The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-04-14

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services rendered State of Idaho $500; ex-
| penses of returning horne with two members
| of family, $4,000. "a
| Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Minister to France,
visited President Harrison on Wednesday.
! April 6, in company with Secretary Blaine, and
! had a long interview with the President It
| Is understood that Minister Reid rendered his
resignation to take effect upon the appoint
ment of his successor, although nothing definite
| could be learned about the matter. The Sec
| rotary of State and. Minister Reid had a long
consultation at the. State Department in the
afternoon of "Wednesday, aud it is understood
! that the Minister handed the Secretary the
treaty with Franco which he recently con-
cluded.
| Sir Julian Pauncefote the British Minister
| to the United States called at the White House
| on Wednesday morning, April 6, and had long
interview with President Harrison in regard
| to the modus vivendi for the coming scaling
season. 1t is understood that . conclusion in
the matter has practically been reached, but
| there are certain preliminaries to be settled,
one of the most important being the determine
ton Of the number of seals which the lessees OF
| Pribylov Islands will be allowed to take on the
| r0okeries Sir Julian has worked assdnously
| on the Bering Sea negotiations for many
months, and is now endeavoriug to have the
| question definitely settled at an early date, so
| that he can leave this country some time In
| June for Carlsbad, Germany, where he will take
course of treatment for rheumatic troubles
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The junior Colorado Senator. Wolcott.
| charmed the American House Of Lords with
his oratory on Wednesday, April g. when he
| discussed the silver question. MIR. Wolcott Is
without peer in the Senate as an orator. and
for grace, eloquence, and effectiveness there
are few mon In or out of public life who are his
| equal. The Senator has made two or three set
| speeches since lie has been in the Senate, one OF
| them being on this same subject OF silver, but
his last effort surpassed them all. lie spoke
almost entirely without the aid Of the notes
which lay on his desk during the time he was
speaking, and never during the entire time of
the delivery OF his remarks was he at loss for
| the proper word. His dction is almost perfect,
his gestures appropriate and graceful, while
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in the extreme, and he speaks seemingly with
out effort. He is the handsome man OF the
Senate and he dresses faultlessly. He stood at
his desk in the center Of the Republican side Of
the chamber and made pleasing picture. dc
was listened to with tho most profound atten-
ton by every Senator present, and when
he concluded his remarks was applauded By
| the galleries, the staid Senators all joining in
by c,apping their hands.
Secretary Of Treasury Foster who has been
spending several days in New York on official
business. returned to Washington and was at
his desk in the Department On Thursday, Arph
z. While absent no inspected the improve
ments on Ellis Island the expenditure upon
this work now being tho subject Of investiga-
ton by joint committee of Congress The
Secretary said he found everything at the island
| in excellent condition, and from his 0bserva.
| tious did not think there had been q waste of
/ money in the erection of Government build
| ings on the island. and he thought the island
could be sold for 81, 100000.
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| An official OF the State Department says that
| in view Of the many inquiries which are re-
| ceived by mail by the Department head. reat-
ing to the technical terms used in the Boring
Sea-controversy correspondence, he would not
| be surprised II Secretary Blaine should order
| a glossary prepared for public distribution.
Many inquiries have been made as to the
meaning of the terms "modus viysndi, mare
clausum," "pelagic fishing" "fer9 naturG,"
and other expressions which occur in the cor
| respondence between Secretary Blaine and
Lord Salisbury. This official explains that
these terms are used In q diplomatic as we'll
as legal sense and are subject to the most
literal translation. Modus vivend' is Latin.
and means literally mode of living Diplo-
matically and legally, it Is used to designate
temporary agreement pending the settlement
of matter in dispute. Mare clausum' is
Latin and means closed sea- 'Pe'agic' il
derived from tho Latin word pelagicus,'
meaning pertaining to the sea- Hence Pc
lagic fishing describes the taking of seals in
deep water in distinction from capturing them
on tho rookeries The term ferB Datur9
means animals in the state of nature-that is,
in the wild state-ana therefore the prey of
anyone who may try to capture them. Lord
Salisbury claims that the Boring Sea seals are
{ fera natura,' and therefore that Canadians are
entitled to kill them anywhere beyond
marine league from the territory of the United
States. Our Government claims that the seals