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WARRINGTON. May a-There n . vast
aeennulation OF matters requiring -.
tention from the state department juss
now and Secretary Blaine viii probably
be . busy man during the summer. The
recent events in the Gillian situation
have added TO the complexity Of Affairs
and there is now q long docket Of I'M
solved diplomatic problems - follows:
The Italian and Behring sea eomplics-
tons the Canadian reciprocity
md Newfoundland fisheries nego.
tiatioua the Gillian troubles.
the Spanish. agreement the Ven
exuelsn treaty. the HaytiAa coalins
station. the refussl of China 70 receive
Minister Blair. The trouble over Me
failure Of . consul 1t Victoria to toast
tie queen and fuite . number Of uhnos
matierx. ineluding the claim Of the Bar.
runAia family.
The Last note Of Mr.. Blaine in answer
70 Lord Salisbury has been made pub
lie. The points OF arbitration arc con-
sidered seriatim and suggestions made.
A more recent ease Of Great Britain
claiming jurisdiction we outside
waters il pointed a. a reaSon why the
same may be done by the United States
in the Behring sea The secretary says
in concluding his note:
Two or three Instances OF the power which
Great Britain exercises be. opd the three
mile line have already been quoted. hut
have failed thus far to = cure comment or
explanation from Lord Salisbury. Another
case EN- be added which perhaps 10 still
more TO the point. In Iss$-oniy two years
sgo-thc British parliament enacted a iaw.
the effect of which 10 fully shown by a map
inclosed herewith.
IfGrcat Britain may thus control an area
OF I. 20 square miles of ocean on the coast Of
6co:land. why may not the I'm ted state.
prescribe a space around the Pribylon Isl
ands In which similar prohibitions may bc
enforccdy The following would be the need
cd legislation for such n purpose by con
gross. and 10 Is but n ~paraphrase of the act
of parliament: The fur seal board may by
bylaw or bylaws direct that the methods
of sealing known rs spcaring. OF harpoon-
Ing, or with firearms, shalt not be used
within 4 line drawn from the shores OF the
Pribylon island. sixty miles In the Behring
Sea. and sal I board may from time to time
make. alter and revoke bylaws for the pur-
pose OF this section. but no such bylaw shall
he Of any validity until IL has been confirmed
by the secretary of the treasury. Second
Any person who uses any method of sealing
In contravention o: such bylaws shall be
liable on conviction tn "A fine not exceeding
$40 for the frat offcnsc aud not exceeding
1900 for the second or any subsequent Of
{ nae. and every spear. harpoon or nrcarin
To be used In contrsN entlon OF
any such bylaw may be- seized and de-
sirOyed or IA isc disposed OF a. said fur
seals board may dire l."
IL must not escape observation that the
area of water outside the three mile line on
the coast of scotland, whose control Is as
sumed by Great Britain Is NJ large "a would
be found inside n line drawn from Cap. Cod
to Portland harbor ON the New England
coast. Lord Salisbury reas-erts his conten.
ton that the words Pacific ocean at the
time OF the treaty between Russia and Great
Britain dill include Bchring sea Cndoubt-
eddy the Pacific ocean includes Behr.ng sea
in the same sense that the Atlantic ocean In
ciudes the Gulf OF Mexico, and yet 10 would
be regarded "A very inaccurate statement
to say that the Mississippi river flows in.
to the Atlantic ocean ] think Lord Sails
bury fails to recognize the common dis.
tinction between tho Atlantic ocean" and
'the waters of tho Atlantic" While the
Mexican gulf IL not n part OF the Atlantic
ocean it would, ] am sure, comport with
general usage to say that 10 belonged to the
wat RS of the Atlantic. and while Bchrinx
sea Is not technically a part Of the Pacific
ocean IL undoubtedly belongs to the waters
OF the Pacific. The English chanaei would
ordinarily be understood as included In the
term. Atlantic ocean" One would not say
that Dover or Calais IL on the coast OF the
Atian,i ocean. and yet clearly the English
channel belongs To The waters Of the Atlantic.
In point Of fact. therefore,. accord ing to
the usage Of tho world. there IL no dispute
of any consequence bctw cen the two govern
mrnt- on the geographically - mt under con-
sideration. Tne histor cil point Is the one
at issue. The explanatory note from Russia,
fled In the state department of this country.
specially referred tn in Mr.. John Quincy
Adams diary and quoted In nay note OF be
sembcr L.. ls3'. pla My draws a distinction
between the Pacific ocean on the one hand
and the sea of Okho,ss, the sea OF Nam
schatka and the lev sea on the other ana so
long rs Russia drew that distinction IL must
apply to and must absolutely decide all the
contentious between the two countries so
far as thc waters of the Beiring sea are con-
ccrned To discuss this point further would,
In the opinion of the president, contribute
nothing OF value to the general contention.
IN tne opinion Ot W pEe>iutut, boru aii>
bury IL wholly and strangely In error i'm
making the following Nor do
they uhe advisers OF tho presidentl rely as .
Justification for the seizure OF Brit sh sh Pc
In the open sea. upon the contention that
the interests OF the seal nsh,rics give to the
United states government any right for that
purpose wnich, according to Internal onsl
law, u would not otherwise possess" The
government of the United states has stead
ilv faken inst the rrYeFae of the pOsttlOn
which Lord Salisbury has imputed to L. IL
holds that tue ownership oftbe islands upon
which the seals breed. thit the habit OF
the seals In regularly resorting thither
and rearing their young thereon, that
their going out from the islands
in search OF food and regularly re-
turning thereto, and all the facts and Incl
dents OF their relation to the island give tn
the United States a property interest there
In; that thisp property interest was claimed
and exercised by Rnfsia during The Shoie
period of Its sovereignty over the lAni ana
waters Of Alaska; that England recognized
their property interests so far as recognition
il implied by sustaining from all Interior.
ence with 10 during the whole period Of
Russ as ownership OF Alaska. and during
the first nineteen years of the sovereignty Of
the United States. II IL yet to be determined
whether the lswlcss Intrusion OF Canadian
vessels in lsss and subsequent years has
changed the Law and equity OF the ease
Thereto prevailing ] have the honor to be.
with the highcs. confederation. sir. youi
most obedient servant. JAMES q BLAINE
4 Point Ey the Post
LONDON. May s-The Post comments
severely upon the unsatisfactory aspect
Of the New Orleans dispute with refer
ence to the relations of the federal gov
eminent with foreign countries I'VE
cannot suppose that Mr.. Blaine de-
liberately intends to put forth docu-
ments of purely domestic significance a.
the basis Of negotiations with Italy
National Repabiiean League
NEW YORK. Nav a-The protracted