Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-30

pril Is, 1918, the British Parliament passed an
ac' on the sIh of May, 1918, and by virtue oil
'he hing's Proclamation, issued pursuant TO The
sc' on The 9Th OF May, 1878. the ports of Hall
'"A IN NOVA Scotia, and ST. Johns in N. Bruins
WICK were opened TO our vessels, as w ell as to
.nose OF all others in amiiy with Great Britain, for
"e importation OF certain enumerated articles
from, anc Tor the expectation of certain articles
,o' 'he country, to which the foreign vessels be
ionged. This act of Parliament was limited 70
'niee years and six weeks after the commencement,
VI 'he then next session of Parliament; but the
o.ue, Oh council, specifying those ports, was re-
vocahie al pleasure. The EXECUTIVE of the II. S.
determined that those ports so opened. were still
crossed to the vessels Of the u. s. by the ordinary
laws OF navigation and commences; and, conse-
quehtIy, while under this act of Parliament and
order OF Council our vessels could enter those
ports, the vessels OF Great Britain, coming from
'"em' could not, under our act OF 1918, enter our
ports.
The monopoly, which we gained for our ves
se' oil the trade of those ports, by this construc
ton, was considered as an advantage of great va
Tue, not 1" be given up without ample equiv alent
anu had great influence with the Executive in in
uac'ns 'he'n 10 reject proposition made by the
o''.ish government in relation to the colonia.
usoe' In the negotiations which led 10 the conven,
ZION OF Oc'ob-r TO- (See Doc No. 2,passs
Az A. on -7I.t BY this proposition the British
'h re hrst articles of arrangement offered in 1917
omitted the article respecting the INDIAN trade,
which, alone, had probably occasoned the reiec
'on oil The original proposition and, in addition,
'hefed 10 open TO the vessels Of the u. s. the
ports oil Nova Scotia and New Brunswick The
eheci OF all winch would have been 10 admit
me vessels and all the products of the u States.
WHICH could nave found a marker there, except
salt provisions of FISH, flesh and butter into the
Y,
muda, and specified ports of the w es, India colo
hi's, out which these were, cannot ascertain
sumo OIL our products were restricted to the norris
Oh Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. some IN
be'muda, and some to the ports OF the Yves, In.
DIES, proposed TO be opened o w., and some were
admitted mo all those ports indscriminateIv This
proposition was made Oci ober 6, 1918, and was
referred by our Commissioners at London TO the
government at Warrington; and on The 7.b OF
May, 1879. Mr.. Adams, Secretary of State. trans
United to Nh Rush, our Minister al London. a
uraH OF TWO articles, prepared at Ws-hiug, on, TO
oe submitted TO the British government, "a our e.
nal pr position on the subject. BY this, we a
greed TO the terms, proposed by Great Britain, as
10 me ports To be opened, and TO the articles to
De imported; bat insisted, that all the articles in
di'criminately, should be importable into any oil
the ports opened We also proposed, tina; all du.
ties and charges, impossible upon them, shoulc be
eqnaiised, and, particularly, that no other or high
er duties should be charged upon them than upon
similar articles imported from any other country
or place whatsoever See Doc No 9, page 46
This draft was submitted To the British government
on the lith ofJune, 1919, and on the l7th OF Sept
1873 'hey declined 10 accept il, assigning their
reason to Mr. Rush
This is the substance of that negotiation. az far
as can collect il from The only source of info,-
nation In nay power. Mr.. Adams' letter of In
sructions to Mr.. Rush of June %, 1923. "a ,bich
he refers to the documents and correspondence, re-
iatins to this negotiation, printed with mes
sage OF the President 10 the House of Representa-.
tives OF February 10, 1923. None of these docu-
ments accompanies the message Of December last.
which Processes tn lay The whole subject before
Congress; and am satisfied that, as shall here
alter at empt 10 prove, although printed they WEI
nsver published, or known 10 the public or to Ell
Their House of Congress
On the 10Th OF May, 1920. an act cf Congress
passed, closing our ports % all Bri ish vessels ar
irving 6y sea from any port or place in Lower
Canada, Ne" Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New
'oundland, ST Johns, Cape Breton, the island call.
ed Caicos, Bermuia, the Bahama Islands. or oil
any Island, colony or territory. belonging 10 G.
Britain in the West Intis,, or on the con'jnen, OF
So ' America. south of the southern boundary
o. Onred States; and prohibiting the exrorts.
ton OF any articles of the growth, produce. or
manufacture If the u. S. in British vessels. % anv
OF those ports The act also prohibited the i'm
portaioD into the U. S. from any of'.hose norris
OF any articles but Hose Of The growth, produce
or manufacture OF the province, colony. plan,a
ton, Island, or possession, where they should be
laden, and from whence they .bould be imported
directly, into the United States This ac, tool,
effect on the 3Oh of September. 1920, and. in eff
feet, prohibited any intercourse in British ships
coming by sea from any of her colonies, bu, lief,
open to them the intercourse by the lakes and RI
reTs dividing the territories OF the II. States and
he colonies OF Great Britain; while under the ex
listing laws OF Great Britain, there was an omen
intercourse, in our ships, between the ports OF
the u. States and those Of Halifax, ST Johns. S.
George and Hamilton, and those Of the Bahama
Islands
On the 9Th Of May 1922, the Congress of the
u. States, IN anticipation of The of Parliament
which passed the oath Of June, 1922, passed an
act. declaring. that upon satisfactory evidence
being given TO the President that the ports in the
islands or colonies in The West ladies', belopeins
TO Great Britain. had been opened to the vessels
OF ths -. safes, be should issue his proclamation.
declaring that the ports of the u. States should
thereafter, be opened 10 the vessels of 6, Britain,
employed in The iTsde between he II. States and
'uch colonies, subject such reciprocal rules and
restrictions as he nigh make aud publish.
The act of Parliament Of JuAe 81, 1922. omen
ed 70 our vessels certain ports of the Brush GO.
lonies. enumerated in subsequent act of March
l, 1873, sad 10 reriain enumerated articles; which
were subjected with the vessel, importing them
Wheeler British or foreign, to the same duties and
charges without Determination. The foreign pro-
duce and manufactures, whether imported from the
foreign country or from Great Britain or Ireland
or IN Bfiiish or foreign vessel, were subjected
to duties, averaging, as Mr.. Adams sass, 10 rer
: cent al yslorsm. And the articles Unmarried in .