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ton and that the proposition Of the 2sd cannot
be taken into consideration.
RECENT C0nRrspoxDENcR.

Coming down to the recent correspondence
covering the modus yivendi, Sir Julian Paunce
fote wrote to Mr.. Blaine February IL, 1s93
stating that he had received word from Lore
Salisbury that her majestys government could
| not express any opinion on the subject OF
uodus vivendi until they knew what uodui
vivendi Mr.. Blaine desired to propose.
Mr.. Blaine wrote to Sir Julian Pauncefott
| February &c: "Mr. Meyers, our consul at Vic
toria telegraphs that there are 'forty-six sail
ing schooners cleared to date. Six or seven
more to 20. Al the same date last year thirty.
one cleared
II think from this you will see that IL we do
not come to understanding soon. there will
be no need OF the agreement relating to seals
in the North Pacific, or in the Boring sea-
will be glad if You will let Lord Salisbury know
this fact"
MORE Effective MoDUs.
Mr. Blaine to Sir Julian Pauncefote:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. "a, 1892
Sir: am in receipt of your favor of the 18th.
| You therein inform me that Lord Salisbury
| cannot express any opinion on the subject OF
the modus viyendi until he knows what we de-
sire to propose.
| am glad tina. Lord Salisbury contemplates q
modus, for it is obvious that it is impossible to
conclude the arbitration within the time orig
| inally set Indeed We shall hardly be able to
| enter upon it. The delays have been much
greater on the part of Great Britain than on
| the part of the United States.
In reply to your inquiry the President sug-
| gests that the modus should be much the same
as last year in terms, but that it should be
| better executed 1t was very ineffective last
| year, for there were a larger number Of seals
in Bering sea taken then than ever
before The vessels had already set out
before the modus was agreed upon and it was
impossible to give them notice in time to pre-
vent them from taking seals. Her majesty 8
/ government did not take such efficient meas
ures as an earlier date this year will render
practicable.
II her majesty's government would make her
efforts most elective the sealing in the North
Pacific ocean should be forbidden, for there the
slaughter Of the mothers heavy with young is
tie greatest. This would require a notice
to the large number Of sealers which
British Columbus The number is said to be
greater than ever before and without law to
| regulate the killing of seals the destruc-
ton will be immense. All this sug-
gests the great need OF an effective
| modus. Holding an arbitration as to the
rightful mode of taking seals. while their de-
struction goes forward, would be as II while
an arbitration to the title of timber land were
in progress one party should remove all the
trees.
shall have to ask you to transmit the con-
tents OF this note to Lord Salisbury by tele-
graph. Every day that is lost now entails
great trouble upon both governments.
Sir Julian Pauncefote to MIR. Blaine:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. %, 1882.
(Eeceived March y.
note of the oath instant respecting a renewal Of
the modus vivendi in Behring'S sea,
and in accordance with the wish
therein expressed. I telegraphed it's
| contents to the Marquis Of Salisbury. In
that note, after observing that it is impossible
to conclude the arbitration within the
time originally set and that the delays
have been much greater on the part Of
Great Britain than OH the part of
the United States, you proceed to inform
modus vivendi should be much the same as
that of last year in terms; that owing to the
earlier date this year it could be more ef
fectlyely executed; but that IF her majesty's
government would make their efforts more ef-
fective the sealing in the north Pacific ocean
should be forbidden.
After pointing out 1.-THE great need Of an ef-
fective modus' you state that holding an ar
bitration In regard to the rightful mode OF
taking seals, while their destruction goes for
ward. would be it, while an arbitration to
the title to timber land were in progress, one
party should remove all the trees"
have the honor to inform you that have
received reply from Lord Salisbury to the
following effect: In the first place his lord
ship states that he cannot in any de-
greater on the part of Great Britain
than on the part of the United States. As re-
CARDS the necessity for another modus vi
vJndi her msjestys government consented
u that measure last year, solely on
TIE ground that it was supposed that
there would be danger to the preservation
o the seal species in Bering sea, unless some
interval in the slaughter Of seals were pre-
scribed, both at sea and on land.
But her majestys government have re-
ceived no information to show that SO
drastic remedy is necessary for two
consecutive seasons. On the contrary, the
British commissioners on the Iehring sea Joint
{ o nmissi ON have informed her majesty's gov
Ell ment that, SO lar rs pelagic sealing is con-
cerned, there is no danger OF any serious dimin-
ution of tie fur seal species as a consequence Of
this wear hunting.
Nevertheless, Lord Salisbury would not OBJ
ject as atempora-y measure CT precaution for
this season to the prohibition Of all killing at
within zone extending to not more than thirty
nautical miles around the PrybiiOff islands,
such prohibition being conditional on the re-
sirIction OF the number OF seals to be killed for
aIy purpose on the islands to a maximum of
8 1000 Lord Salisbury, referring to the passage
mr. note in which you compare the case to an
arbitration about timber land, from which the
.r,-s =. Z being removed by one of the parties.
observes that he hardly thinks the simile quite
opposite. His lordshlp suggests that the case
is more like one Of arbitration respecting the
title to q meadow.
While the arbitration Is going on, he adds,
we cut the grassland quite rightly, for the
grass viii be reproduced next year, and SO viii
the seals.
Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr.. Blaine:
WAsHISGroS, d. C., March z, 1892.
(Received March ~
Sir: With reference to my note Of the 29th
ultimo, in which had the honor to inform YOU
that the Marquis of Salisbury had received
no information to show the necessity
for renewing the approaching fish.
last year in Behring'S sea, as proposed in your
note to me of the oath ultimo, think it oppor-
tune to remind you Of the following fact in
connection with that .'modus vivendi," which
absent from Washington ct the time Of its
negotiation:
In the course of the correspondence which
government that theimodus vivendi would not be
renewed for the following season: You will find
that, at the close of the memorandum inclosed in
my note to MIR. Wharton OF June 8, 1891,
stated under instructions from my govern
ment that the suspension Of sealing was not a
measure which they could repeat another year.
her majestys government consented to that
measure In consequence OF the rumors widely
circulated of impending danger to the seal
species But since then the conditions OF the
fur seal fishery have been investigated on
the spot by experts appointed for that pur-
pose by her majestys government Those
experts have devised that there is no danger OF
any serious diminution of the fur seal species
from pelagic sealing during the present year
and that to renew the prohibition of pelagic
sealing for another season would be going far
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