Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-25
JOHN BULL is SAD
The President Gives Him 70
Understand Business
IS MEANT ON TIE SEAL NATTER
seai La SHAH &c Protected !: II Takes
kvsgy Available Eogcs CT Eas
SsyeEnDsIi % Do u

ssSa OF President harEtsoas raiolnaSr
- ths reply received from Lord Sails
bury. IL Was tia that caused the
grzSs seaatsrs II executive session
WsanesdaY sfteFnSoa 20 mark their
spp~oval ey the most vigorous evil
asnsas tAsy coala Sire They believe
Ma. u is he snly kiad of talk which
meats tss situs1on. aat tkis could
AArtiy 10 morn serious.
Caused = Sensation
Tia senate sas been ready for the
ysns q vigorous policy on the part
~ the zdniaistratioa bat the positive
DoRs IN which the Information sent 20
j By the president Wednesday was
eouohed caused q sensation. The pres
taent transmitted Lord Salisbnry's re-
bly - his note of March 6. and in do
Ing 40 informed the senate that he had
be pleasant reading fx the
British premier. Salissury's re-
ply Is quito As unsatisfactory ana
svesive as has been declared. There is
nothing IA IL whiea shows a willing
ness 10 protect ths seal The presi-
acnfs note is therefore to the effect
that II Great Britain will sot consent
60 = renewal % the nodns vivenai the
United States viii endesvor to enforce
the protection OF tho seal On us ewn
scsonat The re jOindcr o, the pres;-
s-ns 10 not a. ult.matun ard does not
cad diplom attic correspondence. be-
saass SAere Is no occasion for this
tsiissarYs Position.
Although not quite given TO the
public. The substance OF saiisbury's
noss and the presidents reply are
gives sasow:
Salisbury in specific terms declines
TO renew the modus vivendi on the
grounds heretofore set forth by him
that the seal is in no danger CT ex-
tincsiea, because the British expG-ts
cay so. he follows this up with the
.edditioEal objection that IL 1t
.sars agreed 10 this season Great
Britain would probably have to renew
&c for q nun Der o. seasons, which she
could not do In Justice TO her subjects
engaged Ia scaling The reason for
tais, according to Lord Salisbury,
would DO the iIlpossisihty of getting
. deeisiSn from the sreitratoEs for
several yearA He reeites some Of
kas difficulties in the way OF
eshring sen arbitration, and as an
Illustration of the siswness with
which arbitration always proceeds cites
HE adjudication of the trouble be-
Tween Qrea. Britain and Portugal,
which, he says. has been going
Pm fo< four ysar~ Coming back to his
refusal TO rsnsw the modus vivenii
bS<4 kairsbury makes novel susges-
Men. L Is that the United States exact
D bora from the sealers bsfors they
Hart ont and ia return ebiigats itself
10 Asnniiy them II the srbitrators find
kgaiast H. He does not offer for Great
Britain to give the bond, but suggests
]. 10 q matter to be arranged between
khs Cnissd States and the ssalerA
a strong Protest.
President Harrison in his rel nder
Expresses regret that Lord Sails bury Is
still depending on the English ex-
perts TO justify his refusal TO renew
The nodus vivsBdi pending arbitra-
tisn, when il Is the arbitration
tyi1unal that must pass On the
ten6ssions of seal life ard give the
proper weight TO the fndings of the
Experts on both sides lie makes
known his surprise that the British
premier should be SO fearful of delay
N tAs arbitration and suggests that a
bronps renewal OF the modus vivcndi
s.suid Do one guaranteeing early
ssiien. lat hs shows that the
whole subject caa be arbitrated in .
reasonable time. The president dis
plays q familiarity with the Portu
ruess case cited by Lord Salisbury.
lad ne politely calls tae premier's at
E-nsien to the fact that the arbitration
has been going on not four years but
eae year only. he therefore does
act thipk IL case in point
The presiasn. soufessss his surprise at
Ealisbury's suggestion of the United
Esates exacting . bond from the Cana
aisn seslera He persinently inquiries
~ what means IL Is to be done. some
)p.es 10 given up to exposing Tie
httsrly ridiculous nature Of this
Proposition IL il after summing
sp the case and showing the
svassve character of all of Lord
sslissury's propositions that the prcsi-
Sent eonciuacs with the statement that
II the nodus viveadl is not renewed
Ma DATED States will protect then
alone. By th. naval aad military force
es tas government IL necessary.
Referred
The presidents message was sent IN
Ter tbs inform alton OF the foreign rela
lions committee 1t did not call for
any action by the senate. but the doca'
nsnss were read in order that
shs senators might understand Just
what the Developments are. The
>enators are fully satisfied that
kalisbury Is not acting in good
faith and .hsv believe that any lack
Of armnsss on the part OF the United
States now would be = practical shsn-
soraent OF the Americas elsimS The
documents were referred n tbs for
siSn relations COMMITTEES.
ses.ssrs' Ideas en- ths Treaty.
th worth = lie 10 know. however
tNas ne Ohio senator has drawn NJ a
resolution fer the ratification of the
treaty. and that the foreign relation,
eorunItsee viii prosssly report II
fsvovably. 10 viii be accompanied By =
soniisisu ior ths renewal Of the rse5u'
vivrasi Soue 81 the senator's are n
.fa~s- 81 letting the treaty fail Th-J
say aas, Lsrd sslisburv's double deal
isg ~o.,s tally justify this ard that a
Epxssna rasss sisher back down Of
else We UsiteJ states must egas foi
In rsshs. in ere seals. The soensr tie