New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-06


Is Inconsistent with the preceding part OF his own
argument.
These five articles in the British treaty tine
third fourth fifth, sixth and seventh are eA-
pressed with an eNactneSs OF meaning w,li.n ~
argument can Change or perVert. ~ l''ti p r.
of my note | shall be abe, | think, 10 eAPiain
why thc Russian Government elaborated ,ne
treaty with Great Britain with greater precision
and at greater length than was employed al h
ing the treaty with the United States ~ VII pc
remembered that between the two t-eates there
was an interval OF more than ten mOhths-.hJJ
treaty with the United States being neHoGaai IN
in April 1924, and that with treat brl.a t;n 40
Febrnarv 1923 During that interval something
occurred which made Russia more careiui am.
more exacting in her negotiations WIN UreaO
Britain than size had been with the United States
What ii -, .,.a ond
n is only necessary to quote the thlrd anu
fourth articles of the American treaty 10 prove
that less attention was given to thelr e kit
zion than was given to the formation OF thc ID.
ish treaty with Russia The two artlcles III Chc
American treaty are as follows .A. b.roafter
Article Ill. IT is moreover asfeed ta 10 h nIted
states or under the authority Of the sad staes as
establishment upon the northwest coast Oh .h ~
nor in any of The Islands adjacent to the nortii Oh
IA degrees 40 minutes Of north latitude and tiat IN
the there shall be none ioTn Pssi H
Russian subjects, or under the authority Vi hu''"
Art ". 1t is, nevertheless, understood that our.
ing term of ten years, counting from the signature
of the present convention, the ships oil DoIi Po"eno
or which belong to their citizens or subjects T
and creeks upon the coast mentioned in the proceed
with tho natives of the country.
It will he noted that in the British treaty iour
articles, with critical expression OF terms, TAKE
the place Of the third and fourth articles OF the
American treaty, which were evidently drafted
with an absence Of the caution on the part Oh
Russia which marked the work OF the Russian
Observation-Disclosures in the British negotiation.
From some cause, not fully explained, great un;
easincss was felt In certain Russian circles. anu
especially among the members OF lne huS ''Oon
American Company, when the treaty octwJtn
Russia and the United States was made pupnc
The facts leading to the uneaslness were ho1
accurately known and from that cause they "eIc
exaggerated. The Russians who were 10 pe AZ
fected by the treaty were IN dOupC as 10 ".
possibIe extent implied by the phrase northwest
coast of America" as referred TO In the thlTd anu
fourth articles. The phrase, as l nave peLoic
said was used in two senses, and they leaieu IL
might have such Il construction as "ouIu 10y
the American privilege TO the Straits OF lehrln9
They feared moreover, that the uncertainty vi
the coast referred to in Article might ny r .
struction adverse to Russia, lnclude tpe D,;ai
Sea among the seas and CULTS mentioned III Ar.lcn
II that construction should prevail not Only
tBe American coast, but the coast Oh olpcIt an
the Aleutian coasts might also DE thrown Up.t
TO the ingress of American nsher1len. oU sahic
and genuine was their fright thau they VIZ 49, -
IN induce the Russian Government 10 uenanu "a
fresh discussion Of the treaty Delore theS "'''"
consent TO exchange ratllcauOhs' L;oh
* therefore,, 10 ulStCli 'hN
conscd thc difference in precision between tne
american and British treaties with RUSSIA, anu
which al the same time give conclusive fGIUe ~
the argument steadily maintalned ny Cht Wv -
Ear only been limited at, and | have the righu ~
nrrsnmc that they lave not yet fallen under une
observation of Lord Salisbury The Presideho
homes that after the facts are presented One
impericon contention will no longer be denied or
resisted by Her Maiesty's Government. -,ox
Nearly eight months after the Russo Amerlca Nj
treaty was negotiated, and before the evening" y,
notifications had Yet taken place, there was vas
remarkable interview between Secretary ADAMS
and the Russian Minister | quote from MI
Adams's diary. December 6, 1924; ,,,.,...,
wrote me note requesting an immediate iaterv f.U
in consequence of instructions received sSt he
W.. under some embarrassment in executing nus IN
structons said that the RUSSIAN Ameca s eS
vapntion concluded Inst June by Mr.. Middleton. were
extremely dissatisfied "a Iete de hauts crlS ana: Dy
m, ans of their Influence had prevailed upon doverh
meni f. end him these Instructions upon two points
wa that lie should deliver upon the r note 10
pnrportIng That the Russian Government did not under
stand that the convention would give liberty % '6 az
siberia and the Aleutlsn Islands The other was 10
propose mdhcaton q he convention by t TG nof our
west coast north Of laude 81 degrees Win ress %
to the former OF these points he left with me minute In
writing .
