Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-22
no rxoet Nature Of H., rs Regarding
the Modus ylrendl,
UnknOwn
- AL rxIPr a vEaY raw OF
FiciALs.
onile a Formidable Fleet 10 60 To- Tue
Northern Pacific IN case They
are Needed.
salisbury. Reply Nat Yet Made rub
IlcIy Known.

xaiisbury's Reply Nat Yet Made run
IicIy Known
WASHINGTON, March 2i.--The ua'
,,re Of thn reply OF Lord Salisbury 10
,boiast note from tue state depart
mani. relative 10 rouewnl OF tue
moIus vivcndi Tor the conduct OF the
,esl fisheries in jcriug 3pa, ~ known
10 nobody In Washington except tue
President. tho British minister, and
vcry few officials OF the dUplrtmrnt oI
state, Even the Republican membnra
Of the Senate committee on foreign re-
iallons and the House committee on
foreign adalrs, uaun!ly iniutmcu
rromptly 81 any new phnsc IN inu
Negotiations, nre In lgnorancn OF Tvs
contents. The conclusion drawn ny
some, nom this omission on the phit
Of the Administration 10 Inform them
upon the subject, Ia that the no'o ~
lnconclusive as to tho main pom. o,
controversy, namely, the rHtGnr on
protection 10 be afforded TO seal iiIe ~
Beripg Sea. lt rs believed that II
Salisbury accedod to the request OF tue
President for
A RESEwAL on THE MoDus VfVENDb
the fact would have been Immediately
communicated TO the Senate. The be-
lei ol senators "a that lac made the note
vohlclo Tor tho extension of hie nrgu'
mcnt that The thirty.mlle limit OF the
protected area proposed Wy him ~
amply sufficient ~ meet ali the necea.
stiles Of the case.
one senator declares emphaiically:
at IL only play for time on the part
Of the British government" HIS
theory u that the government VIII
ultimately consent 10 renewal OF tho
modus vlvendl, but will delay action
" long that the agreement viii be
made ineffective through the departure
TOT the zeal grounds Of large numbers
Of Canadian sealing vessela. This
Wow finds many adherenta among the
seuatorf, and IL can be asserted fAfely
that II this policy should become
clearly defined, the Senate will 10 n
unite IN supporting tho administration
IN the most energetic eilortito enforce
the laws on the statute bOd1is relative
70 the protection OF the rights Of the
United States In Boring Sea.
so OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
Impossible to obtain any official
nsrmnli0n concerning the note To-
Owed from Lord alisbufy yesterday
n the Boring Sea question. One
amor that has many believers IL that
Lord Salisbury has answered the
Presldonps note, insisting on the me-
etsdly OF tho mOdus yivondi
with counter proposition, that
IN case Onc II agreed upon,
The United States ngtoo TO lndem'
hliy Canadian vessel owners for los
leslncured thereby. The United States
hsalgeaIy rejected proposition Ol
lhii hnd. General Foster, rcpro0ont-
log The state department IN this mat
lei, had two interviews with the Pres
dent on the subject today, and the
Impression Ia general that thoy con-
tiiered the character OF tho rOply to he
made 10 Salisbury. II il pretty well
established that tho President Is not
dlspsaei TO recede from this position
already assumed in regard 10 the pre-.
t'ryatlon OF the seal herd, aud will
lake steps 10 secure that end, with or
Sithout confederation Of the British
g3vernmont.
Another report In calculation TO-
night Ia 10 the effect that the commu-
nieati0n IL merely u short dispatch
sailing that the reply proper a. Acting
INST, IN being prepared and IL nearly
ready, and viii DO adverse 10 the re-
quest fos tho modus viyendl. Accord
lng TO the same report, the coinmuni-
Gallon further says In effect tla. the
BRUSH government viii not interfere
WIN tho policing OF Boring sea by
United States vessels pending the negO-
uall0ns Tor settlement Of the ques-
IONS atislue by arbitration, though II
may hereafter ask for damages In be-
uAll OF such Canadian sailors NJ may
s4urr ny seizure or Interference by
american vessels.
PnrrARlNd vEssELs roR5aEnviCE.
IL Is faid at the navy department
ihat no orders have been Issued look
ilg TO The dispatch OF tho naval fleet TO
nghhg sea this seaAOn,npd that no au-
Moh OF That Kind win be taken until
NY pollcy Of this government has been
ueatIy uehned, or until the depart.
Neht 10 Informed that the revenue
vessels 70 DO used for patrollini. the aen
are inadequate for tho servlue.
Notwithstanding this Geml,oiiio lRl
,Alemcnt, II Is said that the depart.
i9snl Is preparing vessels Tor service in
we Northern Pacific ocean, IN case
taey arc needed. These are the
auamp and the ''Iss agnr,n now
gSuhg nlted cut ut Marc Island, Cal.
heui WIN enter into commission IN a
tnoN TINE, Another Vessel thht win
angouolodly 20 TO Being sea this
TuhB u the "AlOhlcan, Ynow Mt Sea
s'ue, Other vosscls that can be util.
~ III case 1t Is deemed admirable to
huengthen the fleet, ARE the ''Balti.
Wolei" NJ San Diego. tho nEogton,i
and Yorktown en- route Tor san
F,,laneiieo. Thesc, or "a portion of them,
WIN Tho four revenue v,fsels, the
scar crush" "CorWin, - and "Al.
mldable fleet. "
ToFribIe ENpinaion.
o,U,iMiA,RLEyolX, MIch., March ai.-A