The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-26
PAUNClr0TE,s Answer
To senator MarRanp Criticisms IN the
uorlug Sea Matter.

AtAAAS htA NANAAeIs
Washington, d, c., Nov, 2j,-The
British ambassador to-day received
from the foreign Office the full cores
pondenoa respecting claims Tor COM
pensation on account OF British vessels
seized IN Bermg Sea by United States
crulsel7I Brief cable extracts nom the
report have appeared, but the full cor
reapondcfce 10 full OF Interest, as II
brings out the spirit with which Sir Jul
Ian Pauncci0te, the British aInbassa-
dor, answered the criticisms of senator
Morgan,
Informing Lord Kimberly that the
house q representatives had dstpUtGd
the measure for the payment OF the
claim, Sir Julian wrote;
STRONG party feeling would seem
alone to aCcoGht for the rejection Of 30
lust and desirable nm arrangement,
and, as your lordship win have noticed
from the lnclosurc in my dispatch,
statements have beer made in Con
gress which are entirely mislgadlne
both as TO the law ana the facts of the
case.
1T is urged that the present claims
are principally made out Of indirect
damages, because they include, IN some
eases, the loss Of profits OF the fishery
seal only by sealing vessels warned out
OF BerinE Sea,
zone speaker represented the total
amount OF the claims 10 be only S5i9,-
600, whereas II was over 500, 900, An
other concluded from the fact that the
offer OF the lump sum ana It's accept
ancc appeared In notes Of the same
date that the offer was made without
previous investigation, and was in-
ltantly snapped at by her majcstya
Government, whereas the compromise
recorded In those notes was the result
OF laborlous negotiations, which Were
carried on durlnE IN cwholG summer
There can be no doubt that these inac-
curacles were calculated to prejudice
the minds OF many members Of Con-
grcSs, and also TO turn public opinion
against a settlement OF the question,
which WAS both equitable and ndyan-
tageOus To both parties"
on March IL, Sir Julian wrote an
elaborate answer 10 Senator MurBan'S
criticisms on the claims. After an
sweiing one after another Of the sena-
tors statements, he adds:
But OF all the unfaundcd 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 the most Of
the vessels on behalf OF which the
claims are made were in fact owned by
persons whom Senator Morgan stigma
tized In the senate ns recalcitrant and
rascally Americans, who hired them
selves out TO the British flag To rob the
government OF the United States and to
violate Its laws and dishonor the coun-
try"
After quoting the British shipping
laws. Sir Julian proceeds:
why should that American citizen
he called 'ruscal'-whIt law has he
violated by advancing money FOR the
prosecution NJ IA lawful Canadian in
lustry. carried on by Cnnadinns In Ca
madam vcssels--in what respect has the
unlt0d States government been rob
bed. considering that It has no prop
crty In the fur-scal, as was sOlemnly
adludged and declared By the tribunal
OF arbitration nj Paris?
THESE are questions which, ! sub.
nit, Gun only be reasonably answered
In sense absolutely fatal TO Senator
Morgan's contcntions.'