The record-union., 1891-11-11
THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
An Agreement Between the United
States and England.
THE DIFFICULTY TO BE SETTLED
BY ARBITRATION
A Prominent Physician Of Southern
Wisconsin Confesscs TO Charge of
Burglary Preferred Against Him
Rapid Progress Being Made at the
Brooklyn Navy-Yard in Preparing
Warshirs for Active Service.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-The public
was taken into the confidence of the dip
lomatic branch Of the Government this
afternoon in continuation OF the hearing
IN the SayWarG case, and the first an
nOuncement made was that the prolonged
diplomatic correspondence between Sec
retary Blaine and Lord Salisbury had re-
suited in an agreement by which, with
the consent OF the Senate, the long pend
ing dispute over the seal fisheries in
Behring Sea would be definitely settled.
Solicitor-General Taft. who was ad-
dressing the court, made the first intima-
ton that the correspondence between the
two countries had reached point of
agreement upon arbitration. He stopped
at this point, when Justice Gray desired
some more explicit statement as to
whether an agreement upon arbitration
had been actually reached.
The SolicitOr-General hesitated to re-
ply, and intimated that he had revealed
more than he-not being Cabinet Off
GER. and being authorized to speak only
on the legal questions-Should have DONE
thereupon Attorney General Miller him
self interposed, not only subStantiatin@
all the Solicitor-General had said, but
NCIlG luIJU6T anu dIIlOullco1 Gnat lle
| Government had effected an agreement.
This was practically the first announce
ment made rs to the progress of the Beh-
ring Sea negotiation since the last CORE
| spondence was mace public showing the
| difference of opinion between the two
! Governments, as to the points of arbitra-
| ton. 1t was surprising that the news
| should first come out in argument in
court, and the Attorney General was
asked after adjournment if he would
throw some light on the subject.
us it true that an agreement upon ar
bitration has been reached?"
'Ye es," he added, 1.-THE matter has been
settled between the two Governments !;
that is, subject to ratification by the
Senate"
what are the points of arbitration ?"
81 cannot say more than L said in
court. Why don't you go to the State
Department? Yes, you can state as a
fact that an agreement has been con-
cludedp
solicitor-G General Taft was next seen,
but would only confirm what the Attor-
ney- General said. ''In the last corre-
spondence, you know" he said, there
was simply a difference between the two
Governments as to points of arbitration.
Well, the correspondence since then has
resulted i'll treaty, which now only
needs to be ratified by the Senate''
IuS IepOIleI SllSSCSt0u GDdJ III was
something unusual to hear an announce
| ment of such important news in a court
But it is a fact,' was the response
Secretary Blaine positively declined to
| make any statement touching the matter.
The inference drawn fIom develop
ments to-day, including the statement
made by the AttOrney-G General to a rep
resentative of the Associated Press, as
| shown above, is that the President will
submit to the Senate an agreement in the
nature of a treaty between the United
| States and Great Britain, by which the
parties bind themselves to accept as final
and conclusive the definition to be given
by arbitrators of the exact rights of the
United States in Behring Sea, as we'll as
TO paw any awards of damages suffered
by the nation declared to have had the
true contention. 1t is also presumed that
! arbitrators have been selected, but none
of the officials seen would discuss the de-
tails of the agreement, doubtless for the
reason that it has to be submitted to the
Senate for ratification, and therefore
| comes under IN executive session by the
rules of the Senate, which require secresy
| to be observed.
When Taft finished his argument, Mr..
| ChOate, III behalf of Great Britain ad-
feSsnQ the court