New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-31

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| However amusing it may he to see the results
which have followed Lord SalisbuyS conce'-
,ions to the demands Of our Government IN tho
matter Of the Behring sea mOdls VIVehul III
terplcted by London newspapers as a triumph
| e British diplomacy" it is not to be denled 'hdV
the English Prime Minister has shown thioush-
out the conduct of this notable controversy II
little scruple, distinguished ability. lie has not
dealt fairy or candidy with our Government
but on the contrary has, at NEST important
inctures, displayed quality for which decep-
lion is not an napt name. II is moi to he DOUBT
ed that both Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Harrison
would have brought the Behrng Sea dispute TO
= sudden end bv acts that would long ago have
forced Loid Salisbury into the admission oil ohr
claims or immediate arbiratlon had they not
been constantly mIed into the behei that ne
would aglee 10 a satisfactory treaty FOR close
neaSJn On three separate occasions the he3o-
tiatiCnS for such a treaty we've brought 10 me
point where our Government had ever! nope
Of a successful Issue. only 70 be thiown back
again by the intervention Of Canada. Three
time, a settlement; has been in sight which would
have satisfied cur people and closed the contro-
ycr,y without the slightest feeling Of ill-will on
d
Withdrawn from the arrangements he had all
bu. concluded without giving Us any adequate
reason for ding % and under cnoumslail- IS
which are received in this country as distinctly
unfair ana discIeditab!e
Another settlement + different kind Is COW
probable On the whole. it seems 10 be the best
that could b. obtained by peaceful procedure.
If il had been arrived a, four years ago there
w.uld have been no seiiJus ground Of complaint;
but. coming a. i. Dies a; the end OF negotiations
So glcat!y prolonged. and aS substitute Tor
what would have been a much better issue, much
- er. mach les irritating 20 either side and much
m re honorable . England il cannot be IeSaid-
cd helc with unmXed salts action. Whoever
wins in the alb!lltlio beth Will come Out OF u
with feelings that ave not pleasant nor wholly
safe We shall fee that England has treated MS
badly. even to the point If bad faith and the
sentiment, If prejudice existing III this country
against the English pa'ion-->entimentS that ans
no; small nor confined 10 parties o. sectl)ns-
mus. be decidedly inyigoatcd. Throughout tht
dispute the British Government has behaved IN
WY, that my possibly be- III cons nance with
European ideas OF diplomacy. but are regarded
here with actual contempt; and the BlI'iHh
press has talked IF our Stite,men and OF their
acts and motives in Language that i altogether
scandalo,s and nloerablc. Whatever be The
Issue of this incident, ii cannot in these cIIctm-
stances conduce 10 The peace and good feeling
of the Two nations.
The4c will be only enc opinion As 20 the Sen
ate, ac; in lltifying the treaty. Il was thor
oughly w.>e and was done in the W,est IotSib!o
way. We do not. for cur art see how II VIII
be possible 20 assess he damages sustained by
Briti.h >oalc> "a account of the prohibition OF
their enterprises in case the arbltiatOis DECIDE
against rs Contingent damages are always diff
cult # entertainment. and it Is our part to Ic-
member hat in the Alabama affair the Court of
Arbitration decided agains, contingent claims,
though admitting that had large grounds for
presenting them There would be 10 objection
10 the additional article relating 10 this matter
Of damages during the present sealing season IT,
in the British ca>c they admitted cf a certain
arithme,ical calculation. 20 far Il the element
Of financial risk il concerned il 5 much larger
| Oh Englands side than on CuS. We know what
we shall lose to a dollar and the English locS,
| though It's amount !, subject 10 circumstances
could not possibly be half as large. II may he
assumed that the President will arrange with
Lord Salisbury As 70 some definite method Of
computing it : and with that provision expressed
in the modus vivend, the entire controversy will
| bo in ~ good a shape Lord Sasbmy'S cX-
,raordnaIy methods and Canadas unneigbborly
feeling admit. The great regret is that in an
affair :, simple and on is mcli's 80 easily ad-
iu.;ed. - much has been >lid and done that
viii live to mar the relations Of the two countries.
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