Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-17

The international hearing anent
our little dispute with ur.at Britain
over the seal fsheries Of Alaska Il
ended and we may look Tor an award
from the arblipiom within reason.
able time. While both sdes have been
conducted with marked ability and
porsistencr, Il seems TO be stating no
more than the circumstances warrant
when We say that the Americans have
made ou, the stronger showing. Not
only This, but their work against the
-ubtletie-, shrewdne,s ana mastcrful
presentation OF the English Il somc-
thing In which we may take jusllnatle
pride. Our people never engaged In NJ
"long distance" contest before, that
~, one 40 long In which there was no
relief Ia the way Of examining
witnesses, interfering pleas and the
Other incidents Of trial IN court;
It was straight talking match
from start to II ish, aud 1t would
have been a reflection upon Us and
perhaps have prejudiced our cause had
the American been slower, less con.
tinuOus, lsss arRumeutatlve or less
elaborate Of speech than his English
opponent. We came or with flying
colors.
Now that this has been attended 10,
perhaps II Ia time that we famillarlzoi
ourselves somewhat with tho bone Of
contention. How many know where
the seals mostly hibernate, how mum.
%. us they are, how they are taken, the
geographical lines, aud 80 on2 Not
many we think. But II the trouble
had happened generation nearer the
beginning Of our race there would have
been war; then we would all hava been
posted; oven down to the smallest %,
in tbs schoolroom some idea Of tn,
ground as well a. the water aud the
thllgs that be- Their Ia which have
formed the subject OF dispute would
have been known.
Hon. BpnIamin +. Tracy, score.
,nry Of the navy under President
Harrison, contributed mn excellent A.
ticle on this subject to the May mum
her Of the North Amerio1n RCrisU
After showing that the islands of 81,
Paul anJ a. George Ia Brring sea,
known ~ tho rhhylon lslaud., are a
part OF the Alaska purchase from Rus
sIa IN 1867, hr points out that these
islands are the only place. inhabited
hy tho seal Ia the Alaskan territory.
Across Boring sOa, near the Siberian
coasl, aud distant $50 miles due west
from the priby.On isluuds, aro the
| Commander islands, belonging to
Nursu, which Hrs aro inhabited by
sc1ls. 80 other seal colony Of any
tlzo exists la the North Pacific. Tn,
Two herds uhabi,iug these widely sep
uratcd groups Of islands never mingl,
with each otheron land or In the water
adjacent to tho Islands, but each herd
maintains, aud AWAY has maintained
i,s separate ana distinct existence.
There is no record OF the killing OF a
seal belonging to the Commtnde
Islands upon tho isles Of rhOylof,
The members OF the t,O herds AT,
readily distinguished by their sknU,
chat OF tbc American zeal being of
Gucr quality anu worth about 20 per
cent moro iu the market. Tho uller-
| rucu ir wen established aud July
| rsy.gmzsl, although its cause ha,
.uyc. b,uuasc,uaiuud. Hut whatever
,uv cause, IL must have operated iol
many generations TO produce thr
marked uIllar1uo' In tue animals,
which ia conclusive evidence Of th,
| Absolute separation OF the Two herlr,
| and lt scrvrs 70 i-en,ity mcmuers o
aan h,rl beyond possible question.
inc question as to why the Amer.
rau zeal should have selected the tw,
remote islands spoken Ion iis home au,
uo others is not actually known. a
a.l.su,s IN iog hut ID uuallc g.
vnuure ice or sun, AMI thus tue an
mals have dourtless been nhIunce,
~ their choice by The fact tual IA,