The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16

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position In which The United STATES and
Great Britain ind themselves in the
pending controversy touching the
true construction % the Russo
American and Anglo Russian treat
ies Of 1874 and ls35. Great britain.
Secretary Blaine says contends that
the phrase Pacific Ocean," As used In
the treaties. was intended 20 include.
and does include. the body Of water
which Is known As the Behring Sen
The United States contends that tho
Behring Sea was not mentioned or even
referred 20. in either treaty. and was
in no sense included in the phrase Pa
cific Ocean, IfGrcat Britain can MAIN
tain her position that the Behring Sea.
at the time Of the treaties with Russia
Of 1874 and 1s:5. was included In the
Pacific ocean. the Government Of the
United States has no well-groundcd
complaint against her. H. on the other
hand. this Government can prove be-
yond all doubt that the Behring Sea.
at the date Of the treaties. was under
stood by the three signatory powers TO
be separate body Of water. and was
not included IN the phrase Pacific
Ocean" then the American case against
Great Britain is complete and undenia-
bic.
The dispute prominently involves the
meaning of the phrase Northwest
coast or Northwest coast Of Amer
ica-~ Lord Salisbury assumes that the
Northwest coast has but one mean
ing. and that it includes the whole
coast stretching northward TO the Eeh-
ring Straits The contention Of this
Government is that by long prcscrip-
ton the Northwest coast means the
coast Of the Pacific ocean south Of the
Alaskan peninsula or south of the six
tieth parallel Of north latitude
Secretary Blaine contends that the
phrase Northwest coast has been
wen known and widely recognized in
popular usage in England and America
from the date Of the first trading TO
that coast. about 1854. and includes
precisely the area which has been
ste1dily maintained by this Cow
err nent in the pending discus
sio !. Mr.. Blaine then quotes from
tn treaties between Great Brit
air and Russia and the United
st les and Russia and insists that
III nghout the whole correspondence
CO nccted with the formation Of the
tr 1ties there was no reference TO any
di rincfive name for Behring Sea- for
H. simple reason that the negotiation
HI 1 no reference whatever TO Behring
: but was entirely confined TO a
I" rip Of land on the Northwest coast
Z ending from Mt Elias down to
! nee Of Wales Island. on the British
nth American coast. and 70 the
tiers Of the Pacific Ocean adjacent
ercto- He reminds Lord Salisbury
At Behring Sea was. at the time re-
Il red 10. recognized name for that
L dy Of water, and refers to a list of
a thentic maps flO5 in number. pub
he'd prior TO on lsa5l, every one Of
iich the body Of water now known as
tie Behring Sea was plainly distin-
riished by a name separate from the
Tactic Ocean. and then asks IL il is pos
s.ble for Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Canning.
parties TO negotiating the treaties. with
this cloud of witnesses should simply
include this body Of water in the phrase
Pacific Ocean," and make no allusion
whatever to it as separate sea- when
it was known by almost every educated
man in Europe and America to have
been 50 designated numberless times
when we contemplate Secretary
Blaine says. 1.-THE minute particularly.
the tedious veribage. the Implications
and the reduplications employed to So
cure unmistal<able plainncss in framing
treaties. il is impossible 10 conceive
that fact Of this great magnitude
could have been omitted from the in
structions written by Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Canning. as secretaries for foreign
affairs in their respective countries
impossible that such . fact could have
escaped the notice Of Mr. Middleton
and Count Nesseirode. or Mr.. Stratford
Canning and Mr.. Poletica. who were
the negotiators Of the two treaties 1t
is impossible. that in the Anglo Russian
treaty Count Ncsselrode, Mr. Stratford
Canning and Mr.. Poletica should have
taken sixteen lines TO recite the titles
and honors they had received from their
respective sovereigns- and not even sug-
gest the Insertion of one line. or even
one word to secure 50 valuable grant
TO England rs the full freedom Of the
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