The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-25
herring SEA OPERATIONS.
Men-ofwar Now Being ThorOughIy
Fitted Out.


Washington, March 24.-The naval
bureau, whose business it is to fit out
men-of-war for service, are very busy
just now in getting together the sup
plies necessary for the Bering sea fleet.
The repairs needed in five vessels are
being made under difficulties owing to
the low state of appropriations avail
able for the reconstruction and repair.
The equipment bureaus are also
bothered by the same old question
which arises every year as to the coal
supply for the fleet.
Persons interested in the Pacific
slope coal fields have been insisting
that the navy use their coal in prefer
ence to imported coal, but the naval
officers, while willing to make any
reasonable concession to patriotic feel
lings have been obliged to declare
against the western coal, which they
say is not only inferior to the imported
article for steaming purposes, but is
| also destructive TO boilers and crate
bars. Recently, however, the Seattle
coal people claim to have developed a
new vein of coal that is free from the
objections heretofore made, and they
have renewed their demands that the
Boring sea fleet be supplied with Amer
lean coal
ing the result of the Boring sea arbi-
tration is likely to fail of consumma-
ton for this season at least, owing to
the dilatOry policy pursued by the
British government have produced no
effect here and TIE state and navy
| departments are making their arrange
ments for the execution of the laws
in the seal waters on the assumption
that full force and effect is to be Civ
en- to the decision Of the arbitrators.
which was so clearly explained that
/ there is no chance of misundarstand-
! ing. The thOroughness of The instruc-
/ tons that viii be issued to the naval
commanders of our vessels bodies i'll
| to the fortunes of any craft, American
/ or Canadian, that may go INTO the seal
waters with the intention of taking
seals in violation of the findings of the
arbitrator. 1t is, Of course, desirable
] that these findings take the form OF
statutes IN each of the countries cen
cerned and to that end the McCreary
/ bill was submitted to the house and
| senate but regard ess of this, the
contention of the United states is. and
/ has been, that the findings of the ar
/ bItrators is binding upon he two par
/ ties of the treaty of arbitration, and
| that they have even greater force than
statutory law. The United States gov
eminent proposes to act upon this the
!
hidden waters will surely be seized and
the masters subjected to The penalties
1 of the law
Our government would be glad to
have, and fully expects, the co-opera-
/ ton of the British war vessels in its
police duty, but the programme out
lined Will be carried out to the letter
in any event. There appears to be an
impression in the Canadian mind that
the modus vivendi under which seal
ing was regulated last year has expir-
ed. The United States government. on
the contrary, takes the ground that il
remains IN force until all of the find
lngS OF the arbitrators have been given
effect, which is not yet the case. and il
proposes to act upon that theory. Ii
would be useless for piratical sealers
to clear hastily for the seal waters
hoping to profit by a large catch before
they can be served with notices of the
new regulations, for our government
takes the ground they have already
had notice of the illegality of theil
proposed operations through the decis
ion of the arbitrator and the contin.
uance OF the modus Vivendi and they
Will be seized without hesitation il
found in the closed sea.
Meanwhile the two governments are
engaged in the effort to arrange the
details of the plan by which the Brit.
ish naval forces can work in harmon
TO carry out the results of the arbi
tration.
Sir Julian Pauncefort. the British
ambassador, had another long confer
ence today on the subject with Score
tary Gresham, who was also in consul
tation with Senator Morgan, one of the
Boring sea arbitra tors.