The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-09
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/ Great Britain has finally decided not TO
| take part in the sealing. conference. It
took her a good while to reach that decis-
Ion. When the United States invited her
! to a conference the statement was made
that Russia and Japan. being interested 10
some extent in the seals. would also be
r4nvitcd. Lord Salisbury replied that Great
Britain would willingly have conference
WITH the United States. He said nothing
about Japan and Russia and the infer
I ence was that ne had no objection to the
7 presence Of those two powers at the con-
ference.
Now, when some OF the delegates to the
| conference are on their way to the place
! OF meeting. he says that Great Britain
never consented 10 confer with Russia
ard japan, and that she viii not DO so,
bat that she and Canada will have con-
ference with the United States. If the lat
ter so desire
Why did Great Britain back out at the
last moment? If she objected to a con
ference to be participated in by Russia
and Japan why didn't she say so when
frs. informed that an invitation would
be sent to them? The belief isthat Great
Britain had no objection 10 the presence
OF Russia ana Japan and would have join
Cd in Il conference with them and the
United States if Canada had not protested.
Canada is the sinner that has been caus-
ing ell The trouble in respect to the seals
Her seal fishermen shoot the seals while
on their way 10 the breeding ground-the
Prs6ylof Islands. As London is the mar
ket for the skins Of the seals, Great Brit
ain doesn't care particularly whether the
seals are slaughtered by the Alaska Com
mercial Company. an American institution
which has a monopoly Of the sealing bus
mess. since it has the exclusive privilege
of killing the seals on the islands, or are
shot in the sea by the Canadians. but the
Canadians don't want to lose their priv
nege OF pelagic sealing, and therefore
fearing that she and Great Britain would
be 0utvOtel in conference with the
United States. Russia and Japan, she in
/ duced Great Britain to decline to enter the
/ conference. That in a conference in which
Russia and Japan were not included the
| United States would be outyoted seems
TO Great Britain to be all right
No doubt Russia and Japan are against
! pelagic sealing. because it viii ultima tely
/ exterminate the seals 1t is said that the
majority of the seals killed in the deep
sea are females Apparently the Canad-
ians prefer to have the seals exterminated
to losing the privilege of shooting them al
sea Great Britain understands, doubt
I less. that if Canada is permitted to have
/ her way in the matter it viii not be long
before the seals VIII be exterminated, but
! She has yielded to Canada's demand and
| VIII have nothing TO do with a conference
in which Russia and Japan are allowed
| to participate.
! Il is thought that two conferences may
| be arranged-one in which the United
! States. Russia and Japan will be the con-
! ferees and the other i'm which the United
d. States. Great Britain and Canada will par
Jicipate But what good would result
| from these conferences? It is doubtful if
! they could accomplish anything towards
/ correcting the evil complained Of.