red the valley, poured
down from the hills on all sides and in great numbers.

Great Britain will send out an expedition to punish the Waziris, but it
is expected that it will take some severe fighting to overcome these
natives.

They are a powerful tribe which can muster about forty thousand fighting
men. They are strong, hardy, and well versed in the use of rifles, and
are constantly fighting the other tribes around them, so that they are
always ready for war.

Their country extends over a vast tract of land, and they are a very
formidable people.

England cannot allow her representatives to be attacked by these people
without punishing them, and however severe the task may be, it is
necessary to give the Waziris a good lesson.

* * * * *

Of late there has been a good deal of angry talk about the seal
question.

It is said that the United States has been acting in bad faith, in not
paying Canada the sum of $425,000 for unlawfully keeping her ships out
of the Bering Sea.

It has also been frequently stated that the Seal Arbitration Committee,
which met in Paris in 1893, decided that we must pay this sum. People
are inquiring why we don't pay it before we ask for England's help in
protecting the seals.

As a matter of fact, the United States does not owe any such sum.

The Paris tribunal said we had no right to prevent other ships from
entering the Bering Sea, and that we must pay damages to Canada for
having done so.

No sum of money was, however, agreed on.

Lord Salisbury and Secretary of State Gresham decided that, "subject to
the approval of Congress," $425,000 would be about a fair sum for us to
pay.

When the subject came up before Congress, it was found that many false
claims were being made, and that frauds of every kind were being
practised to get damages from us. The entire matter was therefore thrown
out, Congress refusing to agree to the payment of the $425,000.

A Committee was appointed to look into the matter, and is now holding
its sittings in Vancouver. At the present time no one knows what amount
we will have to pay.

When the fair and just demand is presented to our Government, there is
no doubt it will be settled without delay.

Mr. John W. Foster has been sent to Europe to try and settle the seal
fisheries dispute.

He first went to England, but did not meet with success there, so he
journeyed on to St. Petersburg, to see if Russia would not h