Mr. Adee to Lord Gough.
Washington, September 12, 1895.
My Lord: In connection with this Department’s note of July 1, 1895, in regard to the inadequacy of the naval force provided by the British Government for patrolling Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean during the present season, I have the honor to transmit a copy of a report to the Secretary of the Treasury from Capt. C. L. Hooper, commanding the United States patrolling fleet, dated St. George Island, August 14, 1895,1 in which it is stated that the British naval officers have made no efforts to enforce the provisions of the Paris award; that only one vessel, H. M. S. Pheasant, is in Bering Sea, and that she has taken no active part in the patrol. Captain Hooper further states that the work of sealing up arms, boarding vessels, counting and examining seal skins to ascertain if they correspond in sex and number with the entries in the official logs, or whether any have been shot within the prohibited waters, searching for arms, and guarding the 60-mile prohibited zone has been done and is being done by the United States cruisers unaided by the British naval vessels.
Requesting that you will bring these facts to the attention of your Government,
I have, etc.,
Acting Secretary.
- Not printed.↩