| Show BEHRING SEA complications IT is definitely stated that a proclamation la larn relating to behring sea bea will soon be issued by the president it will be given through the state department part ment and be made in accordance with the act of congress approved by president cleveland relating to fish orles erles this act takes cognizance of all the waters in the dominion of the behring sea bea and extends to it all the penalties provided by former acts prohibiting hi bi the killing of fur seals sealis within the limits of alaska the cleveland act requires the an oual nual promulgation of a warning to all persons against entering the water do dominions minious of the united states in bob behring ring sea elea for dorseal seal poaching united states vessels of war are to cruise in these waters and arrest ull all persons and seize miss all ships found seal hunting the forthcoming forth coming proclamation will quote in full the act against seal killing and all its provisions and requirements the cleveland sot act extending killing act to the behring sea will also be quoted it will define emphatically the attitude the govern ment aunt will assume towards peal poachers and it will state that the provisions of the acts of congress will be enforced the geographical question will not be touched the settlement of disputes of this kind will be left to the district court of alaska the fifty first congress made a liberal appropriation for distributing and publishing any and all proclamations relative to the behring sea question the forthcoming document will be printed in circular form at the government printing office and distributed tri buted to all collectors of customs on aie M pacific coast and to all the av V S agencies agea cies in british america it was thought a few days ago that his was all but iett ll the official correspondence which pawed between the state departments of england and this country indicated that a happy conclusion was about to be reached the issuance of this proclamation cla clar mation nation would lead to the belief that there is something still unsettled only a day or two since dispatches from canada stated that unusual activity prevailed in govern government rn P nt shipbuilding yards in that dominion that may mean some thing or nothing but it appears that the district court of alaska has the most important part to play in this drama the geographical question quee tion to is the only issue in the behring sea beis complication and it seems rather a heavy part for so unimportant a functionary as the judge of that court to assume unless he is made the mouthpiece ol of the state department |
