The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-28

ground of absolute right 10 exclusive
control of the sealing waters and marine
territory we purchased from Russia,
without word of protest from England
at the time, then we shall be thankful
that the new difficulty has arisen. The
RECORD UNION congratulates itself that
at no time did it agree that it was wise to
waive the question of exclusive jurisdic-
ton; it at no time was satisfied to arbi-
trate; at no time agreed that there was
anything to arbitrate. 1t insisted that
the one thing to do was to patrol the sea
and snap up and condemn every sealing
pirate, be he home skipper or a Cana
dian poacher. That is our position to-day,
and 1t is the only true American one; the
only one to command for the United
States respect abroad and regard at home.
1t has now been discoveredsthat the So
called protest Of the United States against
Russia's claim to Behring Sea, when Mr..
Adams was Secretary of State, did not
apply to the sea. Bebring Sea was not
mentioned in it by the United States or
Russia-it all related TO Russian claim
to belt hundred and ten miles south
of the Aleutian chain. Russia yielded in
the main, and there the matter ended. 1t
was upon this commitment of the United
States against the claim we now prefer,
that the entire mugwump press has
hinged its assaults upon the Administra-
ton; it was upon this supposed estoppel
that the New York Post, Times, Ha9pe7's
Weekly and lesser papers of the same
order, based their bitter attacks upon our
own Government for daring to deny the
right of England to- enter the sea and
take our seals as they pass from one of
our shores to their breeding ground upon
another of our islands.
But so far as the immediate issue is con-
cerned, we submit that Lord Salisbury is
treating us contemptuously, and even
insultingly. We submit to the judgment
of the commonest understanding that no
man ever heard of serious proposition
such as this-and it. is England's in a
nutshell. a and B disagree as to the right
claimed by A, and by him exercised, and
which B contends is trespass and de-
structive of his timber lands. Thereupon
A and B agree to leave to the Judgment
of G d and E the question as to how,
when and to what extent A may enter
upon BIS land, b waving the claim that
A shall never enter. Pending the con-
sultation of G, d and f, A continues to
trespass and to cut down trees upon BIS
possessions. protests, and declares
that pending the arbitration both A and
B should refrain from touching the prop
erty occasioning the dispute. A replies
certainly not, let the arbitration go on,
but in the meantime / propose to strip
your land of it's timber, just the same"
Is it not a proposition SO simple that
schoolboy can determine where exact
justice lies, and unparalleled and brazen
efrontery begins?
Let there be no more trif1ing-cancel
the treaty, if need be, and send the ships
of patrol to the sea, seize the illicit seal
ers, and if England is displeased let her
adopt her own remedy. 1t is what we
should have done in the outset, and had
it been so ordered, the British lion would
not have been heard to utter a single
growl, for the moral law, common rea-
son and simple justice are against him.