Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Olney.

British Embassy,
Washington, October 14, 1895.

Sir: With reference to previous correspondence relating to the seizure of the sealing vessels Wanderer and Favourite by United States cruisers, I have the honor to inform you, acting under instructions which I have received from the Marquis of Salisbury, that British naval officers will in future decline to take over any British vessel seized by an American cruiser unless the declaration of seizure alleges a specific offense which is a contravention of the Bering Sea award act, 1894 (57 Vic, c. 2).

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.