IN both parties, who admire the broad
views and manly course OF the Secre-
tarv of State. That Lord Salisbury
should have attempted to play upon
party feeling is severely criticised. The
contrast between tins subtle attempt on
Lord Saisbury's part, and the generous
and manly position Of Mr.. Blaine. is
regarded as most honorable to the lat
ter.
On this point prominent Democrat
said today:
"a less able man than Mr.. Blaine
might have seen IN this situation an op-
portunity 90 put his predecessor IN an
unfavOrable light before the country,
and TO claim All the credit N the con-
tr0versy for himself. But ne gives Mr..
I Phelps full credit, and sustains him in "a
way thai must be pleasing 20 every pa
7 triOtic American. Mr.. Blaine does HIM
I self and the country great credit for
7 for this. and carries away the hOnOTs Of
the contest. 4 settlement was almost
I concluded when he took hold Of the
question, and it now has been thrown
/ hack 10 where 70 was when the neg0t.a-
I tons first opened. But Mr. Blame mas
I done t0is. he has stated the CUuten-
tf0u and claim of this Government.
and clearly and strongIy-more clearly
shan it has ever before been put. He
has worsied Lord Salisbury in the argu-
/ meut stevery point, has put Her Asjss-
ty's Government on the defensive. and
has made our clam the only far bass
for a settlement
There is much doubt about the mat
ter of the modification Of thc original
orders sent 70 the officers Of the United
states cutters in Behrng Sea. That
some moi fCaton Of the orders vas
iaade appears bey0nd question bat one
thing pretty certain Is that u was not
such as to be a hack-dovn upon dc.
mand of the British minister. Neither
Mr.. B'aiuc nor SIR Juits1 Pauncefote
wanted - provoke a col lson. and lt :
befeved that the modifying orders were
ulereiY y Drscauronsry n no way com
I promislux Mr.. Blsiue's position