Lord Gough to Mr.
Olney.
British
Embassy,
Newport, R.
I., July 25,
1895.
Sir: I have the honor to forward to you
herewith, acting on instructions which I have received from the Marquis
of Salisbury, copy of a note addressed to his lordship by M. de Bille,
Danish minister at the court of St. James, respecting the regulations
for the protection of the fur-seal species prescribed by the award of
the Tribunal of Arbitration on the Bering Sea question.
M. de Bille states that his Government does not at present consider it
necessary to make these regulations binding upon Danish subjects.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
M. de Bille to
Marquis of Salisbury.
Danish Legation,
London, July 3,
1895.
My Lord: By a circular forwarded the 20th
of August last to this legation, Lord Kimberley invited the adhesion
of my Government to the regulations established between Great
Britain and the United States on the eastern side of the North
Pacific Ocean from the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude to the
Bering Straits, for the proper protection and preservation of the
fur-seal species.
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As it has been ascertained that no Danish ships participate in the
fur-seal hunting in the waters referred to, the Royal Government has
directed me to inform your lordship that they do not, at least for
the moment, find sufficient reason to ask the Danish Parliament to
pass the law authorizing them to give effect to the regulations in
question.
I have, etc.,
