New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01

shall produce satisfactory evidence to the Col
lector of Customs that the hunters employed by
him are competen. for the work. The require
rnents of the awards of this head are 50 clear
that it would have been difficult for even Secre-
tary Gresham or Carlisle to blunder in drawing
up the regulations. It was only necessary TO
direct that care should be taken in issuing spe-
cial licenses and to provide that vessel having
authority To seal should display a prescribed
distinguishing flag. With respect to Article D. the
regula tons are defective. Apparently the terms
Of the article were thought to be of little inn
nortance and no separate regulation the sub
ject has been drawn up. In an order TO COM
marder Clark. the officer IN charge of last sum-
mer's naval force in Rehring Sea, Secretary
Herbert refers to this feature of the award but
no mention of the requirement is made in the
formal regulations.
This was bad enough. but the subsequent ran
ure on the part Of the authorities to examine the
logbooks of vessels at sea and in port was worse
The Treasury Department to-day is without full
informatlo as 70 where or In what manner many
OF the seals caught by poachers were captured
In a recent letter on the subject u the President
Secretary Carlisle admitted that only ten OF the
thirty-two vessels to which ne refers engaged
in fur sealing have made returns as to the iau-
tude and longitude in which the seals were Killed
And yet Article ) of the award distinctly states
that the entries in ships logs shall be- com
muacatcd by each of the two Governments IN
t.rcsted In protecting seals TO the other, AT the
end Of the fishing season. The United States mas
not furnished England with information on the
subject nor has Great Britain forwarded 10 thls
country any data which is valuable now or use
full for the future In other words, Wfiie M
terms of the award this head are imperative
and OF great Importance Secretaries Gresham
and Carlisle have not taken the necessary steps
to make them operative.
Rut the most serious neglect Of the State ana
Treasury Departments which under the circum-
stances seems intentional ana deliberate anu
therefore criminal. has been the iaiiure 10 MAKE
effective the prohibition against the use oil nets
firearms and explosives by poachers A. st"1 '
the regulations drawn w by the Tribunal DIS
unctly provide that these means 81 capturing
seals are forbidden in Behring Sea No quaLlnca-
ton or limitation is expressed o. Implied Sho'-
guns could be employed outside OF Behrng 81
nj certain times but. Ike nets ana explosives
they were never 10 be- used in th.se "a.ci''
Senator Morgan said to-day that the liipuhal III
TENDED that the prohibition should be aosolu'e d.
all times and at all places within Bchtins "e &c.
and that the arbitra tors believed that TINS was
the hes, and surest manner Of restricting pelaglc
scaling. The Treasury Department Regulations,
however, actually encourage the US" OF -
weapons and the enormous pelaglc eaten OF idst
seas N il largely due to this fact Inc lhIlu u
the series provides. for illustration:
Any yesG iaynE r9 eTG .? uP may upon
tarnC those waters or at Unalaska, report TO me
,iis,cr,l officers United states, OF an O"l''
Of The United states. and have the arms ana am
inunIiion therefor board secured uhdeI seal
The same regulation authorized the masters Of
sealing vessels found within the restricted Aoie
between MAY and July 81 to appJ |" 'i'e IN
mander Of any cruiser. or To any customs o"'
Ger to declare that she intends t. proceed |"
home port and to have nor sealing ou'ht si''i-
lar; secured Vessels in japanese waters VI ."
tho Siberian Coast wishing 20 return ho'ie ''e
permitted to entec the port OF Attou an" '"e'S
have their destructive weapons paced under
seal the provision being added: such seal s"an
not be broken except at the vessels home port
Another regulation says that the entry !"
sbips log # The tact that her arms were uhdeF
..,i snou,d constitute sufficient protection
,,,trs, seizure while the vessel was WITHIN the
,r., If the award Thus the explicit directions
~ The arbi,rltors were ignored. ana pea ~. -
ing made easy ana profitable. Seal podenett,Ih a.
robbers on the high seas Ihey are IHe.I ", L.,
c,rsciance or honor and IN assuming that ~
u.lu,d keep their firearms and explosives uhnei
seal the secretaries of thy state anu 1850 J
d.uartmcnts displayed either S''iiP''NI,,s -
aim which would not be looked for In Cn'Iu' VI
inter contempt for the obligations lmpossu , uPu
than Even n novice can see tld' III pe. ," o
nr,ch,,p vessels with arms ana explosives Oh
board - cru.se in Behring sea w'uiu nal
xbolrsaI. sIg.ghter OF the herd IL rs natu'a
10 suppose taaa the little piece oil seal'Is ,s
the y.atl Q Would be broken on ana mr. s l',s
,1 xnI,sfres employed with the greatest lree
Ann The poachers had an entry III 'hel' On,
,lai logs that the prohibited weapons hau ot tn
't ,n1.r seal and under the regulations .ie
~, ,.,s conclusive evidence that they mao SUD
seuuently done no wrorP. - ,,ar,r,r.
Yet the records of the treasury Depa, 10 ,
rnns ,bat he pelagic catch last season was H.
ooo senator Morgan says that the poacne ono
could not have secured more than ZoSo Gr us
seaie II spears alone had been used IN hsh'hs' ~,
80 20 ,s tribunal intended and directed ne
sIso saws mat II the regulations had been nteIn
gently drawn up and faithfully enforced,
80 ,,o,d have found cary in the sealing ss"so'
H. ,bnir cruise would be profitless. ana ~
, ,"%o to Canadian and American ports ne
added: .,o, co,ditions are
foaH Hoier which there is possibility OF thsr
PIoN.,tr', 70 firearms and explosive 10 hlll
t,Sol 'lhS, ,,,a advantage OF every OCCASION 10
M, Nor the animals with these meansi ne IA,
nut, .r,innt ON land do We put sealing wax on
htsbvavmans revolver. tell hln 10 sS lI'' ' IL
ssv To- the police than an eniry on u"o lei a :
nsa.ston potfrg such action Is 10 De rthd O."
Ir,Hf no, ne Is trustworthy person a! nj, -
/ -, al poaCherS