New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-23
A Happv Result.

| A Happy Result.
Never has a.grander illustration of the
folly and criminality Of war been offered
than is furnished by the circumstance
that the decision just rendered by the
Behring sea arbitration tribunal which is
really in favor of neither Of the parties
to the controversy, should prove to be
entirely satisfactory to both. Our re-
presentatives have declared themselves
entirely satistied,as might be seen through
the columns of this paper yesterday, and
now comes Mr.. Gladstone and declares
that the decision is entirely satisfactory
to the English people. -a-..
For ten years past the Behring sea
controversy has maintained this people
and England on the verge of an armed
outbreak. Canadian tory politicians
have done everything within their reach
to precipitate trouble, and would doubt
less have been successful had not larger
interests intervened to prevent England
from taking up the quarrel of her colonia!
proteges. All efforts at peaceful settle
ment were unavailing, although every
possible effort in chat direction had been
put forward. Our own pro- English
party, with Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Bayard
atlts head, essayed the task of settlement,
and after four years of Intellectual pol
>troonery and surrender, had to give up
the task by force of circumstances.
In wholly differeut temper Mr.
Blaine tried his hand, backed bv re-
publican administration. It is hardly
too much to say that the spirit in which
the negotiations were carried on on both
sides is wholly unprecedented in any in
ternational controversy that did not end
IN bloody and prolonged war. Each side
openly expressed its doubts of the others
honesty and truthfulness. Charges of
bad faith were made on each side, ending
in charge of forgery made by the Eng
lish advocates before the arbitration
body against their American adversaries.
This Was all but followed by the break
down of the arbitration proceedings,
owing to what the American representa-
tives regarded as the bad faith of the
English representatives in reserving a
part of their case, while finally the
board of arbitration was called upon to
give formal expression of its disapproval
to certain expressions used by England's
leading advocate before the tribunal,
Sir Charles Russell.
Under such circumstances it seemed as
II nothing short OF the complete defeat
OF one of the parties to the controversy,
and the equally complete discontinue Of
the other, would have suficed to bring
matters to an end. Such is not the case
and unless either side is now dissimulat-
~ may OV Sd1Au W1GuOul CAdS0GTdClO0
that there never was any real disagree
ment between the parties in interest.
The decision in itself is eminently sat
isfactory, looked at from the broader
point of view of the interest of all ma
lions. The claim OF specific property on
the part or the United States in the seal
ing privileges, # ever put forward, is
effectively .negatiyed by the decision.
On the other hand the claim Of England
and Canada that there should be no re-
straint by the United States against
pelagic sealing is forever set at rest. The
seals must be preserved, against the.
marauders of all races, and the means Of
such protection pointed out by tbe de
cision IS one which cannot but be salts
factory 70 all who are interested IN the
accomplishment Of that result. The sub
| stantial victory rests with the United
states, while The clinical victory IS with