The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-18
STORY OF THE FAILURE OF THE
CANADIAN CONFERENCE is
DENIED.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING.
DEFINITE RESULTS WE'RE NOT
EXPECTED DURING PREMIER
LAUREER'S VISIT.
CONCESSIONS ASKED BY CANADA.
All OF the Talk of the Most Friendly
and Cordial Characterised
Status.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Off
GERS of the state department were very
much surprised at the reports of the
total failure of the Canadian negotia-
tiGns which appeared today in several
morning newspapers. One of them said
! today: THAT view is not taken by the
/ government in Washington. The rep
resentatives of the Canadian govern
ment who have just left this city did
not come to Washington with any eX-
| pectation of concluding any arrange
ment or treaty during their brief stay.
They entertained views upon the qUes-
ton of sealing regulations and hoped
to acquire accurate information as to
the views of our government upon the
remaining questions which the preced-
! ing government in Canada had failed
to adjust"
The only fact correctly stated in the
publications referred to-" said a gov
eminent official today, lis that under
the favorable influences prevailing the
seal experts agreed upon report This
report will furnish a good basis for
further action. 1t goes without say
ing that Canada is not disposed to
make a concession upon the seals with
out some consideration to Canada.
What such reciprocal concession or
concessions should be is a question not
I yet disposed of, but continuing under
consideration. There has not been the
slightest check to the negotiations fur
ther than the inevitable delay in the
settlement of the sealing question. The
! Canadian representatives were hospi-
tably received, frankly talked with
and participated in a free and frank
discussion"
The official added: IF ever irritating
questions can be removed between the
two countries meaning the United
States and Canada), they can be dis
posed of under the administrations now
charged with the conduct of affairs in
the United States and in Canada"
! Some interest naturally attaches to
the conditions that Will govern the
seals in the future supposing no ar
rangement is arrived at between the
United States and Great Britain for
! further measure of protection. In the
absence of an official statement on the
subject an answer appears TO be af-
forded by the language of the award
made by the Paris arbitratOrS, that
body having decided that the United
States udu no IISnI VI pIOlcCtlOl VI
property in the fur seals in Bering
sea beyond the three-mile limit from
the shores of the seal islands, laid
down in a set of regulations for the
guidance of both parties to the agree
ment, prescribing the conditions under
which seals might be taken in the wa
ters of the North Pacific and Boring
sea. These are the regulations that
govern today, enlarged as they have
been by mutual agreement. 1t is pro-
vided in the award as follows: THE
concurrent regulations hereby deter
mined with a view to the protection
and preservation of the fur seals shall
remain in force until they have been
in whole or in part abolished or modi
fled by common agreement between
the governments of the United States
and of Great Britain. The said con-
current regulations shall be submitted
every five years to a new eXamina-
ton, so as to enable both interested
governments to consider whether, in
the light of past experience, there is
occasion for any modification thereof.
This first term of five years expires
about the same time the seal season
closes next year, and it is a fair as
sumption, from the language of the
award, that failing an agreement on
further regulations those in force will
continue to run.