, 1892-03-24
GOING TO ALASKA.
UNITED STATES WAR VESSELS
WILL CAPTURE POACHERs.

President Harrison Means Business
and Great Britain Thinks His
Action is Mere tElectIoneering
Dodge for the Presidency.
WASHINGTON, March instruction to
naval officers assigned to vessels intended
for the protection Of the seals are not yet
wholly complete, but it is evident the ops
erations of the vessels will this year be ex-
tended not only to Behring sea, but also to
the waters within the three mile limit along
the entire Alaskan coast of latitude 55 to
Enimak pass south of Behring sea. Inthis
is included the sealherd rookeries on Priby-
loft Islands, and the seal will be protected
along the entire course usually followed by
poachers. Nearly rs, 900 seals were caught
n those waters last year The revenue
vessels Corwin and Albatross have already
gone to Alaska waters, and will soon be
followed by the Rush and Bear, and several
naval vessels.
ENGLISH COMMENTS.
LONDON, March 24.-The press comments
on President Harrison's reply to Lord
Salisbury in regard to the modus viyendi
critical, though nothing worse than dead
lock is looked for. The general impression
is that President Harrison's attitude is
nothing more than an election appeal to
those voters who love to see Great Britain
insulted.
REAR ADMIRAL BELKNAPs OPINION.
SAN Francisco, March 24-Rear Ad-
miral Belknap depricates the idea that any
source of International trouble is imminent
nc /, t1,o, D1l,,.s Il
Guilty. sit is hardly probable'' he said
''that two great countries would become
involved in war or even in serious compli-
cations over few fishing vessels in the
Behring sea. | think the whole matter will
be arranged with more or less amicability.
There may be some little friction, but it
Will hardly be attended with momentouS
consequences. The United States and
England, as also Russia, thoroughly ap-
preciates the situation, snd recognizes the
fact that their mutual interests necessitate
diplomatic adjustment of the controversy.
| think that settlement, whether 1T is made
sooner or later, will be perfect and no bel
ligerent action Oh either side need be APP
pretended"
GENERAL RUGER's IDEAS.
Gen. Thos. A. Ruger said: have had
no official intimation of any call upon the
military forces, in regard to the situation,
on Behring sea, can only give my indiyi- |
yidual opinion, and that is that they have
not got through the talking part Of the bus
mess yet. War between United States and
England would be without doubt the great
est military problem the world of modern
times has ever known. Look at the im- |
mense mutual interests existing between
the nations to which is the whole sealing
question but as drop in the bucket, and /
think you must be convinced that the ut |
termost and last thought of resort would /
be declaration ofWar TITS true England's /
navy is the largest and strongest in the
world, but in the event of hostilities break
ing out, the United States has command Of
money sufficient to make her own navy
nearly equal to that of Great Britain at
short notice. AS for the army, think we
are more than equal to any army she can
put into the field. think any trouble of
this nature isyery far off and very unlikely
to happen over the Behring sea question"
VICTORIA, B. G.. March 24.-It is an
nounced that Rear Admiral Hotham, com
mander Of the British Poetic naval squad
ron, cabled for orders to Esquimalt that
the war ships Afelpomene, Champion and
Warspite will reach Es0uimalt Nav 1st