Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-01-24

MR. B..ATiE has reach a4 that point in the Bering Sea con:roversey where, he declareS. IA caun0i go flrtEef. o:thcyr a fight. As 10 our rights in the c;.s- there oau 5e 10 q.,e9tien. Thay are e. Tived from thoss 0f t.nss:a ga.ned y discovery and lobg uHiaterr@pted acG undisputed possession. 1ney ex.enG over the whole 0f < iaska, :Ae Aleut.&a islands and along the northwest coast un point on the parrell 54 dsE-ees and 40 n. Within the jurisdiction ge clam + the case on hand, the seal. They are born and bred or 6he AEsrlcan coast We also claim that thesz na.:r4c fron one island to another, winch must sor.e- times be made throGga inc open ses, does not aiaAe them Jhs iegiti4late Ere; of England or any o0ney LGtiOn. kuss;;: set forth these claims winch were a:ic. ,,Cl by Englani anG ;.i tae srsat powers Russla transmitted all ner rig1Fs to Is and st81ds ready to make c}-at right good. Ali, these points Saiieburv dsries. The Trlbune ssEs Nr. Blaine howe CT is correct t1 his esuu. Ution. | says:
 He showed tha. the C2ar's ukase Of lS.t differed from the proclamation with whiCh bls American sovereignty was originally a0veI oised cniy In two par5icaiaI5. Ore wss ID he extersion Of his authority or tie coast from tto 55th degree down 70 the Tooth and the ether WAS In .:le;.niug JUTisdiction in the Pacific ocean for l00 m.!es from tue shore @ir ,siaine StCTed that II Was bhe-e tro claims wiich tE6 United S5J9Jes ar I ErEiaDd resisted sDd winch me Car .-EaaaCD-s ap0n ttelT dsiaaIli. fio brUC- ., : .re-5.gt lL establishing the facts as Le a.legsl tb5U 8 vast L.ass G; t5s5i..sof-s. not f.-e ivact significant of whIca Was bte fi,s OeX5 ot the : nciO- i,Cssi..l ir ,a..y oe lS.-s -4Hing tbe baurd- ali-9 hc..;ser rflair os5oss- chs from . 1eg-s4s to'uy s-l7J..-s5 so 5u degrees G; ! tine un ra5e@ca-t,s t.cT tha. i-c.1 th;.i time Ul al the tf--,-.r = Alaska tl Us Rpssi8n GoDi7s,E,, cveT I,2g3Gg Sea and Russian ccnUrci Ct She seal her,; nai been eEerriSc1 ,Tl-.,3Ui tu5 saT-uasJ -ato from Da8.1Eg ztr-at- IAi5 $ tD6 judge .2lent yi Sir HoDe Piil!iclore. EcglanG' 5 greatsst modern WTDeT on sbe law Ot natio1.s is x: itsei+ sa.iirieEJ tsa nft oi u;3a the right J- |. .;g3,.:-s .a-. .sr ..; ieny Ruesia's assertions. whS'aver nay nave been he right rhaF5tofcre, an incola- E,etoncy rendered :Ge more feeble, if that were possible, by the fact that witnout q grord 0f UhJection she permit ted Russia to traDeter Ter dominion to us. and ue 70 exercise 1t fer eighteen years.
 We not co antici pate any trouble oyor the Bering sea natter. The United States has but to say the word to mako a formabIe coalition with France and Russia. England could not enter such a contest with any hopes of retaining her position as first class power. ln- dia would be wrestied from her by Rus sia; her African and Medditeraniar pos session by France, Spain would undoubt- edly seizs the opportunity 70 reclaim GiberaIter. Canada and. the American possessions would become annexed 70 the Unitea States or Decome free and independent cc,nuonwealths. Ireland would fight for independence. .Adstrs- lia would thrown of the Syds :xhd the empire On which the sun never sets would be reduced to a petty island Kingdom-perhaps g ropubiic1=shocn other glory and lesser fG importance than in those days when sEaEeld the Barefoot fought and los. the battle of Hastings.