Text this: Seizure of British ships in Bering Sea. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of February 1, 1898, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relating to the work of the Commission appointed pursuant to the convention of February 8, 1896, between the United States and Great Britain for the settlement of claims presented by Great Britain against the United States by virtue of the convention of February 29, 1892.