The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
pAuNcsFore ANSWERS MORGAN.
Quotes Evidence In Reply 60 His Objec-
tions 10 Bering Sea Claims.

Quotes Evidence In Reply 60 His Objec-
tions 20 Bering Sea Claims.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.--The British
embassy has received from the foreign
Office the full correspondence respect
ing claims for compensation on account
of British vessels seized in Bering sea
by United States cruisers.
In informing Lord Kimberly that the
house of representatives had defeated
the measure for the payment of the
claims, which was lump sum agreed
upon by Secretary Gresham and the
British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, said:
"Strong party feeling would seem
alone TO account for the rejection of so
Just and desirable an arrangement. 1t
is urged that the present claims are
principally made out of indirect dam
ages, because they include, in some
cases, the loss of profits of the fishery
seal only by sealing vessels warned out
of Bering sea- Such damages were al
lowed when claimed by the United
States in the Fortune bay case on be-
| half of the United States fishermen,
whose rights of fishery had been forci-
bly, interfered with by mob on the
coast of Newfoundland in 1878. One
speaker represented the total amount
of the claims to be only $542, 600 where
as it was over $700,000.
On March 10, Sir Julian wrote an
| elaborate answer to Senator Morgan's s
criticisms on the claims. After an
swering one after another of the sena-
| tors statement, he adds:
"But of all the unfounded objections
which have been urged against the
claims, that which seems to have made
the greatest impression on the public
mind is the statement that most of the
vessels on behalf Of which the claims
are made were in fact owned by per-
sons whom Senator Morgan stigmatiZed
| in the senate as 'recalcitrant and ras-
cally Americans, who hired themselves
out to the British flag to rob the gov
ernment Of the United States and to
violate its laws and to dishonor the
country
"The vituI erative epithets are quite
unmerited and Twill proceed that the
objection in question is not well-found
ed in fact and apparently is based on o
mistaken view of the British naviga-
ton laws. BY British law, no alien
can hold any share in registered
British vessel under penalty of forfeit
ure of the vessel to the crown.
| NnY SnOulu an AmerlCdu ClUlZeu
be called "a rascalT What law has he
violated by advancing money for the
prosecution of lawful Canadian in
dustry carried on by Canadians in
Canadian vessels? In what respect has
the United States government been
robbed considering that it has no
property in the fur seal, as was solemn
| ly adjudged and declared by the tri-
bunal of arbitration at Paris. These
are questions which, submit, can only
be reasonably answered in a sense alb.
solutely fatal to Senator Morgan's con-
tentions. Moreover, the principal al
legged transgressor referred to, whose
name is BoiCowitz, has denied that he
| is an American citizen.
1.-THE British flag and the law of ma
tions have been violated on the high
seas, and it appears to me that in as
sessing the indemnity to the private
individuals who were the victims of
the great wrong so committed any in
quiry into the sources of the capital in
vested in the lawful industry pursued
by the vessel at the time of seizure, is
out Of place and inadmissible.