APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. bao 
No. 361 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received June 13.) 
WASHINGTON, June 3, 1890: 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inform your Lordship that, since the 
receipt of Mr. Blaine’s note of the 29th ultimo, informing me of the 
rejection of the draft Convention by his Government, I have been in 
constant communication with him, with the view of coming to some 
possible settlement of the Behring’s Sea question. 
On the 30th ultimo Mr. Blaine informed me that he was to have an 
interview with the President, the result of which he promised to com- 
municate to me as Soon as possible. 
I accordingly received a note from him last night, a copy of whichis 
inclosed herewith, in which he states that the President is of opinion 
that an arbitration could not be concluded in time for this season, but 
he is anxious to know “ whether Lord Salisbury, in order to promote a 
friendly solution of the question, will make for a single season the 
regulation which in 1888 he offered to make permanent.” 
Your Lordship will observe that the above proposal is identical with 
that contained at the conclusion of Mr. Blaine’s note of the 29th ultimo. 
In view of the receipt of your Lordship’s telegram of the 31st ultimo, 
and in order to save time, [ at once wrote a note, a copy of which is 
also inclosed, to Mr. Blaine in reply, in which I informed him that Her 
Majesty’s Government were not prepared to agree to such a Regulation 
as was suggested by Mr. Blaine. 
I have, We. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, 
[Inclosure 1 in No. 361.] 
Mr. Blaine to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
; DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 2, 1890. 
My Drar Sir JuLian: I have had a prolonged interview with the President on 
the matters upon which we are endeavouring to come to an agreement touching the 
fur-seal question. 
The President expresses the opinion that an arbitration Could not be concluded in 
time for this season. Arbitration is of little value unless it is conducted with the 
most careful deliberation. What the President most anxiously desires to know is 
whether Lord Salisbury, in order to promote a friendly solution of the question, will 
make for a single season the Regulation which in 1888 he offered to make permanent. 
The President regards that as the step which will lead most certainly and most 
promptly to a friendly agreement between the two Governments. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE. 
482 {Inclosure 2 in No. 361.] 
Sir J. Pawncefote to Mr. Blaine. 
WASHINGTON, June 3, 1890. 
DEAR Mr. Buarne: In reply to your letter of yesterday evening touching the fur- 
seal question, I beg to state that I am in a position to answer at once the inquiry 
““whether Lord Salisbury, in order to promote a friendly solution of the question, 
will make for a single season the eae which in 1888 he offered to make per- 
manent.” 
