The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18
Denial of the Report that the Bering
Seal Negotiations Have Been
Complete Failure.
PLACE FOR AN INDIANIAN
j. w. CRUMPACKER NAMED FOR
NEW MEXICO JUDGEsHIP.
+. w. MOndeII Appointed Assistant
Land Commissioners Monetary
Commission in Session Again.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE officers OF
the State Department were very lnuch sur
prised at the reports of the total failure of
the Canadian negotiations which appeared
to-day in several newspapers. One of them
said: THAT view is not taken by the gov
ernment in Washington The representa-
tives OF the Canadian government who have
just left this city did not come to Wash
ington with an expectation of concluding
any arrangement or treaty during their
brief stay, They entertained views on the
question of the sealing regulations and
hoped to acquire accurate information as to
the views of our government on the re-
naming questions which their preceding
government in Canada had failed to adjust.
The only fact correctly stated in the pubs
lication referred to is that under the favor
able influences prevailing the seal experts
agreed on a report. This report will furnish
a good basis for further action. 1t goes
without saying that Canada is not disposed
to make a concession on the seal question
without some consideration to Canada.
What such reciprocal concession or con-
cessions should be is a question not yet
disposed of, but continuing under considera-
ton. There has not been the slightest
check to the negotiations further than the
inevitable delay in the settlement of the
sealing question The Canadian representa-
tives We're Hospitality received, frankly
talked with and participated in a free and
frank discussion The official added IF
ever Irritating questions can be removed
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 seal hunt
ers in the future, supposing that no ar
1oY1fi ic or h0fx a
States and Great Britain for further meas
ures of protection. In the absence OF an
appears to be afforded by the language OF
the award made by the Paris arbitration
tribunal. That body. having in terms de-
cided that the United States had no right
of protection or property in the fur seals
in Bering sea beyond the three-mile limit
from the shores of the seal islands,, laid
down set of regulations for the guidance
of both parties to the agreement, prescrib~
ing the conditions under which seals might
he taken in the waters of the North Pa
cifc and Bering sea. These are the regula-
tions that govern to-day, enlarged as they
have been by mutual agreement. It Is pro-
vided in the award as follows: THE con-
current regulations hereby determined 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 modified by common agreement between
the governments of the United States and
of Great Britain. The said concurrent regu-
lations shall he submitted every five years
to a new examination. so as to enr5Ie both
Interested governments to consider whether,
in the light of past experience, there Is oc-
casion for any modification thereof" This
first term of five years expires about the
time the seal season closes next year, and
it is a fair assumption from the language
of the award that failing an agreement on
further regulations, those in force will con-
tinue 70 run.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Sir Louis and Lady
Davies and the other Canadian officials took
their departure at 10 o'clock this morning
General Foster called on them before their
1a,> F,ttt a meeting not OF a
business character. Cordial sentiments were
renewed in parting.