It has been decided to draw up a treaty between the three countries
mentioned, whereby each agrees to prevent her own hunters and those of
other nations from indulging in deep-sea sealing.

As soon as this document is fully prepared the conference will adjourn.

The result of the forthcoming British conference is awaited with
considerable interest.

It is openly stated that there would be no trouble at all with England
if it were not for the interference of Canada and the determination of
the mother country to bow to the wishes of her colony.

It is indeed reported that Lord Salisbury has at last been convinced
that the seals are diminishing.

Last week he sent for several of the leading fur merchants in London,
and asked them to tell him the true state of the case.

According to the accounts that have reached us, one and all of these men
assured him that the reports of Dr. Jordan were strictly correct, and
that beyond any doubt the seals were being killed off.

Even then the Prime Minister doubted, and thinking that the merchants
might be in league with the Americans, he asked suspiciously:

"If this is true, how is it that the price of sealskin is no higher now
than it was when the supply of seals was abundant?"

It was not till he had been convinced that sealskin was no longer the