The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

Secretary Bleinc's Latest Com
munication on tho Subject.
B1e Presents >.me Hard Nuts Tor l.ord
salisbury 40 Crack IA the Way Of
English frccesicnf> f.r the
American CLAIMS

WASHINGTON. May :. Secretary
blaine last evening made public Nj,
latest communication GA the nehr.ng
sea matter. II j. addressed - Sin
Julian Paunccfotc. the British minister.
and reads a. follows:
SIX The notifications which Lord sails
bury suggests N she questions ter arhitrA.
ton DO NOT wholly meet the views - the
president. Int the president changes the
text of this third anu attn IN such manner.
tts hoped. ~ ~lii result ~ an agreement be-
tween the two governments while i.nri
salisbury suggests dificfent mode ~ pro-
ccdurc from thar embodied VA thr sixth
question the president does not understand
him a. actually a. object totAe question. and
ne Therefore assumes that i w. a greed a. thar
the SlN questions ~ nDn rropcnnlrd hy tile
president nrr A. fniiow-
fir~t-M nat exclusive jurisdiction In tie
sea now known a. the BeArlnx sea. ana
what exclusive rights ia The seal fisheries
therein. ala Russia assert anil exercise ur or
and mp ~ THE thine ~ the cc~sion 81 4 asks
20 the United >tatess
~ccond-iiow Tar were these claims ~ iur.
istiction a. Ia the seal fisheries recognized
and conceded BY Great Britain
Third-M a. tie body ~ wafer now known
A. the Behfing sea included ia the phrase
Pacific ocean" - used ia the treaty ~ lS-5
rights. i any. In the Behrng sen we're held
and exclusively exercised by Russia after
said treaty.
Fourth Dld not an the rights Of Russia as
10 jurisdiction and As 10 he seal fisheries in
Behring sea. east OF the water boundary lc.
scribed Ia the treaty between the United
states am Russia ~ March si isss pass I'm
impaired 20 the United states under THAT
treaty
Flfth-Has the Uslted states any right.
ana II So what right ~ protection over
property n the fur seals frequenflng the
ISLANDS Of the United states in Eshring sea.
when Such seals are found outside the or
binary fhrcc,iniie limlts
~iNfh-if the determination 81 the forcoo.
ing questions shall leave the subject IN such
position thar the concurrence ~ ssrcaf Brit
ain T. necessary Ia prescribing regulations
Tor the killing Of the fur seal IN any mart ~
tic waters ~ Belring sea. then Il shall ID
further determined First How far. n NJ
all. outside the ordinary territorial limits Il
i necessary that the United states should
exercise an exclusive jurisdiction. IN order
90 protect the seal Tor the time living upon
fhe islands o. the United states and feeding
thercffoni- Second. Whether n closed sea-.
son during Which the killing Of seals In the
waters ~ kehring sea outside the ordinary
territorial limits shall be pr0hlbstedi l. nee.
cseary ~ save the seal n-hlng Industry SO
valuable and important - mankind. from
deterioration or ae~tructions and. II ~.
Ihird- what months or parts 81 months
should be Included ID such season. ana OVER
what waters should if extend
The president does nor object 70 the add.
sionai question respecting alleged damages
20 English ships. proposed ~ Lord sails
bury. II one condition can De added namely.
That nffer the issues Of the arbitration are
Joined. II the United states shall prevail All
the seals taken BY Canadian vessels during
...4. 4. 40
price for which SKINS are soil. This seems
20 the president - be the complement ~
Lord Salisburffs proposition. and he doubts
not that IL will secure his lord-hin'- assent
In the FIRST paragraph ~ Lord Salisbury's
dispatch OF February n he makes the fol-
lowing declaration: IL i now quite clear
thai the advisers Of the president do not
claim Bchring sea a. mare clan<nm anu IN.
decd that they rcpudiatc tina: contention in
express terms
Lord sali~bnry's expression = put IN such
form a. 70 imply whether he 80 Intended 4
know not that the United states had bifh.
erto baen resting x. contention upon the
fact that the isehring sea was mare clar-um
n that was his Intention i would have been
we'll fnr his lor!~hip to specify wherein the
Iulfct States ever made The assertion. The
emphatic deaial u my esnatch III neccm
Der IL last. was intended ~ put an snI a. the
Iteration ~ the charge ana ID eliminate II
rom tut current discussion.
Lord Salisbury complains that ! Jill not
deal with certain protests written b. lord
Londonderry and the Duke of Wellington Ia
iss2. which hc hAA before quoted II ~ win
rccuf 10 the twenty sixth and twenty Aey.
.antn pages o. my dispatch of December III
~ viii obserye that specially dcalf viii,
cheese thar | maintained. ami I think
proved. from the text. .iset thrrn was nf.t
sin..lr word inihos protests ref. rriug 10 fl-
nrnr ny sen. bur that ;hrv referred I'M thc
language " enc dug. ~ Wellington ~ tie
18th ~ o~tonpr. ISL. only NJ tile Hands -ax
tending along the shores 81 thr Pacific
ocean. from Latitude - degrees 20 ia.lfuGc
ID degrees north"
Ia the nr*t paragraph " I.nrd Lonaon.
ierfy's protest un Jaru srr i-.iSl4. addressed
~ Count i.ievrn ~ HA-~i.s. hr nisndcd tn shc
matters IA Ni.nntr ~ s'N~fecIaliy connected
with the territorial ri4lf- " ttr Russian
crown on the northern coast ~ America
bordering On fhe "a inc ocean. ana tiin
commerce ana navigation " HE imsrrlai
tnnlrs,y'A subjects IN the seas adjacent
thereto Prom these anu other pertinent
Facts IL " evident THAT the protests n Lord
Londonderry aut the Duke ~ Wellington
had nothing whatever to 90 wlfn thu points
now in issue between the american AMI
British governments concerning tie waters
N Behrlnu sea They hnstl referred IA an.
fercnt but substantially Identical uhraSes
-uia bordering on the Pacific aud gcNgrArh.
icslly shut out from thn nehrlng Sea. ! M.
xrst that my arguments on a pont which
Lord Salisbury considers ~ great impnf-
tancc should have escaped bis iordship'- no.
ficc
in Lord Saiishurg's Judgment the conten.
zion ~ the United states now rests wiloiiy
upon the nka>e ~ 1871 ~ the Emperor Al.
cxander I. % Russia. The United states has
"a no time rested lts argument solely on thc
ground mentioned. and this government rc.
srcts that Lord Salisbury should have 80
misapprchcnded the American position as
70 limit H. base ~ right ia Behring sea 20 the
nknse 81 is2i The United states has among
other grounds. insisted. lthout recurring u
any ~ ~ inherited nnI superior rights ~
Alaska. that this government has A. fnli au.
Nhnrity for going beyond the three. mile
line ~ case ~ proved necessity a. Great
Britain possesses
Two or three instances ~ tho power which
a.reat Britain exercises beyond the three.
mile line have already bocn quoted. but
nave failed thus far TO secure comment Or
explanation from Lord salisbury. Another
case can bc added which. perhaps. ls SIN
more 70 the point. In lsSa-oniy two wears
aro--thc British parliament enacted 4 law,
TIE effect ~ witch Il fully shown hy q map
Enclosed herewith Far outside The three.
mile line. the parliament ~ Great Britain
has attempted 20 control body ~ water
4fftatrl It.xorn the northeastern section q,