The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-06-05
The Latest Letters on the Beh-
ring Sea Question.
THE RUSH UNDER onDaRsTo SAIL
And the corwin Nearly rcaav-rhe Sioux
Outbreak to Ee lnvestigatcd-Thc Pub
lie Debt statcmcnt-Editor Rosewatcr
toFrosccute Indian Dcpredation Claims

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The state de-
partment has made public the recent
correspondence on the Bchring sea fish
cry question. On May s6 Acting sccre-
tary Adee addressed tho following to
Sir Julian Pauncefote.
WASHINGTON, May &C, 1891.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
S1E:-In my personal note of the 2nth
. inst. and on several other occasions i'll
oral communications, l have had the hon
or to express the desire of the president to
be informed ut the earliest possible mo-
n,ent OF the response of her majesty's gov
esn'ncnt TO the proposal which formed the
subject of MIR. Blaine's note to you of the
4th inst, that seal taking on the islands
AID in the waters OF Behriny sea be linn
tied as in said note expressed, as citizens
Of the United States and subjects of Great
Britain, pending the arbitration of certain
questions in controversy between the two
governments. In several interviews with
you since tho 9th inst. the desire of tho
president for an early response to the note
of the 4th OF May has been reaffirmed. The
situation evidently calls for prompt ac-
ton. Each days delay increases the eS-
isting difference in the ability of tho re-
. spcctive governments to make the proposed
limitation of seal taking effective. 1t is
reported that large fleet of Canadian
sealers has been for some weeks or months
in the sea They are daily going further
out Of reach. The revenue cruisers hnve
awaited definite orders. Their presence
is urgently needed in Bchring sea. Any
further delay tends to defeat the very pur-
pose for which the agreement is sought. It
is quite incompatible with fnirness and
justice to our citizens that this should be
permitted to continue. Ample opportun-
ity has been afforded to her majesty's gov
ernmeut to bring this condition to a close
by an effective agreeraent; but the result
is still uncertain and to all appearances
remote The president would be glad to
know that it il; near at hand and certain,
but he can no longer hold back, in fur
thcrance of Il vague hope, to the detriment
of the legitimate interests Of the govern
ment and citizens of the United States.
am, therefore, directed by the president to
inform you that orders have been given to
the revenue steamer Rash to proceed to
the scaling islands. Another revenue
steamer, the Corwin, is at San Francisco
nearly ready to sail, and will very shortly
put to sea. Should agreement be reached
before lec departure. appropriate orders
may still be sent By her to the islands. I
mention this in order that you may COM
rieiend how fully this government do
sireS to effect an arrangement for this sea-
son, aud that you may renlize how each
days delay lessons the ability for her
majestys government to effectively CO.
operate with regard to British subjects.
and tends to destroy the practical utility
of AN agreement to limit the seal catch.
have the honor to he, with the highest
consideration, sir,
Your obedient servant,