934 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
No. 232. 
Sir G. Baden-Powell to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received March 5.) 
[Telegraphic.] : 
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1892. 
We have to-day, 4th March, signed our Joint Report. 
Unless instructed to remain, we shall leave Washington next week. 
No. 233. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received March 7.) 
WASHINGTON, February 26, 1892. 
My Lorp: With reference to my telegram of yesterday, I have the 
honour to inclose copies of the notes exchanged between Mr. Blaine and 
myself on the subject of the modus vivendi therein referred to. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
[Inclosure 1 in No. 233.] 
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine. 
WASHINGTON, February 19, 1892. 
Srr: On the occasion of our interview on the 2nd instant, when you handed mo 
the draft of the Behring’s Sea Arbitration Convention, which I forwarded to London 
for the consideration of Her Majesty’s Government, you asked me whether they were 
prepared to agree to a modus vivendi for the next fishery season in Behring’s Sea. In 
transmitting the draft of the Arbitration Convention to the Marquis of Salisbury I 
did not fail to inform him of your inquiry, and I havenow received a reply from his 
Lordship to the effect that Her Majesty’s Government cannot express any opinion on 
the subject until they know what modus vivendi you desire to propose. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 233.] 
Mr. Blaine to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 24, 1892. 
Str: I am in receipt of your note of the 19th. You therein inform me that Lord 
Salisbury cannot express any opinion on the subject of the modus vivendi until he 
knows what we desire to propose. 
I am glad to hear that Lord Salisbury contemplates a modus, for it is obvious that 
it is impossible to conclude the Arbitration within the time originally set. Indeed, 
we shall hardly beable to enter upon it. The delays have been much greater on 
the part of Great Britain than on the part of the United States. 
In reply to your inquiry, the President suggests that the modus should be much 
the same as last year in terms, but that it should be better executed. It was 
154 very ineffective last year, for there was a larger number of seals in Behring’s 
Sea taken then than ever before. The vessels had already set out before the 
modus was agreed to, and it was impossible to give them notice in time to avoid their 
taking seals. Her Majesty’s Government did not take such efficient measures as an 
earlier date this year will render practicabie. 
