The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-10

versy back to the ~
situation it was
In when Lord Sal ea4' Julian rAoNoft oiAs
isbury warned this country that England
would hold us to strict accountability
for any seizures Of Canadian poachers
made.
UNCLE Sam VIII Not Down"
This government will be brought face
10 face with this threat. and the indica-
tions are that it will be disregarded. =.
This will give Lord Salisbury an op-
portunity to show his vigorous foreign
policy, which, however, it is not thought
he will take advantage of. The United
States will be compelled to send war
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
very serious situation, but the general
impression among congressman who are
interested in the case is that Lord Sails
bury will not carry his policy TO dam
gerous extreme, and that some sort of a
compromise acceptable to this country
will be reached.
Sir Julian Defends Salisbury.
The president yesterday sent to the
Renate the correspondence i'll regard to
the Behring sea question, covering the
period from April 20, 1891, TO date. OF
tho recent correspondence the most i'm
portant letters are two from Sir Julian
Pauncof0te under dates of Feb. 30 and
March Z, and the reply sent on Tuesday.
In his note of Feb 90 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
10 no danger of serious diminution of
the SEALS and therefore the necessity of
modus vivendi is not apparent. In his
note of March Z Sir Julian presents ar
guments i'll support Of Lord Salisbury's
Eefusal to accede to another mudus vi
yendi.
Our Governments Response.
In the response sent on Tuesday AS
Eistant Secretary Wharton states that
the president notices with the deepest
regret the indisPosition of her maiesty's
government to agree upon an effective
nnodus for the preservation of tho 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. tie calls attention
to the fact that the treaty of arbitration
awaits only the action of tho American
senate, and that the Judgment of the
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 tho arbitration. Was it ever
heard before, he asks, that one party to
such controversy, whether 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 Excusa for rrespas4ers.
1t is no answer for the trcspasser, it is
sontended, to say that the true owner
will have an un6ilminished harvest next
year, Last years harvest was his, also,
and further, this government has al
ready been advised that Great Britain
repudiates ali 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
ment will honorably abide the Judgment
of the arbitration tribunal which has
been agreed upon, whether that judg-
Enent be favorable or untavorable, and
will not seek to avoid a just responsible
ity for any Of its acts which by that
Judgment are found to be unlawful.