OCR Text |
Show Tin: iintiMiM.i jiimiu.i. TlUTllerlng sea allatr promises to become a most terribly muddled com blnatlon of politics, national Imtory and International law. Dispatches from Waihlngton stale that Ihequcs Hon Is more complicated at present thsn ever, owing to some views ex pristrd by Ird rlallsbury lu opsl-Hon opsl-Hon to a renewal of the fmWr.s tu emit. Theorlgluor this llsrlux sea controversy contro-versy la aomowliat pecullsr The strange rt ol the milter Is that American schooners were the first Iwachers within the seal llshery wat en. In 1S9I Ibwe schooners laldolT about six mllea from Hie rookeries nnd deliberately shot fur ssals In the water. Tbe treasury agents reported the matter, and In 1615, when the schooners renewed their work, an American revenue cutler setaed one of the sohoousrs. Itwss agreed that an Amerliaii crulstr could siiro an American vtwel anywhero on water, is betner within the three mile limit or on the orleu sea. l.arly In lfSI three Ilrlllab schooners s-illtrl from Victoria, entered Ilerlng sea In July, .otturd ltis.tr boats Ihlily toslity miles from land, and proccfde-l to ahoot fur seals In a wholesale manner. man-ner. Tho United HUtM cutler "Cor-win" "Cor-win" seized the Itrlllsh schooners, took them to Ouual.iak barter, aud lynched lliem there, carrying their crews and cargo lo Hltka, where tho United titales District Court .Blrmed the legality of tbat action. Tho Canadians Inn Indlgnint at this outrage ou tho llrltlsh dig. A great many American who claimed that tbe seal fishery was n mouo-oly controlled by a few politicians urged tbe Canadians on. The Cleveland administration ad-ministration then presided at Washington, Wash-ington, and the matter bore at Hie lime an aajteclof American party wartare. liilsS? llrltlsh schoonera were unco inoro selud, and that lei to direct cor-rrspoudcuce cor-rrspoudcuce between Ilayard and thtt liltu.li government. In I&eS there werunoselturis, and tho prospect of au amicable settlement seemed strong. Hut Ilsyard weut out of ullliu early lu IbbO, and lilalne succeeded suc-ceeded him. The Cana liana enlorod Ilerlng aeaaa usual, thinking lhat nu more selxure woull bo made. In July of thatyear the "HUck Diamond" wasselrej bytbo U.H.Cutlsr"itu.h," then followed the excitement which at one time threatened serious International Inter-national complications. The corris-pondente corris-pondente between Mr. Illalno anl Lord Hallsbury has bten published, thu advantago apvearlug In favor of tho former. I.ord Hallshury's sudden change of point 011 the qiimllon has caused quite a stir at Washington. |