. 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. SfT,- 22 It may be convenient that I should place on record what took place between Mr. Blaine and my- self on the subject of his second or altri'native proposal for a nwdun nvendi, which I communicated to Your Lordship privately on the 7th April last. Mr. Blaine made his hrst proposal on the 16th March. He then stated that, as there now seemed to be a prospect of agreeing to
. 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. SfT,- 22 It may be convenient that I should place on record what took place between Mr. Blaine and my- self on the subject of his second or altri'native proposal for a nwdun nvendi, which I communicated to Your Lordship privately on the 7th April last. Mr. Blaine made his hrst proposal on the 16th March. He then stated that, as there now seemed to be a prospect of agreeing to the terms of an arbitration, it was desirable to arrange for a mmluH vivtndi pending its result, and he threw out a suggestion of a radius of *2.'> miles witliin which sealing vessels should be prohibited from approaching the seal islands. I acquainted Your Lordship with that proposiil in my telegram of the lUth March. AlKlut a fortnight afterwards, at an interview which Mr. Blaine was good enough to give me at his house when he was confined by indisposition, he reverted to the subject of the moilun rireinli, and he asked me to ascertain whether Your Lordship would prefer as an alternative proposal that the killing of seals should be stopped, Intth at sea and on land, pending the result of the arbitration. I should here observe that for some time past I liad been pressing Mr. Blaine most urgently, but in vain, for a reply to Your Lordsliip's despatch of the'21 s?-/ February, No. in which certain modifications were proposed in the (juestions which he had formu- lated in his note of the 17th Decmeber, 189<). for the purposes of the arbitration. The delay in returning a reply to Your Lordship's despatcn appeared to me discjuieting, anil he spoke somewhat (le^pondingly in the presence of Sir Charles Tupper of the prospe<;t of an adjustment of the ( for arbitration. I, therefore, informed Mr. Blaine that I hesiUited to transmit to Your Lordship any further prop
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