East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-07-05

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dated September 18th, 1916, he says !:
"Itisnst asked that she (Great Britain) should
renounce the right Of prohibiting the importation
into her colonies from the United States of what
ever artieles she may think At, but that the COM
msrss which, for their and her own advantage,
Great Britain allows between them and the Uni-
ted States should be placed on the same footing
Of Reciprocity ~ direct trade between Great
Britain and tho United States, was intended 10
bs placed By the convention Of July. 1915"
4 On the 2sth day Of September,
Lord Castlereagh replied to Mr.. Ad-
ans, and assured him, among other
weighty matters, ''that he should lose
no time in bringing the various objects
referred to under the deliberations of
the British Cabinet" At length, on
the 10th of March, 1917, his Lordship
presented to Mr.. Adams draft Of
four articles, in which he mentioned
the terms upon which Great Britain
was willing to establish her trade be-
tween the United States and her
American possessions. At this juno
ture, new election had taken place
in the United States for the Presi-
dency, when Mr.. Madison, retired to
give place TO Mr.. Monroe, and Mr..
Adams was recalled to ell the office of
Secretary of State, and Mr.. Rush be-
came the Minister at London. The
articles of Lord Castlereagh were pro-
posed to be supplementary articles to
the convention Of 1915. The first
related to the intercourse BY sea, be-
tween the United States and certain
Colonies Of Great Britain on the Amer
lean continent and the West Indies
and the fourth, to the intercourse By
land and inland communications be-
tween the United States and the Amer
lean continental possessions of Great
Britain, They were Immediately
transmitted to Washington and re-
jected by President Monroe. 1t is a
singular coincidence that the Presi-
dent of the United States, as well as
the Secretary of State, should have
both filed the position Of Minister to
London, and both have failed in plac-
ing the commercial relations Of the
country on some reciprocal footing.
The Legislative department. Of the
United States took the matter into
their own hands, and on the 18th Of
April, 1918, passed an "act concern
ing navigation" by which the ports
of the United States were closed after
the Both of September, 1918,
"against all vessels owned by British subjects
coming from any place or port |, n colony or ter
ritory Of his Britannia Majesty, that was or
should be by the ordinary laws sf navigation and
trade found closed against vessesl owned by
citizens Of the United States"
The treaty Of 1915, made by Mr..
Adams, had nearly expired when Mr.
Rush was informed by the Secretary
of State that the President wished
him
~ r-.rsrs new and general negotiation Of
oro. ef treaty and to e%ersss hs and
also the other subjects Of discussion between tho
two governments"
Mr.. Rush made known to the Brit
ish government the views Of the Pres
ident, which were cheerfully complied
with, and a treaty was made embrac-
ing, among other matters, a renewal
of the convention of 1915 for the
further period of ten years, while on
the subject of any trade with the
British Colonies new perplexities pre-
sented themselves, great and insupe-
rable objections were made, and on
the Goth Of October, 1918, the treaty
was signed, and the whole question ad
referendum was transmitted to the Sec
retary of State, at Washington. Thus
terminated the fifth attempt at the
Colonial trade and navigation by nego-
tiation. asa
The proposition taken ad referendum
met with strong opposition from the
proper authorities at Washington, and
resulted in a draught Of two new
articles, as substitute for the British
propositions which, "if agreed to,
were to be declared supplementary to
those Of the convention of the 10Th
day of October, 1918, and to be Of
the same Duration" Mr.. Rush re-
ceived them on the 9th Of June, 1919,
and the next day he asked an inter-
view with Lord Castlereagh, in order
to submit them to the British Cabinet.
The meeting was appointed for the
18th Of June, when the nature of the
proposition was explained, and with
% an earnest desire to see the trade
placed upon a footing of entire and
liberal RECIPROCITY" Lord Castle
reagh replied on the 10th Of Septem-
hs- that il was the result of the de-
Iberations of the British CABINET that
the propositions were not Of a nature
, for forming the basis Of any agree
ment between the two countries, and
that therefore they could not be ac-
: cepted under any circumstances, and
r thus had terminated the sixth attempt
4 to settle the colonial trade con foot
q ing of entire and liberal reciprocity"
FL Diplomacy having met with such
4 signal reverses, Congress had but one
Q alternative left them, in order to pro-
tect the carrying trade OF their own
|. commerce, and on the 18th of May
!. 1920, they passed an act supplement
O tary to the act entitled an "act con
}. cerning navigation" This measure
J, closed the ports of the United State'
g after the 3Oth of September of tina
d year, against every vessel owned
: wholly or in part by any British sub
:. ject, coming or arriving BY sea from
a, any British port in America, and no
', included in the former acts, and con
At sequently ended all direct commercial
10 intercourse between the United State
A. and the British colonies in Americ
l. BY sea.
es At this period the commerce of tn
as United States had increased to won
Mt derful extent-blessed with nearly
.ls seven years peace, and exhibiting !
g. every department of the governmer