Show mr maine treats the subject ELSS he points out some inconsistencies indian ques tion by secy oble washington jan 6 the president has transmitted tran omitted to the house further respond euce on alio subject of ring sea controversy between the united states and groat britian the correspondence pon dence consists of a letter from salisbury to dated august 2 1890 and one from secretary blaine to th the american Mini ste dated december last Salis burys letter c to the discussion of the russian and the treaty of 1825 he arbuss that blaine misinterpreted adams position and declares the history of the case shows first that england always denied dussias Rus sias maritime jurisdiction in Behring sea that the convention of 1854 was a renunciation of that claim and that the behring sea has not been known by that name but as part of the Pric itic ocean he closes with the state if still exist hia goy ia ready for imported arbitration by methods to be agreed upon in concert with blaine blaines letter begins with an insist ance upon the correctness of the position assumed by the united states he believes the controversy turns upon one point whether the phrase pacific ocean used in the treaties of 1824 and 1825 included behrins sea as contended by great britian if the united states can prove it to the contrary her case is complete and undeniable therefore fore anne enters into an exhaustive argument based on Ban crofts history to chow that adams and contemporaries nd a distinct understanding that ahe phrase ocean excludes the waters of behring sea then known to all the world as the sea of Kams catka atie secretary cointa to the large wealth the russian american company which he bays ifould have been carless ly thrown away by the russian nobility in the phrase which merged behring aea in the pacific ocean lie cited the long abstinence from tuo seal waters by the adventurous people of the united states and great britain as a presumption of their lack of right to enter as stranger evidence of benine cites th a protocol of the treaty of to show that dussias Rus sias relinquish ment of jurisdiction applied only to the territory between the and degree also an explanatory note from russia to adams in 1831 1 positively ex cestine the aleutian islands and the country north of 59 degrees 3 minnies from the concession to the united states of the right of asb and trade ho also cites the action of great britain in excluding vessels from water within eight leagued of st helena when napoleon was conned there and again refers to the protection exercised over the ceylon genrl fisheries by great britain saying ahat he is willing to accept cheso provisions for the protection of the seal fisheries he speaks of the enormous injury inflicted by vessels under the united states fisheries and suggested that she send an intelligent commissioner to the islands A gain h objects to alie form of the proposed arbitration and says it will amount to something tangible if great britain consents to arbitrate the real questions discussed for the last four year viz what were the rights exercised by russia in behring sea how far were they conceded by great britain was behring sea included in the pacific ocean did not the united states acquire all rights what are the present of the united states and if the concurrence is found feces sary then what shall be tha protected limits and lie loose peason secretary blame in conclusion denies that the united states ever claimed behring sea to be a closed sea and quotes minister phelps in 1888 where he davs alio queston is not applicable to tha present case was time the secretary aliat these heuple should be compelled to do something and he bad lost patie ce with those who upheld the ind ana iu their he sincerely sin cerly regretted that the recent action of the military had resulted in bloodshed and he congratulated himself that hia departure was in no way responsible for it |