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Show CASUS BELLI. ; Somebody with a Vivid Imagination Sees 17. Involved la War. Ottawa, Ont, Sept 27. It is reported that the captain of one of the British Columbia Colum-bia sealing vessels seized by Russia in ths Bering sea, is here for the purpose of furnishing fur-nishing the government affidavits of his seizure and information to others. Also he made tbe following statement: "Having been in tbe Baltic he understands the Rus sian language, and while a prisoner on board ths Russian gunboat he learned from tbe conversation and actions of Russian Rus-sian officers that they were Instructed to mske only a pretense of seizing American vessels, their real object being to assert such rights in tbe Bering sea as would naturally na-turally aaaiat tbe United States In approaching approach-ing arbitration. Be this ss it may, cable-grama cable-grama regarding these seizures passing daily between the British and Canadian governments gov-ernments and the sending of a British gun. boat to tbe scene are regarded as ominous. The contingency certainly contemplated of is a war between Russia and England and if these seizures and consequent violations of tbe treaty of 1825 between Russia and England are regarded as a casus belli, with ths United States assisting Russia, tbe possl- ble consequences to Canada are very se- I rktua. |