, 1892-03-26
The Great Englishman Declares
America is Right.
His Paper Denounces the Course
Of Lord Salisbury.
Her Maiesty's Subjects Mostly
Favor Uncle Sans Demands.
No Probability Of a War Be-
tween the Two Countries.

Copyrighted 1892 by N. Y. Associated Press.
LONDON, March 25.-Until the liberal
leaders examined the Boring sea cores
pondence. which it is promised will he
made public Monday, no party action on
the question will be taken. But from the
drift OF the correspondence as laid before
the United States senate, they have al
ready determined to adopt the attitude OF
the opposition OF q week ago. The liberal
leaders are inclined to support Lord Sails
bury and liberal organs have taken an ad-
verse view of the position assumed by the
United States.
Whether it be policy that dictates a
change of front or a sense of the Justice of
American claims. it is certain that the.
position leaders have decided to attack
Salisbury; arraign him as pursuing a
needlessly vexatIous course instead of
asserting to a reasonable arrangement Of
fered by the Washington government.
Gladstone's organ, the Speaker, will
tomorrow contain an inspired article
which. after Analysing the expert
evidence, maintains that a renewal of the
modus vlvendi ought to be assented to by
the British government, and continues:
why should the government be asked
TO promote the success OF Canadian ad-
venturers who deliberately undertake a
dangerous speculation of a doubtful le-
gality and utility to mankind2 We are
not going to war with the United States;
not even in the interest of a federation
empire. Pending arbitration it is unjust
to refuse to continue an arrangement
which is part of the condition under
which arbitration has already agreed
upon"
The unlonists' organ. the Spectator,
advocates a settlement hat will open the
seas to Canadian sealers with a provision
for a recompense to Americans in the
event that the arbitration be against
Great Britain. Lord Salisbury's reply to
President Harrison's last note should have
been In possession of the Washington
cabinet today. Although no official state
ments regarding Its character are obtaina-
BILE, the official belief is that Salisbury will
agree to place an embargo on Canadian
sealing in open sea provided that the
United States government agrees to pay
a compensation if the arbitration decision
be against the American claims.
Whatever may be the issue. the idea
of an armed collision is dismissed on all
sides as supremely improbable. The
formidable list of United States ships re-
ceived here which are repairing to Boring
sea caused an ~incredulous surprise. In
the commons the interest centres on the
question purely as a party one, neither
side having the remotest sense of n
crisis affecting peace. Popular interest
in the question is very slight. At the
admiralty, the officials know nothing of
any changes in the movement of the
Pacific squadron as rum red.
The Warsplte, Melpomenes and Cham
piop are under orders for Esquimault
March s The Daphne at Esquimault
Garnet and Nymph will remain on the
southern division and the Pheasant
in Hawaiian waters for the present. From
the movements of the vessels. it is EVIL
dent that they are not associated with an
acute phase of the Boring sea difficulty.
The Army and Nary Gazette will
dismiss the matter with an observation
that it is a fuss over a political question
and mere buster and that rumors OF naval
movements are only gossip.
The departure for Vancouver of a claim
settler for the Marine insurance company
and Treasury Clerk Greadowe Is con-
nected with the notice to Canadian ~sealers
to file claims within a month at the GUS
toms Office at Victoria.
Sir Charles Upper has suggested to the
colonial secretary the question of a per-
manent appointment of a Canadian at
tache to the British legation at Washing
ton to act as a special adviser on Canadian
affairs.