19 JULY 1890, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE country was somewhat alarmed on Wednesday by a report in the New York Herald that President Harrison had intimated that the United States cruisers must continue their course of violence in the Behring Sea against British sealers, and that Lord Salisbury had said that if that were so, the use of force would not be confined to one side. It would appear, however, by Sir John Gorst's reply to Mr. Gourley on Thursday night, that this alarming report is unfounded. At least, nothing is known in this country of President Harrison's ominous remark ; and of course, therefore, nothing is known of Lord Salisbury's spirited reply.
