Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-08

BLAINE TO PAUNceFoTE.
lae Last Letter in the Bcring-Sea Cor
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.b4 iclcEtaph 70 me Dlspatfh.l
U,.uNGroN. May An addition 70 the
y.r-r-~ea correspondence between Blaine
sails JlTy Is made public by the State De-
..-nrnt e Il n letter from Mr.. Blaine 20
h Minister Peunceloio, dated April II,
',.I. DOB reply % Lord Salisbury's latest conmu-
.H U, heretofore published. Mr. Blaine says
>I hc notifications which Lord Salisbury
-r.'- in the questions for arbitration do not
meet tho views Of the President, but the
g. Ht changes the text Of the third and nth
r... manner, 10 Is hoped, as viii result In an
HHut between tho two GOvcfnmontA
s, ord Salisbury suggests a different mode
-rr.r lure from that embodied in the sixth
l 'he President does not understand him
i-.eF % object 20 tho question, and he there
JmeS That IL Is agreed 10.
uIE SIX QUEsTIoSs
I, proposed by the President are as fol-
.-L What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea
.1En as Boring Sen and what exclusive
f.,- .u tho seai-dshcries thoreln did Russia a.
p. rll exercise prior and up 10 the time OF the
t,-.r oi Alaska % the United Statos1
,..rl. How far were these claims Of juris-
Gs 10 the seal-fsheries recognized and
r....ti ly Great Britain?
...ri Was the body Of water now known as
r.rgs Sea included in the phrase " PacGic
t.sr eS used in the treaty Of 1925 between
t--t Britain and Russia. aud what rights. II
OF. IL. 'Uc Boring Sea were held and exclusively
ri boy Russia after said treaty?
.-.tl. uld not all the rights OF Russia as to
..-. ZION and as 20 the scal-lsherics in Bering
r.-t uf tho water boundary described In the
r.,I ..-wccn tho United States and Russia Of
-." aI. 1867. pass nnimpaired TO the United
..-.. .. ft1t fgeqty7
Ir. Uas the nitcd States any right, and IL
a..t right, OF protection or property In the
-- 'rHlleutinc tho islands sOf the United
..t.- .. Ear.ug Sea when such seals are found
,...r 't- ordinary thrcc-mle limit7
,... If tIe determination Of the foregoing
..'- shah leave The subject IN such position
'.-t.. .r.Irrence Of Great Britain is nccessa-
...|.- .ih.ug regulations for the killing OF the
f.r..s. .T any part Of the waters OF Bering Sea,
r.. .'.l1i be further determined: First, how
'.t o.. an, outside the ordinary territorial
Do necessary that tho United States
..I exercise an exclusive iurisdictton,
. ..Hr 90 protect the seal for the time
.#rt upon the islands Of the United
s...HI feeding therefrOm. Second, whether a
.-.. season during which the killing Of seals
,.rers % Bering Sea outside the ordinary
;rHus. limits shall be prOhibited) Is necessary
..lFe tLe -eal-1shing industry, 80 valuable and
.r.rrt 20 mankind, from deterioration or de-
r... u And, If 20, third, what months or
f.-- of months should DO included In such sea-
s..aai over what waters should It extend.
PHI. President does not object 20 the additional
t.a.ou respecting alleged
DAMAGES TO ENGLISH SHIFTS
--...ad by Lord Salisbury. II one condition can
t.a..-I-namcly: That after the Issues of the
t- .-l'I.u are joined n the United States shall
,-.lsu, all the seals taken by Canadian vessels
,.rrc thc period shall be paid for at the ordi-
Is- price for which skins are sold. This seems
tt.e President 20 be the complement OF Lord
-tgry proposition and he doubts not that 1t
81 --,4re his Lordships assent
.l il" t--t paragraph Of Lord Salisbury's dis
I.'t. i february 2lst he makes the following
c. sIltOl:
D. uOv quite clear that the advisers Of the
l-..ieHt DO not claim Boring Sea as mare ciGit-
~. audi indeed, that they repudiate that con-
ir.al .I express terms.
DrlSalsbufy's expression IL put in such form
g. uimrly whether he so intended know mott
ra' TIE United States had hitherto been resting
.-ul'rniou upon the fact that the Beting Sea
vas r.Gf. rGtiSum. II that was his intention II
p..1 have been wen for his LOriship 10 specify
wherein tle United States ever made the asser-
ta-. The emphatic denial In my dispatch OF
l- inter eth last was intended TO put an end
g. Iteration ~ the charge and 10 eliminate II
tu tlr current discussion.
H. msindcr Of tho letter Is In reply TO argu-
meats and citations presented by Lord Salisbury
! bic cmHlnicatiOn last made public.