The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-24
0TR RIGHTS IN BEHRING SEA.
r pBEsIDENT,S STRONG LANGUAGE
~ prpIY 10 LORD SALISBURY
that, n Necessary, All Our Naval
I'D Military Resources win he Called
zen TO Mnintain Our Rights In bchring
20, protect tho sealing Industry.

,,,, ,f Niece .sary, All Our Naval
ID Military Resources VIII he Saned
Tn,n to Maintain Our Rights IN behr'ng
10, and Protect tho Sealing indnstry.
r..,,xcroy. March 23.-The correspond
,ovith Great Britain on tho Fehrlng Sea
o,,or was transmitted to the Senate to-day
=, President Harrison under secrecy. 1t Will
"a be therefore. made public until the Senate
..orders Tho correspondence did not COM
".,s, Nh, full text OF Lord Salisbury's reply to
-. MT /, OF tho 9Th inst. but synopsis OF 1t
and the counter propositions respecting n mo-
~" sirc,,ji which his lordship offered. The re-
.nonsc ny tho President. which was considered
"a arrrnved by he Cabinet yesterday. accom-
Wv. IN, correspondence. Lord Salisbury's
~ nut. forward several counter PROPOSE
. .s On TN. subject OF tho modus rjrendi
~,i,h when read to tho Senate. were heard
-,h ,hc same sense ofindisnation that moved
Az, romhcrs of the Cabinet yesterday. Al
..o,rb efforts we're made to induce the Sem
80 md especially members OF tha Commit
%, n, Foreign Relations. to remove the seal OF
.,,,o,v from these communications. the Of
,.rs w.rr futile. Copies had been made at the
s,,,o pculttmrnt for the press with tho eN-
aa,,, .i,n that the Senate would order them to
No mad, known. but they are still being sa-
crety guarded.
prI;i,n. ;hrrsons response is said to be
s,m and cmvhatir. 1t rciteratcs the conten-
lions made by this Government in the corre-
.rnndon,c. and accuses Lord Salisbury Of not
d.,Iirr directly and frankly with tho ques-
,,,,s involved. At the close. 1t is said. he
rl,in,y Informs his lordship that IL necessary
al the resources OF the United States. naval
and military. will be called upon to maintain
me rights OF the United States in the Behring
Goa md to protect the seals resorting thereto.
The concluding paragraph is described By one
who las road it as "A ringing snapper"
The communications were referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations. before which
the arbitration treaty is still pending. As to
the rrohatlc action upon the treaty. Senator
who has taken prominent part in the discus
sion over it said that it would most likely be
rati ,c,l, although there Is q wide diversity Of
opinion IN the Senate on the expediency or
necessity Of rntifying the treaty under present
conditions. Another Senator said that with
the ratification would 20 resolution to the
President expressing the sense Of the Senate
to be taat the United States possessed certain
rights in the Behring Sea- some inalienable
and some acquired from Russia. and that
whatever action he took in protecting those
rights, pending arbitration. would meet the
approval Of TIE Senate.
The Behrinr Sea Arbitration Treaty. which
has been pending in the Senate for several
weeks, was to day sent back TO the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the Presi-
dents message. carrying Lord Salisbury's
refusal to continue the modus ricenR and
President Harrison's decisive announce
ment that he will punish seal poachcrs with
every power at his command. This action was
taken IN executive session. ana was preceded
by a lively debate Of a personal character. par
tcipated in by Senator Sherman. Chairman OF
the Foreign Affairs Committee. and Senators
Turpie. Voorhees, and Teller.
When the Presidents message had been read
Senator Sherman arose and proceeded to i'm
press upon the members of tho Senate tho
grave responsibility that rested upon them in
dealing with this question. and warned
them that the United states might be
plunged into serious complications with
foreign nation If an erroneous idea
Of 1.-THE pending should be given
TO the country in the shape OF disconnected re-
ports in the newspapers. He then delivered a
short but severe lecture on the subject of reveal
ing executive secrets. and referred to the ex-
tended and accurate reports of the proceedings
Of previous executive sessions appearing in
the newspapers. After he had made several
Senators eeI rather uncomfortable by insinu-
atng that he knew where the leaks were. he
a,temIted TO restore good feeling by. comrli-
meaning III" senators on the somewhat incom-
session
Senator Turpe of Indiana. in bitterly sar-
caste Sn"crI, acknowledged that the Senator
rom ono was tho only member Of the body
WIZ luy appreciated the importance OF OBJ
"F'DF TIM ] on the sns He s Sand
from ohio oi divuging the secrets of the SEN
,t -, After drawing beautiful picture Of
MI Slin IN the most cutting manner. that he was
governed by tho rules Of the Senate in such
matters. AMI was accountable to the Senate
iengei IT," right of the Senator from Ohio to
assume atotE h" sDonsibiity for the consciences
senator yoorhis said that so far as he was
,'nn'"rnrd h" did not propose to be subjected
,oioctHI"' IN propriety and adherence to tho
Senate '' N'
~! r, sherman in reply disavowed any inten-
tton:EG',iog-. lIe said he simply wanted
Ei,i,y w IGsS mon them the grave resnonsi;
III, s",ou, results which might follow pre-
mature ma +, or unofficial statement OF the stua-
Nina. or NY Other senators. wto 10 Tor "a a
m Iss",, imagined that he intended to
He' Senate, Hey MpGn any mn%c cmber :.
anu lmHi"d src"ch to the effect that it was
nil aITH,E 10 II mind that tho United States has
~ IL" ad'aO age Of the argument but unless
t,m"mN M vigorous action is taken II will be
In nHi ~ Ne end Of the controversy that tho
~ "T'tLrh WI lnye all tho, scns and the people
mont. wa" ''' ''A'' '''o "'s"
,i1 A. motion was made to make public the en-.
,n pS"'t. r3l"ndencc. but Senator sherman OPP
Eus.,i Wat proposition on tho ground that
m, view "' Il" gravity Of the situation. the
mnten on Foreign Affairs
an. hrnn ,-liion to make public was modi-
.n' 10 NNthrr,Z,n, the printing Of tho corre-
tbou',lr' hnd tho accompanying papers for
me cArllsiyr use Of thu senate. each copy to
wh VA. ,na,krl. "Conlldential. Don't leave this
"here i can be seen"