The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-16
THE SEALING QUESTION.
Cieveland's Message TO the Senate 5segarsi.
Ing This Topic.


WAsuISeTOS, Feb. il.--The president
to-day sent the following message to
congress on the Bchring sea question:
On the S;h day OF Jaruarc received copy
Of the following sonate resolutions:
Resolved. That the president be required. IL
not ncpm patiDle with the public interc~, la
communicate To the senate all reports docu-
meats and other papers. iocludia. logs Ia seS-
>r,s relating TO the enforcement OF the fesula-
lions Respecting. fur seals adopted b. the gov
e.nmeat Of the Unitcl States and Great
Britain In accordance with the decision Of the
tribunal OF arbitration eonyeaci at Paris and
the regulations under which said reports are
required ID be made. a. we'll as relating
TO the number Of seals taken durin. the
season OF 1884 by pc.aglc huate-s aad by
the lesseeS of the Pribylon and Commande.
islands: also relating To the steps which may
have teea taken t. extend the said reg ulatlons
to the Asintic waters OF the North Pacific ocean
and Behring Sea and 10 secure the concurrence
Of other naiions ia said regulations: and fur
ther. all papers not heretofore published Ia
Guiding communications Of tho agent OF the
United States before sai1 tribunal at Paris.
relating to the claims OF the British govern
ment on account Of the seizure Of sealing ves-
sels In Behring sea"
In complianea with said request herewith
transmit sundry papers. documents and re-
ports which have been returned to me by the
secretary Of state. the secretary OF the trss<-
nry and th> s-cretsry OF the navy. To whom
said resolution was referred. am not In pos
session OF any further information touching the
various subjects embodied In such resolution.
II will he seen from letter OF the secretary
of the navy accompanying tho papers and doc
umsnts sent from his department. that It Is i'm
possible TO Iurnish Ut this time the complete
log books Of some OF the naval vessels referred
To In the resolution, but I venture to express
the hope that the reports OF the commanders OF
such vessels herewith submitted will be found
TO cont ain In substance so much OF the matters
recorded In said log books are important-in
answertng the Inquiries addressed to me by
the senate. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The message is accompanied by let
ter from the secretary of the treasury.
who puts in the number of seals killed
by pelagic hunters in the North Pacific
and Behring sea during the season of
ls9ast $4,000. and says OF this number
about 81. 900 were killed in Behrine sea
and on the American side of the North
Pacific. He also states 1908 seals were
taken on the Pribyloff islands by the
North American Commercial Co. The
unofficial figures place the number
killed on the Commander island Mt "a,
as5. The secretary also transmits the
logs of the Rush, Bear and Corwin in
relation 70 the enforcement of the Paris
tribunal relations. and closed with the
statement that the papers forwarded
constituted all the reports and docu-
monts in the department which it is
deemed compatible with the interests tn
transmit TO congress 1t this time" The
correspondence includes 14e letters and
fAlnwrams