| Show I AMONG TH SEALER tt t r I The Seamen of Victoria ExpectS Expect-S British Protection AN AMERICANS DEFENSE Of Salisburys Contcnlion i Writing I lo the Press Upon the Question His Arguments VICTORIA B C Aug 2rSpccial telegram tele-gram to THE HEKALD Captain Cox who vent north with the Mischief when she was sent to relieve the Victoria schooners of their catches denies that he carried caried any orders to the sealing fleet any information I he had for the sealers was a to the progress pro-gress of negotiations as reported in tha press up to the day of the Mischiefs sailing Richard Hall another prominent sealing man states that the only reason the sealers seaers have for concluding they will be protected this year more than any other is that thE negotiations are moro advanced and that it will be more difficult for Great Britain to witness seizures made without taking notion Captain Winans of the American A steamer Michigan who is not interested financially fi-nancially in the sealing industry is taking a strong stand in favor of the British contention con-tention in letters to local and American papers Ho does not see tha advisability of protecting seals which are only a luxury at best if such protection will cost the United States a violation of international law The British sealers have good reason to hope for compensation for their seizures and protection in the future whereas Americans havent Many citizens oi the United States are interested in schooners fitting at Victoria for sealing preferring to change flags and securing the coming protection of England against their own country Great hardship has been imposed im-posed upon American seamen in this water Americans were being driven to lit out in foreign ports under the British flagbecauso they believe they would enjoy protection Victoria is reaping a rich harvest out of all this fitting out of sealers each vessel costs about three thousand dollars making SSO 000 left in Victoria for this year which sum should go to Pacific Amerisan ports |