With this preliminary statement Baron Tuyl, in
accordance with instructions from his Government,
submitted 10 Mr. Adams the following note
EXPLANATORY NOTE FROM RUSSIA.
Explanatory note 10 be presented to the Govern
mont Of the United states mt the time OF the exchange
~ Publications, with view to removing with more
certainty all occasion future DISCUSSIONS by means
II which note IL will be that the Aloutisn Isl
,,ds t,e coasts OF siberia and the Russian pos
sessions in general oil ;lv northwest coast OF America
To 30 degrees minutes of north latitude are posiuveV
excepted from the liberty OF hunting lsuhs ana com,
- ,f,t 4, "a % citizens
his Gems To- Ice only a natural consequence OF the
tnlatio, agreed up0n for the coasts OF siberia aro
washed by the sea Cf OkhOt>k the sea OF ham>ciatha
ard the leg sea and not by the south sea mentonei
i'm The hr, article of the convention OF April o-l',
I-2I The Alcutian Islands are also washed by the
sea Of kamschatha. or Northern Ocean.
nav gation of the Pacific Ocean. SHE would be Saus.
fled With causing T. be recognized aS well understood
that beyond - degrees 80 minutes foreign vessel
can approach her coast aud her Islands. nor nsh or
hunt within the distance Of two marine leagues This
will prevent the reception OF foreign vessels which
have been damaged or beaten by storm.
The course pursued 10y Mr.: Adams, after the
Russian note had been submitted TO him. is fully
told in his diary, from which ! again quote:
told Baron Tuyl thar should be disposed 10 do
everything to accommodate the views OF his Govern
W The 'S nyrnton rnul9 be made mo Otherwise than
hv convention and that the construction of tho
convention concluded belonged to other departments
Of the Government, iot which the Executive had no
authority To stipulatc | added that tho
convention would be submitted lmMchdtcy Ia inc
senate that II ANYTHING affecting liz construction or,
stll more modifying It's meaning were 10 be presented
on the part Of the Russian Government before or at
the exchange OF the ratification II must be laid before
the senate. aud could have 10 other possible erect
than starting doubts. and, perhaps. hesitation, In
that body of avorng the views Of those II such
there were. who might wish To defeat the RATIFICATION
it-cf of the convention. II. therefore, he
would permit me 70 suggest 10 him what .thought
would be his best course II would be 10 wait for the
exchange Of the affiliations, and make IL purely ana
simply that afcrNIrd. If the instructions OF his COY
eminent Imperative. he might present the not,
10 which | now Informed him wha, would he. In sub
stance nv answer. II necessarily could not lie other
wise IHit II his instructions left II discretionary with
him he wuuld do sti better T. inform his Governments
of the state thing, here of the purpor of our con
ference and Ot what my answer must De II he should
present the note. | believed his Court would then
deem IL best that ne should not present the note at
all Their apprehension had been excited by an in
tcre>t not vcl friendly 10 the good understanding be-
tween the United state, and Russia. our mere hantS
would not 20 70 trouble the Russian, on the coast OF
Snct or north of the hftN seventh degree OF latitude
and IL was Wi>oSt not Ia put SGch InCleS INTO thclr
heads, At least the Imperial Government might wait
10 see the operation of the convention before taking
any further Step, aud confident they would hcai
no col Nnin resulting from H. II they should. then
vould - the time for adjusting the construction or