The morning times., 1895-11-26
SIR JULIAN IS hE17LtD
Says Congress Was Misled in
the Bering Sea Matter.
REPLY TO Mr.. MORGAN
Correspondence Made Public-1t Com
tains Some Interesting Comments
Onthe Indemnity Proceedings M
bassador Accuses CoHgressn,en Of
Misleading Sta;eme ID.

The full correspondence Between Sir
Julian, PaunCefoie, British atiiDa Ssndnr to
the United States, and the London Foreign
Office, covering the period from May 3.
1894, TO August 81, 1898, respecting the
claims In connection with The bcring Sea
seizures, was received by the State De-
partInent yesterday.
1t would appear from Sir Juiian's dis
patch 10 Lord Kimberly on the 2Sth OF
February last that the adverse majority
in the House of REPRESENTATIVE against
a settlement of the claim for S4z5,UOO
was a surprise as well as a grave dis
appointment" To him.
Strong party feeling he continued.
would seem TO account for the rejection
of SO just and desirable an arrangement
and, as your lordship will have noticed
from the enclosures in my dispatch. state
ments have been made III Congress which
are entirely misleading. both as to the
law and the facts OF the ca se."-
CALCULATED TO MISLEAD.
81 rJulian then reviews some of these
the declaration that they were ca icuiated
TO prejudice the minds of many members
OF Congress and also to turn puullc opinion
against a settlement of the question which
was equitable and advanta geous to both
parties"
strange contrast with the assurance given
him by MIR Blaine. at the commencement
of the negotiations which led to the Berlng
Sea arbitration, that this government
who had acted in the belief that they We're
exercising thei rlawful right. should be
the victims of a grave dispute between
two great countries, which had happily
been adjusted"
SIR JULIAN'S REJOINDER.
The most interesting feature OF the cor-
respondence is the dispatch written under
date OF March 10, last, to Lord Kimberly,
in which Sir Julian makes vigorous 'e-
joinder to the argument of Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama, against the payment or
the S425,Oo0. His summary of Senator
Morgan's objections, which Sir Julian Gays
the Senator was refused leave to print in
the Congressional Record as a part OF his
speech and which were communicated 10
the press in the form of memorandum
after the adjournment or Congress, covers
the following points:
That the United States never agreed
to arbitrate the question of their liability
for damages, cUnsenting only tn negotiate
respecting them; that the total amount
claimed by Great Britain was S542 1853;
that the items for loss of profits should not
be allowed, that the excess proposed to be
allowed by the Secretary of State was
fully SlS2 900; that ten of the ships seized
were owned by citizens of the Uni:ed-
States and that the amount claimed by
British subj jects, less speculative damages,
was only 1924: that even this amount
was excessive. inasmuch as the personal
claims should be deducted, leaving only
S36 ,2S9, and that Sic, 500 of this sum S
not allowable as a charge for the seizure
of the Henrietta, which occurred under
the mocus yivendi"
l. ~ lohohN.
Replying to-Senator Morgan's first con
IGNITION, "that the United States never
i&leed to arbitrate the question of their
liability for damages, etc." Sir Julian
became necessary from the moment tbat
the Paris tribunal, by its award, had -e-
Jected the leagl pretensions OF the United
states TO q special property In the 'ur
THAT decision at once proclaimed the
illegality of the seizures, and the liability
OF the United States TO satisfy the claims
That was the basis of the diplomatic re-
gotlation for the adjustment or the claims,
and am at aloss to conceive what ,her
view could be taken without disputing the
Sir Julian goes on to show that Senator
MORGAN was m1staken IN D fixing Xxi the total
amount of claims at S542. 16e. Ii was, he
says, upward of S7S6,O00. Senator Nor
gan. he says, would allow no compensation
for loss OF profit of the fishery season.
and quotes from the Judgment of the
tribunal in the Geneva arbitration the
well-knOwn passage to the effect that no
compensation can be awarded under the
head of prospective earnings" as they
depend upon future and uncertain con-
ditions."
FEELS SURE OF JUSTICE.
That Sir Juiian's argument in support
OF the British contention met with the
approval of his official srperiors is evil
denced by the following extract, which IS
made from Lord Salsbury's letter TO him,
written on the 3lst day of August last:
Il need scarcely say that the argnm ,nts
| which you bring forward in support nf The
! validity of those claims have the entire
approval aud concurrence OF Her Ma iesty S
goverumPnt.r-Thea attempt made by Sena
| tor Morgan to dispute them seems 10 be
| largely founded on Misrepresentation, and
| Her Maiesty's government cannot doubt
| that when the full facts are before the
| public In the United States the liability of
| that country to make compensation, which
| has never been denied by the government,
viii be generally recognized both in and
| outside of Congress"