The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-03-17
JOHN BULL GETS His BACK UP
The Behring Sea Controversy Far From
Settlement
A Strong Effort in Great Britain to Stir
an anti-American Feeling-All is
Quiet About the State Department
in Washington-The Situation Still
Critical

an antI-American 4eeling-AH is
Quiet About the State Department
in nWashingtOn-The Situation Still
Critical.
LONDON, March 1.-THE news
from America is the absorbing topic
of discussion so far as foreign affairs
are concerned, and it is intimated
strongly that should the American
Government attempt retaliation "a
gainst Canada England will with
draw from arbitration and meet any
issue that the United States may
choose to raise in BehriEg sea with a
plain assertion Of the right of Eng
lish subjects to hunt for seal outside
of the recognized limit of United
States jurisdiction. This position is
urged by many of the Tories. nd is
said to be regarded without disfavor,
although as yet without open ap
proval at the Foreign office The
Tories are desperate for an issue
that would arouse jingoism and rally
the country to the support of the
Government.
The Tories regard the time as fa-
vorable for an anti American demon
stra ton on account of the irritation
that exists among large numbers of
working people, who have had their
wages reduced or been deprived of
employment altogether on account
of the Mckinley law This feeling is
especially strong in Wales and the
manufacturing districts. which are
also strongly Liberal, and which,
some supp orters of the Government
think, might he won over to Lord
Salisbury by the coure that would
cause the Americans to suffer the
same thing in retaliation for the suf
fering which their high tariff has
brought upon many thousands in
Great Britain. For these rea sons
Lord Salisbury's ATTITUDE is openly
supported by the Tories, and it is
not without sympathy among Liber-
ais.
Rightly or wrongly the sentiment
of the Tories expressed in the clubs,
the parliamentary lobbies and pub
lie places generally is that Il '.jingo'
policy toward America on the Beh-
ring sea qestion will be both safe and
politicallyprofitable, and that, even
in the graveSt event, it would be the
best policy to pursue.
WASHINGTON, d. C. MARCH 11-It
was very quiet today about the State
Department. The Behring sea mat
ter was of course. subject of discus
sion among officials and attaches,
but there was nothing new in the
matter. Sir Julian Pauncef9te did
not visit the department and it was
stated that no communication had
been received from the British Gov
ernment, direct or indirect, to indi-
cate the tone of Lord Salisbury's re-
ply of the Sth inst. In official circles,
department and congressional, there
was expressed a desire, in sporting
parlance, 20 call ''England's bluff, y
the opinion being generally held in
agreement with that expressed in Mr..
Phelps letter to Secretary Bayard,
viz: That there need be no fear, but
that a resolute stand on this sub ect
will put an end to the mischief COM
planned of. 1t is dot to be ereasonably
expected that Great Britain will
either encourage or sustain her colo
MES in conduct v which the herself con-
cedes to be wrong, and which is de-
! trimental to her own interests as well
as to ours. 1t is said the President
is content with the situation as far
as it has developed, and is satisfied
that he will be Loyalty supported by
Congress and the people in main
tanning the rights of the United
States The officials appreciate the
political exigencies that doubtless i'm
pei Lord Salisbury to take the posi-
tion implied by his refusal to extend
| the modus vivendi.