The morning call., 1891-01-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The reports that British Columbia sealers have
been assured OF protection III the lawful pur-
suit of their calling" and that Salsbury's pro-
posal for Behring Sea arbitration had been
rejected. are likely to be followed by the
matter being formally laid before Congress. The
British assurances of protection have a some
what similar tone 10 Saisbury's mole TO Sir Julian
PauncefoIe in last May, instructing him that In
accordance with The views 'Of the Queen and
Cabinet" the Government had no alternative but
TO protest formally and solpmnly." e. and 10
leave to tile United States Government the
responsibility of the consequences If that prot. 81
IS disregarded." 1t really looks as though the
Premier was playing another game OF bluff. 1t
is believed, however, that the administration will
maintain its osilion and Teiterate the decara-
ton Of Blaine's note OF less than year ago.
which asserted that, 'n the opinion OF the Presi-
dent, the Canadian vessels arrested and detained
In BehTlng Sea were engaged 10 pursuit that
was contra bonos mores a pursuit which, of
necessity, involves a serious and permanent in
jury TO the rights OF the Unired States. Whence
did the ships OF Canada derive the right TO do in
1886 that which they have refraiued from doing
for more than ninety years? Upon what grounds
did her Majesty's Government defend. III the
year 1886, u course of conduct In the Behrlng
Sea which she had carefully avoided ever since
the discovery OF that sea; by what reason did
her Majesty's Government conclude that an
act may be committed with impunity against the
rights of the United States which has never been
attempted against the same rights when held by
the Russian Empire? ?"
The bill introduced IN the House of Repre-
sentatives last session by Congressman Turner
OF Kansas, imposing special tax upon and to
regulate The manufacture, sale and importation
OF adulterated malt liquors is again before the
W avs and Means Committee, and the rival Inter
ests Involved are preparing for a vigorous con-
test over IL. The bill provides that beer contain
ing any other ingI edlent than barley malt, hops
water and yeast shall be sold in stamped pack
ages TO Indicate that 1t Is not made OF these in
gradients Whatever position is assumed by
Congress will affect vast interests. Opponents
OF The measure frankly confess thai glucose,
corn rice and starch used in manufacturing
peer, ana maintain that these substances are
harmless. Friends of the measure contend on
inc other hand that It will benefit the farmer de.
soted 10 Tie cultivation OF barley and those in
crested In the manufacture Of malt, II pure
article is furnished the consumer
fIlnee Chun, The father OF the Emperor of
China, whose death was again annonncea he -
Shanghai dispatch, was at the head OF the marty
III Peklng striving to accomplish the "awageplnp
OF emma which the late Marquis Tseug pre-
dlcted. Rumor recently circulated strange sin.
lister stories about the illness of the Seventh
frnce, who bad many enemies even in the impe-
rial ranks and among bis own knsmen. He was
al The head OF the party which represents "young
Chiua," or The party OF progress, which is In
1aVor OF adopting many important Western In
hoVations, including railways, a commanding
navy and an army modelled on the European
plan and armed with improved rifles. 1t is a
significant fact that his Illness occurred at a
critical point In the negotiations for railway
loan and that his symptoms bore a strange re-
sembance to those Of strychnine poisoning.
Judging from the tone Of the German press
Emperor William and Chancellor Caprivl are
confronted with TASK OF immense proportions