The evening times., 1895-11-14
SIR JULIAN And The SEALS
Interesting Correspondence Upon a
Vexing Subject Just Given Out.
Great Britain's Am mbnssador Indulges
In Severe STRUCTURES OF Views of
Senator Morgan on TIE Quest ION.

London, Nov. 1.-the correspondence
between Sir Julian Paunccfote, the British
ambassador at Washington, and the govern
nient from May 8, 1884, 10 August 81 4,
1899, respecting the claims in connection
with the Bering Sea seizures has just been
issued.
The correspondence previous 10 Congress
rejecting the proposal To pay lump sum
is mainly formal and without special inter
est. II contains Sir Julian Pauncefotcs S
telegram To Lord Kimberley under date OF
August 3, 1894, stating that he reckon> the
total amount of the claims, with interest,
at 100000, but that he has reason to be-
lieve that the United States would pay a
lump sum OF 100000 Ia be rid OF The
delay and expense OF convention.
Other dispatches record sir Julians fail
ure 10 obtain $3.50. 900, and Secretary
Grcsham's offer Of S425, 900 and Canada S
and EngIand's acceptance OF the offer, il
the sum he paid in 1894. Sir Julian, i'll i
dispatch 10 Lord Kimberley under date OF
February IS, ascribcs the rejection of his
proposal 10y the House OF Representatives
to strong party feeling. and asserts that
statements made in Congress We're entirely
misleading. both as regards the law and
dice the minds of members Of the House
and to affect public opinion.
Sir Julian wrote to Lork Kimberley on
March =, announcing that he had received
from Secretary Gresham an expression OF
the deep regret felt by himself and the
President at the unexpected situation in
which they found themselves and at their
inability TO prevent a delay i'll adjusting
the claims.
lnb,.rlpy "a Sir .Iull.ln a.
March an account Of an Interview he had
had with Mr.. Bayard, in which the latter
shared the regret and expressed himself as
sure that the President and Secretary
Gresham had done their utmost To induce
Congress to vote the money. Lord KIM
berley assured Mr.. Bayard that Great Brit
ain had no complaint 10 make regarding
the President and Mr.. Gresham.
on March Is Sir Julian sent a long let
ter to Lord Kimberley coDtroverting Mr..
Morgan's statements IN the Senate and
coDdemDing them as Inaccurate, unfounded
and yitupcrativc. He refers TO Mr.. Biane's
views III the beginning of the negotiations
which led 10 the Paris arbitrage and says
that the President and Mr.. Gresham had
adopted the same view and that they
had been animated throughout by the
highest sentiments OF honor and Justice.
He criticizes Mt. Siorgan's structures re-
garding the amount Of the ella i'm in RELATE
10 prospective profits aud speculative dam
ages, and recalls The Fortune Ba affair in
connection with which the claims We're al
most entirely for prospective DANA ges, only
81 400 out Of the S1O3, 900 that the United
States claimed being for The Il ctual destruc-
tion Of property.
He says that although the action giving
rise In these claims was not that of the
British government, but of a mob of fish
ermen in an outlying part of the colony,
who were enraged at seeing laws To which
themselves were subject violated by COM
petttors, ye;, Great Britain, within three
years, paid virtually the whole sum that
the United States demanded.