The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-02

a1u uC DclASNtQ Iuhb lno AcHiN WHICH WAS
about to be addressed to the United States
government would bring them so closely
together that harmonious reference would
soon be obtained. The bill was then read
the second time.
SECRETARY BLAINE's NOTE.
The principal document Of the series is
Secretary Blaine's note to Sir Pauncefote,
dated May 4. Secretary Blaine says:
During the month of March last. q few days
after the adjournment of congress, acting
under the Instructions Of the Presi
odas yRndip RSHp'iss sS agreed upon spo toSshus tSs
the seal fisheries, pending the result of arbitra-
tion Of the question at issue between the two
governments The Presidents first proposal.
sealer should bs allowed to come within a Ger
tain number OF miles of the Pribylofi islands
ANXIOUS TO AVOID A ooNFLIcT.
1t was, however, the conclusion OF the Presi-
dent after reading Lord Salisbury's dispatch of
May 81 that this Inodus Vivendi might possibly
provoke conflict In Bering sea- and to avoid
that result he Instructed me to propose that
sealing. both on land and sea, should be sus-
pended by both parties during the progress Of
arbitration, or during the season 1881 On both
occasions it wss a Conversational exchange OF
views the first in my office at the state depart
ment, and the second at my residence. The
President was so deslrous of prompt response
from Lord Salisbury TO bis secoud proposition,
that ventIred to suggest that you request an
answer by cable, IL practicable Especially
was the President anxious to receive an answer
(Which he trusted should be favorablel before he
should set out on his tour 10 the Pacific states
he LETT Washington on the night Of April 49,
without having heard word from your govern
ment. IL was then a full month after he had
instructed me TO open negotiations on the queB-
ton, and the only probable inference was that
Lord Salisbury would not agree 10 his pro.
posal.
THE PERMISSION 70 Kill.
The silence Of Lord Salisbury implied. as
seemed not probable. thai he would not re-
strain Canadian sealers from entering Bering
sea, and as all Intelligence from British Column
bia showed that the sealers were getting ready
to sail in large numbers the President found
that that he could not. with justice, pre-
seals on the Pribyloft Islands. The
President therefore instructed the Secretary Of
the Treasury. who has official charge Of the sub
ject, TO issue to the lessees the privilege OF kill
ing on Pribylof islands the coming seasop the
maximum number of 60.0o0 sealI, subject, how
ever, TO absolute discretion ard power of an
agent, appointed by the Secretary, Of the
ber as the condition Of the herd might in his
opinion demand
LORD sAIIsBuR1's OFFER
On April 22, eight days after the President
had LETT washington, You notified me, when
was absent from the capital, that Lord Sails
bnRy was ready 10 agree that all stealing should
be suspended, pending the result Of arbitration
On April % telegraphed Lord salisbury's prop
osition to tha President. He replied April 25,
expressing great satisfaction with Lord Sails
bury message, but instructing me to inform
you that some seals must be killed by the
natives for food; that the lessees are bound
under their lease from the government TO feed
send ship to the Pribyloff Islands each season
at their expense, and that for this service a
very expensive one. the lessees should find their
compensation In taking moderate number Of
seals under the lease. F"
THE PREsIDEST's coNFtpHNoE .-.-
The Pres ident expressed the belief that this
saiiowance would be readily. agreed TO by Lord
Salisbury because the necessity is absolute You
will remember that when / communicated this
proposition from the President TO YOU on the
evening OF Monday, April n, you did not agree
with the Presidents suggestion. On the CON
trary, you expressed yourself as conf
not accept it; that in your judgment the killing
of seals must be cut Off absolutely on land and
In the water, and that 1t could not be stopped
on either unless stopped on both. narrative
of the facts which have now given absolutely
necessary for clear understanding of the
position or this Rovernment) brings me to a
further statement which am directed by the
President TO submit. The President refuses TO
believe that Lord Salisbury can possibly main
tain the position you have taken when his
lordship is placed in full possession Of the facts
which shall now submit 10 you somewhat in
detail.
Secretary Blaine here recites the pro-
visions of the contract with the Iessees
under which arises the necessity for per-
mltting them to kill q certain number of
seals, and concludes: f'This point being
fixed and agreed to. the proposed arrange
ment between the two countries would be
as follows:
the number of seals to be killed on the islands
Tor the purposes just described to seven thou
sand five hundred $500 The government Of
the United States guarantees that no seals shall
be killed by any person on any vessel sailing
under the American flag, or by any American
citizen sailing under any other flag. The gov
ernment of Great Britain guarantees
A IN the 90 open ssai' wasers S Of Ss serHg sllIs
sea by any person on any vessel sailing under
the British flag. and that no British subject
shall engage in killing seals for the time agreed
upon on any vessel sailing under any other
flag. These prohibitions shall continue until
the first day of May, 1892, within which
time arbitrators shall render a final
These several propositions are submitted for
the consideration OF Lord Salisbury. The Pres
ident believes that they are calculated to pro-
duce result at once fair and honorable TO both
governments and thus lead TO permanent ad.
justment of the controversy, which has already
been left at issue too long. Ya
MADE PUBLIC AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June L. l. ne lhLeSG corr
respondenoe relative to the ia king of seals
in Bering sea has been made public as a re-
suit Of its disclosure in London. The pre-
ceding correspondence closed with note
from Secretary Blaine to Sir Julian Pauuce-
fote, dated April IA last, changing some-
what the six questions proposed to be sub
mitted to arbitration, so that in brief
they provide for the determination
Of the old Russian rights in Boring sea, the
extent of their recognition by Great Britain,
definition of the boundaries of Bertng sea,
the extent of the reversion Of Russian rights
TO the United States, the rights
of the United States to protect
seal outside of the three mile
limit, the determination Of the necessary
regulations to that end, including limita-
tion of close season. and fiuallY the ques-
tion Of damages TO both parties through seal
killing and through the seizure of vessels.
The additional Correspondence is outlined
in the London dispa tches concerning the
blue book issued to-day.