§ SIR G. BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the instructions to the commanders of British and United States war vessels in Behring Sea, in reference to the warning and seizure of sealing vessels, are practically identical in terms; whether power is given to exclude sealing vessels from that portion of the North Pacific, or only to stop sealing; and whether he can present copies to the House?
§ SIR E. GREYThe instructions are practically identical so far as they can be in view of certain differences in the Acts passed respectively by the British and American Legislatures. No power is given to exclude sealing vessels, but only to seize vessels either sealing or bearing indications of having sealed contrary to the Regulation of the Behring Sea Award. There is no objection, so far as we are concerned, to publication, but we must consult the United States Government as to making public their instructions.