The record-union., 1893-08-17
Special to the RrcoRp-UN1oN.

/ Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 1G.-Secretary
I Gresham is said to be dissatisfied with
the findings of the Behring Sea tribunal
in regard to the regulations established,
and it is understood his views are shared
/ by other Cabinet officers. The regulations
are interpreted to mean that the United
States will have entailed on her the cost
and worry of patrolhng Behring Sea
/ without benefit to her sealers, while
/ Russia, Japan and perhaps other nations
reap the harvest. the regulations being
| binding only on Great Britain and this
country.
/ It is not likely that any definite policy
respecting the guardianship of the sea
will be outlined until the opening Of
OF the first season next year because the
weather will put an end TO the operations
OF the sealers in about two weeks. The
restrictions placed on sealers with refer
ence to firearms, nets, explosives and
steam vessels will have the effect, it is
/ believed, of causing Canadian sealers to
resort to desperate methods to secure
/ good catches, and much poaching is
! feared.
! In the close season during the months
of May, June and July. both Great Brit
ain and the United States will be COM
PEELED to maintain fleet of naval YES
sells to keep poachers from the sealing
waters, and it is believed at the Navy
Department that this will result in the
establishment of permanent Behring
Sea squadron for duty during the three
months named.
The United States will also be obliged
to maintain watch on the waters within
the siXty-mile zone around the Pribyloff
/ Islands during the entire mild season,
from the lst Of April to the lst of Septem-
ber, and 1t is probable this duty will be
discharged by vessels of the revenue
marine service.
WILL PROTECT THE SEALS.
New YORK, Aug. 16.-The result of the
Behring Sea arbitration proves that all
that was lost on the abstract questions
under Article VI. was regained under
Article VII, which was most adroitIy as
well as wisely inserted by Secretary
Blaine. Having made the best possible
! presentation of the technical issues raised
! by Russian cession and property right
which Americans could claim to the ex-
clusion of Canadians, Secretary Blaine
provided for the contingency Of an adj
verse decision. Article VII, in that
event, authorized the arbitrators to pre-
scribe regulations to be established by
the concurrent action of Great Britain
and the United States. That sagacious
statesman's prudent forecast ofa possible
defeat on questions of technical right has
enabled the United States to achieve
substantial victory. The regulations will
protect and preserve the seal, and that
was the sum and substance of American
contention. AS logical result the decis-
ion is in favor of England on technical
tiles. There will be bill for damages
for the seizure of Canadian ships, but in
all the essential features Of the fact con-
nected with the preservation of seals the
Americans get what they wanted.
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-The comments of
the English press in the decision of the
Behring Sea arbitrators are generally in
pleasant wien. complimentary to the
manner in which the work was per-
formed, and eulogistic of the system
which has been instituted to settle inter-
national disputes. The Chronicle is boast
| fuI and venomous, and asserts tho United
States used forgeries to bolster its pre-
tensions and chose only evidence to suit
its arguments. The Pail Mall Gazette
voices the best English opinion when it
says: The award is satisfactory to Eng
! land and need not be regretted by the
| United States. 1t ratifies the inalienable
right of vessels to sail the high seas free
and undisturbed. The stability of this
| primary canon law of nations is of more
value to the United States than MANY
/ sealskins."
| THE CANADIAN PRESS.
| TORONTO, Aug. I6.-The Empire says
of the Behring Sea decision: Canada
strove for principles that are of lnterna-
tional moment and concern and for rights
that it is the interest of all nations to up
hold and has won."
! The Globe does not think the decision
ought to be very disappointing to the
/ United States. None OF its privileges
have been abridged, while outside hunt
ers are cut off for three of the best
months of the year.
The MdH thinks the arbitrators have
determined wisely and well. While the
decision is opposed to the attitude of the
United States to-day, it sustains that
taken by Tyler, Marcy, Cass, Grant and
/ Evarts in relation to the free navigation
of the ocean. The arbitrators have agreed
/ to the demands of neither Powers. but
| have met both half way.