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conceal his disappointment that,
even fer the sake OF securing an I'M
partial arbhratlon,

provoked invasion oil lis established
rights.
June 9TH Sir Julian Paunceiote
presents a copy OF Z CablesF;m iiom
Lord Salisbury, in which he regrets
that the President should think ms
governrient wanting In Cancellation,
but that it j. beyond the p0wer Of
his government 20 EXCLUDE British
or Canadian ships from any portion
Of the high seas, even for an hour,
without legislative enactment
In reply, ON the 18th, Secretary
Blaine says this government would
be satisfied II Lord Salisbury would,
by PROCLAMATION, simply request
British vessels TO abstain from en-
tering Behring Sea fer the present
season, In order TO give full time Tor
impartial negotiation.
sir Julian, June ilthi writes
Blaine that he has informed Lord
Salisbury that Secretary Blaine
could not give assurance that sailing
vessels would not ~ in:erisred with
during the negotiations, aud ex-
presses a hope that The decision :
not final, and that, while the Is
yet time the commanders OF the
United States resehue c-''isers VIII
be instructed 20 abstain.
On June 18th, however, the min
lister, with regret NJ falling T. secure
a favorable reply, presents the
formal protest Of the British govern
ment. In the protest he says, In
JaTt: The British government
cannot admit the right Of the United
States. Of their own sole notion, 10
restrict the freedom Of navigation
in Behring Sea, nor 10 enforce
municipal legislation
AGAINST BRITISH VESSELS
on the high seas. Her Britannia
Majesty's government is therefore
unable 10 pass over without notice
the public announcement Of an in
tentiOn on the part Of the Uuitei
States To renew the acts Of inter-
ference with British vessel navigl-
zion outside Of the territorial waters
of the United States Of which they
bad previously t. complain. The
minister Is In consequence instruct
ed formally to protest against such
and 10 declare that her
Britannia Majesty's government
must hold the government Of the
United States responsible FOR cunse-
quences that may eusue from acts
which are contrary 10 the estab-
llshed PRINCIPLES Of international
law.
The Minister nest, on June eth,
replies 60 Secretary Blaine's prJpo-
sition looking 10 n PROCLAMATION by
her NaICsty's government that Brit
ish vessels shall not enter Behring
Sea the comm: season. The Minis
ter writes that Lori Salisbury saws
the request presents constitutional
which would preclude
her AIajcsty'- government from ac-
ceding 10 IL, except Is a Part Of
general scheme for a settlement OF
the controversy. and on certain
conditions, which are: That the
agreed forthwith 10
refer 10 arbitration the question
II the legality Of action OF
he United states in Selling or
otherwise interfering with Brit
sh vessels engaged in Behriug
Sea outside Of territorial waters
turing ISSf, 1857 ana lSs9. and that
pending the award n! interference
with the British sealing vessels
'hOuld absolutely erase; that the
[ nitei States, If the award should
e adverse % them. win compensate
he British subjects for the losses
which they may sustain 10y reason
Il their compliance With the British
~ THE NEWT COMMUNICATION,
lated the first Of the present month,
Lord Salisbury, referring to Blaiue's /
criticism upon tho abrupt close of
he. London negotiations, quotes
rom statement maze 20 him by
United States Minister Phelps -
"Undcr the peculiar polit- |
cal circumstances II America al |
his moment, said Phelps, with a
general election pending, il would /
~ OF little Use, aud, indeed, hauily |
practicable, IL conduct any ne.1tia-
ions before the election had taken |
,iacc."
On the last uf June Secretary Z
Blaine addressed 20 the British I
minister very long letter in
answer Ia Lord S1lishury's com
in which the latter /
iatei that John Quincy Adams ]
against Russia claim 10 ,
jurisdiction over Behring I
zen. Secretary Blaine says: The /
quotation which Luu! Salisbury
nakes Is unfortunately a most de- |
sCtivc. erroneous AMI misleading
ne. The conclusion is separated /
rom premise, a comma is turned /
n;o n l.eri0i, and the important
IS 10 time j. entirely I
rGseC, without even a suggestion
hat 1t had ever formed 4 uart /
the text, and out Of the eighty
,uT wOnis lDgiC1ily ami inscuaTaHIv
Thirty five are dropped
-om Mr.. Adams paragraph in
.0rd. SIlisbUTy's quotation. = The
ecretary says, further, that
neither hy the Treaty with Russia
fls25, nor its renewal of ISi5. nor /
y its second renewal in 1883, did /
ireat Britain gain any right 10 take
'als in Behriug Sea. In fact, these
'eaies were 4 prohibition upon her.
'hich she steadily respected 50 long
; Alaska was a Russian province.
j.
FOR GREAT BRITAIN
.ow 10 show by what law she
aimed rights ia that sea after the
ausfer II its sovereignty 10 the
Dited States. During all the time
tween the treaty Of ISIS and the
ss>iOn Of Alaska to the Uniied
istes in 1867. Great Britain never
iirTaed tie right Of her subjects To
lptuTe the fur sal in Behrinc Sea.
nj, a. a matter of fict. her subjects
IL not during that long period
tempt to catch seals in BChring ,
"a. ! am justified, therefore, in
peating the questions which ! aG-
'essed 10 her Msjesty's Govern
ent on the 22nd OF January.
al which still remain un-
lswered, namely, whence did the
Iips OF Canada derive Il right Ia
in 1855 tina, which they had re-
aimed from LOiug for nearly ninety ,
.sr,' lyon what grounds did her ,
aiesty's government defend in
- a course %: conduct in Behrin.
. which haI been carefully avoid
ever since the discovery Of that
a! By what reasoning dill her
ljesty's government conclude that
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