§ MR. BRYCEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state what progress has 320 been made with the negotiations between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States regarding the proposed arbitration on the Behrings' Sea Seal Fisheries?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON, Manchester, N.E.)The negotiations are not yet concluded, but there is every reason to hope that a satisfactory arrangement between the two Governments will be arrived at very shortly.