. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. S'/ 0 21 on which to found their judgment, and these materials could alone be supplied by a Joint Commission. I ad<le<l that I had no authority from Your Lordship to make such a suggestion, but that I ventured to throw it o . for consideration. Mr. Blaine replied that, as regards the reservation of the right to kill a limited number of seals on the islands to cover the l
. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. S'/ 0 21 on which to found their judgment, and these materials could alone be supplied by a Joint Commission. I ad<le<l that I had no authority from Your Lordship to make such a suggestion, but that I ventured to throw it o . for consideration. Mr. Blaine replied that, as regards the reservation of the right to kill a limited number of seals on the islands to cover the loss which would result to tlie company for the support of the Aleuts in their employ, that was a condition which might perhaps not be insisted on ; but he was absolutely opposed to the suggestion of sending a Joint Commission of experts to Behring Hea, or to putting in lorce the modiix i-ivemli until the terms of the arbitrations had been definitely agreed to. ..^^ I pointed out that if this were to be a condition of the arrangement, it would probably be too lute to put it in force this season, in view of the time which might elapse before the preliminaries of the arbitration had been settled, and I reminded him that his proposal was simply that it should take eft'ect " pending the result of the ; He replied that his proposal, as understood by the President as well as himself, was subject to that condition, and he seemed to attach importance to it as being calculated to accelerate Your Lordship's acceptance of the terms of arbitration proposed by his (iovernment. I, therefore, explained to him that all Your Lonlship knew at present respecting the propositi was that it had l)een made by the United .States' (iovernment, obviously in their own interest, and that Her Majesty's (Jovernment had certainly nothing to gain by acceiling to it. I begged him to disabuse the mini! of the President of the idea tliat Yf)ur Lordship, in giving the proposal a favourable
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