Behring Sea.
That is a far 'more serious affair. It too has its safety valve. Mr Blame, tired of the endless negociatione, has ordered his
men-of-war to go and arrest all Britishers sealing in the Behring Sea; poaching in American territory he probably calls it. Lord Salisbury has at once intimated, through the Ambassador at Washington who, by the way, is not resigning at all, but staying like a man to do his duty— -that if any American touches a Britisher outside the territorial limit of a league from shore, the British ships will fight. As both (squadrons and all the Healers cannot get to the Boot till the spring, Jack Proet being at present in command, there is plenty of time to argue the question out. Iv the meantime the thing looks tigly, and Lord Salisbury has behaved well. A war about these wretched sealing grounds would be one of the most wicked, senseless wars of this or any age. If the two nations agree to shut up the fisheries for a season or two, and leave the question of territory for discussion at the Greek Kalends, nobody will grieve.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7062, 14 January 1891, Page 2
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191Behring Sea. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7062, 14 January 1891, Page 2
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