674 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salishury.—( Received January 16.) 
WASHINGTON, January 6, 1891. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to ineclose herewith copies of the 
President’s Message to the House of Representatives, transmitting a 
letter from the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by the cor- 
respondence which has taken place since the 23rd July, 1890, on the 
Behring’s Sea question. 
This correspondence consists of your Lordship’s despatch to myself 
of the 2nd August last, and of Mr. Blaine’s note in reply of the 17th 
December, copy of which I had the honour to transmit to your Lordship 
in my despatch of the 19th ultimo. 
I have, We. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
{Inclosure in No. 26.]} 
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. 
Seal Fisheries of Behring’s Sea. 
To the House of Representatives : 
In further response to the Resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting 
me, if in my judgment not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish to the 
House the correspondence since the 4th March, 1889, between the Government of the 
United States and the Government of Great Britain, touching the subjects in dispute 
in the Behring’s Sea, I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, which 
is accompanied by the correspondence which has taken place since my Message of 
the 23rd July, 1890. 
(Signed) BENJAMIN HARRISON. 
EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 5, 1891. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 5, 1891. 
To the President: 
In response to your direction, I submit herewith the official correspondence between 
the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain, touching 
the seal fisheries of the Behring’s Sea, since the 19th July last. 
Tam, &e. 
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE. 
No. 27. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received January 20.) 
[Telegraphic. ] 
WASHINGTON, January 20, 1891. 
Behring’s Sea. 
With reference to my telegram of the 17th instant, I have the honour 
to inform your Lordship that I saw Mr. Blaine yesterday, and he showed 
me a statement which had appeared in the “Times” of the 5th January 
respecting the naval preparations of the United States in the Pacific. 
This statement was, he said, based on a mischievous telegram from 
the Philadelphia correspondent of the “ Times,” and explained the tem- 
porary excitement in London, The telegram was absolutely and entirely 
false. 
