Show The British Bellicose I I Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch fj l VASWSGTON May 22The news that be Bribsh government has ordered a man ifwcr I from Vancouver t Bearing sea torte to-rte British vessels in illegal seal fish jigv caused considerable surprise here es prday Secretary Windom went over t the navy department and had a conference with Secretary Tracy and as a result the light armed Thetis which is on her way north t enforce the Presidents procla maeion was stopped by telegraph at Tacoma Washington territory and she will be replaced within a week by the Iroquois The Iroquois is a modern vessel of 1773 tons and carries six smooth bore guns with a forward and after pivot consisting con-sisting of Cinch muzzle loading rifles She also has a secondary battery of Hotchkiss and galling guns Her crew will be made up of eighteen5 officers and of 170 sailors and marines who will be take from the crewsof the vessels wrecked at i Apia The Iroquis i at the Mare Island I navy yard and will be ready in a week lb Ito I She will be the equal of any British vessel likely to open fire on her on the Alaskan i coast The action of our government in enforcing enforc-ing the law against the taking of seals in I the breeding season is merely a repetition of its action in previous years In liST I four British vessels were seized amon I others and taken to Sitka and there condemned con-demned and sold Our government vi11 goernment not flinch from enforcement of the law i and the Presidents proclamation in spite I of the bellicose attitude of the British authorities au-thorities |