was perhaps somewhat amusing to know that not more than a quarter of the poaching was committed by British subjects, the remainder being done almost entirely by' citizens of the United states. Should any serious difficulty Gritain would be placed in. the somewhat ow out of the present contention, Great
anomalous position of defending, by force of arms, the depredations of American poachers. So long xs the question was open, said Mr Mills, the United States were bound to respect their own laws, and the President to execute them. The United States had grant-oda lease to certain citizens, whereby the latter were to give at least a million dollars annually for the privilege of taking far seals from te Pribyloff Group. The law, Mr. Milly concluded, made it tie duty of the President to prevent the killing of fur seals in those islands and the waters adjacent to them 5 an, in his judgment, the, President was bound to execute the law with all the power at his command, It is difficult to decide from the notices in the papers before us whether Mr. Blaine still clings to the mare clunsnm or not, According to the New York Times he has practically abandoned it Mr. Blaine no longer conten that the United States must hold Behring Sea to be mare clausum. Far from it. isavows" the idea, except "to the limited extent and for the single purpose" of protecting the seals, The necessity of shifting his ground to often and of looking ubout for nts ft place" to jump 80 soon as ope untenable position mut be abandoned for another has prevented his observing the important fact that if he gives up the mere clawsun contention he gives up everything. Russia, in the Czar's edict of 1821, forbade foreign vessels. to approach the Aleutian Islands than one hundred miles," and 1322, her Minister explained that of sea of which these possessions form the limits comprehends all the conditions whi ave ordinarily attached to shut seas (me Sermées), and the Russian Government might consequently judge itself authorised to exe cise upon this sea the right of sovereignty, ant especially that of entirely inter di ing the entrance of foreigners; but it preferrd only asserting its essential rights without taking advantage of localities." Obviously, if we duim a right transmitted by Russia we must cluimand exercise it in its entirety, or not at all.
While, according to the following ye from the St. James's, he is still faithful tu it— riding, and which gives promise of an amicable settlement of the dispute."
The St. James's has the following handsome Note on the famous brother of our coming Chief Fudge and Consul-General Sir James Hannen's elevation to a Lordship The English Bench bus mot belt, in the Appeal is an almost ideal appointment. generation which has nearly elapsed since he first wore the ermine, a stronger judge or one who has more consistently maintained the dignity of his ctlice: in him are gathered the best traditions of the judgment seat. Waring his long presidency of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division he held the reins very firaly—as. indeed, they must needs be held in that particular court. The uorufiied dignity with which be presided over the Special Counnission, and the tact with which he sought to avoid embittering the passions which for so many long days were laid bare before hit, will be long remembered. As a Lord of Appeal Sir James Hannen will enjoy leisure, tempered by occasional responsibility; and no judge of recent years has better deserved either the dignity of that high position or the leisure which commonly accompanies The fight over General Booth continues to rage Gercely. The St. James's calls upon the General to deny that he lent Mr. Stead £5,000 tw enable the latter to start the Review ut Revieies, though it does not appear that the General made any mistake in investing £5,000 of nm funds or those of the Salvation Army in such an excellent speculation, Then Professor Huxley has got the opi of an eminent Q.C., Mr. Ernest Hatton, that General B-oth's Declaration of rust Deed, 1878, is not worth the paper it is w snd that "as to the properties vested in Booth hima self, it appears that such are placed absolutely under his power and control both as to the disposal and application there. The General is asked tu account for the profits derived from the sale of In Darkest Eugand, ad of the War Cry, which pays over £17,000 a year. Phe General wrote to the Lord Mayor during the very severe weather, saying th it his oticers found hanes bridges riy less than 164 persons, of various age without any sort ut shelter or protection from the weather than that provided by the parapets surrounding the recesses of the footpaths," and he begged the City to ing for this destitution
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