Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-02
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. THE SEAL FISHERIES. letters Written by Blaine and Pauncefote.
 TIE PRESBYTERIANS AT DETROIT. Tourists Held for Ransom
 by Turkish Brigands. MR. BLAINE's ARRIVAL AT BOSTON. Destructive Fire in a New
 Hampshire Town.
MR. BLAINE's ARRIVAL AT BOSTON:
THE TAKING OF SEALS.

Additional COrrespOnuence Relative to the Matter-The Proposed Ar engagement Between Great Britain and the United States.
 WASHINGTON, D. o., June 1.-Additional correspondence relative to the taking of seals in Behring Sea has been made public as result of it's disclosure in London. In 8 letter to the British minister dated May 4, Secretary Blaine says:
 During the month of March last, few days after the adjournment of congress, acting under the instructions of the presi- dent I proposed to you that modus vivendi be agreed upon touching the seal fisheries, pending the result of arbitration of the questions between the two govern ments. The presidents first proposal which submitted to you was that no Canadian sealer should be allowed to come within a certain number of miles of the Prybiloff Islands. It was, however, the conclusion of the president, after reading Lord Sails bury's dispatch of February 21 that the modus vivendi might possibly provoke conflict in the Behring sea, and to avoid that result he instructed me to propose that sealing, both on land and on sea, should be suspended by both nations dur ing the progress Of arbitration, or during the season of 1891."
 desirous of prompt response from Lord Salisbury to his second proposition, but when he left Washington on his western trip full month afterwards, no reply had been received, and the only probable in ference was that Lord Salisbury would not agree to hisproposal.
 After discussing the question further in it's various phases Mr. Blaine continues:
 This point being fixed and agreed to, the proposed arrangement between the two countries would be as follows:
 The government of the United States limits the number of seals to be killed on the island for purposes just described to seven thousand five hundred (7,5OO.
 The government of the United States guarantees that no seals shall be killed in the open waters of the Behring sea by any person on any vessel sailing under the American flag, or by any American citizen sailing under any other flag
 The government of Great Britain guaran- tees that no seals shall be killed in the open waters of the Behring Sea by any per son on any vessel sailing under the British flag, and that no British subject shall en- gage in killing seals for tho time agreed upon any vessel sailing under any other flag.
 These prohibitions shall continue until the first day of May, 1892, within which time arbitrators shall render final award or awards to both governments These several propositions are submitted for the consideration of Lord Salisbury. The president believes that they are calculated to produce result at once fair and honor able to both governments and thus lead to the permanent adjustment of con- troversy which has already been left too long at issue.
 Sir Julian Pauncefote, replying to the above letter on May 5, explains his action in the matter and seeks to remove the inn pression that there has been any delay on his part in expediting consideration of the modus vivendi proposed by MT. Blaine.