The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-03-10

isbury warned this country that England
would hold us to strict accountability
for any seizures of Canadian pOachers
made.
Uacle Sam Will Not Down.
This government viii be brought face
to face with this threat. and the indica-
tions are that it will be disregarded.
This will give Lord Salisbury an op-
portnnity to show his vigorous foreign
policy, which, however, it is notthought
he win take advantage of. The United
States will be compelled to send wal
vessels to aid the marine cutters in pro
tecting the seal. To fail to do this
would be apt to discredit the admin
istration. This would seem to indicate;
q very serious situation, but the general
impression among cOngreasmen who are
interested in the case is that Lord Sails
bury will not carry his policy to a dan
ger0us extreme, and that some sort of o
compromise acceptable to this country
will be reached.
Sir.Julian Defends Salisbury.
The president yesterday sent to the
senate the correspondence in regard to
the Behring sea question, covering the
period from April 20, 1891, to date. OF
the recent correspondence the most i'm
portant letters are two from Sir Julian
Pauncefote under dates of Feb. 20 and
March Z, and the reply sent on Tuesday.
In his note of Feb. 80 Sir Julian informs
Mr.. Blaine that Lord Salisbury does not
admit, as previously Indicated by Mr..
Blaine, that the delays have been greater
on the part of Great Britain than the
United States. He says that the British
commissioners have reported that there
is no danger of a serious diminution of
the seals, ard therefore the necessity of
modns viyendi is not apparent. Inhis
note of March Sir Julian presents ar
guments in support of Lord Salisbury's
refusal to. accede to another modus w
vendi
Our Governments Response.
In the response sent on Tuesday As
sistant Secretary Wharton states that
the president notices with the deepest
regret the indisposition of her majesty's
government to agree upon an effective
mOdus for the preservation of the seals
in Behring sea pending the settlement
of the respective rights of the two gov
ernments in those waters and in the fur
seal fisheries therein. He calls attention
to the fact that the treaty Of arbitration
awaits only the action of the American
SENATE, anu LIlftt bLl6 JuuSulcuI III tuC
arbitration tribunal cannot be stated in
time to control the conduct of the seal
.ers during the present season
The urgent question, he says, Is what
does good faith, to say nothing Of the
international comfy, require of the
parties to the arbitration. Was 1t ever
heard before, he asks, that one party to
such controversy, whether q nation or
an individual, could appropriate the,
whole or any part of the income and
profits, much less the body Of the con-
tested property, pending the litigation,
without accountability?
No Excuse for Trespassers
It Is no answer for the trespasser, it is
commended, to say that the true owner
viii have an undiminished harvest next
year. Last years harvest was his, also,
and further, this government has al
ready been advised that Great Britain
repudiates all obligations to indemnify
the United States for an invasion of its
jurisdiction or any injury done to its
property by the Canadian sealers. In
conclusion. it is stated that this govern
mept viii honorably abide the judgment
Of the arbitration tribunal which has
been agreed upon, whether that judg-
ment De favorable or unfavorahle, and
will not seek toAayoid just responsible
ity for any of its acts which by that
Judgment are found to be unlawful.