The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-24
PERCHINC TOO HIGH.
Salisbury Old Enough to Know Some
Things be Don't.
CONGRESS TO ACT WITH FIRMNEss.
Uncle Sans Hand Appears Over the
Autograph of Benjamin.
NO DIVISION OF SENTIMENT.
Great Britain's Talk of Resenting
American Interference---Pooh.
Pooh, Pish.

WAsHINGToN, March 23.-The Behr-
ing sea correspondence was laid before
the senate executive session at noon.
The reading of Salisbury's note refusing
to consent to a renewal of the modus
vivendi and making counter PROPOSE
tion was received with ill-suppressed ir-
ritation by the senate. The note is
evasive and equivocating. The presi-
dents reioinder broadly hints that Sails
bury has not met the overtures in a
straightforward manner. He insists on
a renewal of the rnodus vivendi, without
reference to insignificant or irrelevant
conditions. He closes with the stirring
assertion that if Great Britain declines
to assist in protecting the seals during
the arbitration he will proceed to enforce
the laws and exclude poachers from
Behring sea, if the military force of the
United States is required to accomplish
it. The note created sensation in the
senate. After half an hours discussion,
the correspondence was referred to the
committee on foreign relations. The
gravity of the case led to renewal of
the strongest efforts of the senators to
prevent the public from being made ac-
quainted with the facts until the cores
pendence progressed further. There
was no expression of opinion by the
president in his letter of transmittal.
but this is not needed in view of the
clearly defined position assumed by him
in his reioinder to Salisbury, which ap-
peared to meet with the unanimous ap-
prevail Of the senators. The debate it.
self was too short to disclose the official
standing of the senators, although there
has been nothing in the nature of di-
rect vote upon the treaty arbitration,
and there is well-defned opposition to
it as surrender by the United States of
her rights as acquired by treaty from
Russia. 1t can be stated the treaty was
soon to be ratified by the senate, but a
resolution will accompany it reciting
that there does not appear to be any
sufficient reason for abatement by the
United States of its claims to jurisdic-
ton pending arbitration, and authoriz-
ing the president to use all the military
arms of the government to insure pro-
lection of the rights of the United States.
A prominent senator who has taken a
leading part in the Behring sea discus
sion in the executive sessions of the SEN
ate said today: You can tell your peo-
pie on the Pacific coast that there is no
division of sentiment on the seal ques-
ton among the senators. Irrespective
of party they are unanimous in support
of the administration. They think as ii
with one mind. The correspondence
consists, it is understood, of two notes
the first being Lord Salisbury's cabled
note of the 18th, and the reply from the
president, dated yesterday 1t is broadly
intimated with the implied disposition
on the part of Great Britain to resent
any interference by this government
with vessels flying the English flag en-
gagged in pelagic sealing in Behring sea
would undoubtedly result in the reiec-
tien of treaty in the present form.