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WASHINGTON,
General Buffers Programme.
The Fishery Question and the Treaty
Of 1918. ',-.
Ecsscrn and Western Interests.
C,Jrfr.oaIrs.f Of 71r rArn9o Tfibnnr.

-. C.snTon! !s,s:f Of 71r fhira9a TfitHnr.
WAsn1Snrns. Nor. IS.
A dog with lin kettle attached TO his fail
s,re=ents a spect acle Of very great. Albalt uu-
avaiiing, industry and activity. Tao noise
which accompanies lam attrActs attention
wherever he goes. and he is cure Of large.
il moi a symrathizing, audience. Thus 1t IS
with so,ue OF our 70, calloa public men. ThoJ
run 1i,l,cr and tl,shes. making great deal
of nci-e. exhibiting wonderful in
,austrr, and regarding tho Eria
ming Of the amnecd public "a m erl3once
Of TIC appreciation their acto6atic Efforts are
hell in. Tie poor dog is an involuntary actor
in lila cumeay-lence pity often tempera ad-
.ni:a,iou in hcl.olding his gyratious. 1sut yous
1olltical farc1ir. lies on his own kettlo and
tseamnsrs away in tho mistaken idea that no.
toIic,y il fame
Perhaps may be sc:naed Of making an ra-
a;cuiiicd conp1rison, hut submit thas, wheu
1ueu arc found occupying = foremost rank
a.noug tho lrEsfators OF the nation, xhoso
highest ambition seems to be the roff OF nero
Jen,acpEs=u1. il is necessary their condac1
ehould 10 held M to public Wow IN ats pIooe1
light Under our form Of government
Consrafa is an aggregation OF local interests;
and wliilc The Provision IN the constitution
whict, resllisc= TINT suc1 member OF Congress
shall Ic an absolute resident in the district he
IEntHkEQlS, Il Gl Luc E4A1.Ga% ~
sccn.ius tic fair presentation Of the inter
csts Of every part ne tho country, it has ite
drawback often in inducing = belief in the
pinGR OF some Congressman that they hive
no 1ieher du,ies to perform than a meto
Tho county at 1srgc il certainly a granaes
t1,cn1o iltsn tl,a special interests Of a mere
Congressional district aud, il our public nlsn
cannot se to the ssS oeisSon, nas., les.
s rs an ee.iaR iaEens'Is II w.sSngea ~ eaess t.
fo1m Antics which could Is batter and
more economically cxccnted hy town councils
Il il ny a ,,atian alone that thc United States
Gin fuliil it, mission and il must ziae above
f-hDeeE OF legal poiitei.ns before it can take
tsat foremost rank which tho intelligence OF
l.s people ana its vast n1tursl rceoustcs cn:i-
tic 1t 10 ocet,ny.
J:astor. en- Wednesdays etering, in wlseh he
t:sc,,s-ed tue fisheries u: :es.!ai', tho Nsbaua
ss.fairul'v, the tariff! the annexation ot canada
Cuba. and Ssn Domingo, wsr with England
end a l.1id foreign ralIet.. iss oe:asne! ec.nt
Yntl,ci'y. unde- the impression mat i
tsl.dons forth tae vicws Of tho admin
ictratior, ard. perhaps, E fespectabl,
following in Congress. 80 far u can II
judged hr The czr:e. .sions Of members a1rc1d.
asrre. tic Generals rusnacious rrogramna'
or:y eE-.i:cs rillcule. Willie leading mcuabers
Of tue Catine. deny that It in any Way e3
presses tim policy of tho administration, on!,
=. in 70 far ae General Gt1nt's we!l-knowi
W1sbcs regarding SIN Domingo are concerned
Ccu1tv. in MaesacEutct,s: which includes th
cntcrrrising toan Of Gloucester, whose iu
hnlitfnss arc chi+liy engaged in tho fishin
trade oil the coast Of Nova Scotia and Gall q
st. I.sNrcnce-snd hence all this hold foretg
rol;cr which the redoub.ablc General hi
Which To hang lis local i<suo Of the ffeclo.
OF tho Caozdian tisl,etics iaz tt
beredt Of his cons, constituents; s,1s san y,
catos IoSe the s's synns,hiss of she President
ireland was ratron;zed to give the orasio
still greater tcnpe; and The unimrortAnt ma
ter ii war with England ahout the Alaban
qnettion was waved aloft as good joke. ;
tforat. Il G~neral Bn,ler would only :alo Il
tlccrcrit oil British lion and stand lnm II
Gamer On his ,hs l,ou's) head. il would ia
couu,cudsble and popular Act, hot- unto
:u17ts1y, the General don't propose 70 uude
exke this fest himself. lie only sqsEosts
she American people. who, not h.y'ns
eufugh Of war already. aro spoliing for
frht. like tho Traditional gentleman At pour
block falr. that England plesants Al eless
ct,nortrritv for display OF Ameracan mus
Whit iE the fishery qaest'2u' Aooat @A'sa
Mncer he treaty viii, England Of 1915
xr.s rrnx,ded-a., inase3, would be the cas.
~ ,,o,tv o1istcd-that tho territorial 1nf1ss
tiop Of tbe nriiish North A!nes'ean poes
S3r
--. To,.5 lie shorc line. aud that, con:c4usa
IN farasrn vessels h.d right TO hsn ". =.
tt,,f 1;rn;f without the permission 81 me
i;,h .nlhoritIes- In The inte1pIes,u9n
eseu,ion Of .his t.es.5' ,s sH3iIi Iiws us' boil
feshss spEnrg ri Esa sfd if t :n1ty ia deiesnin
vhcthrr . yerscl vss absolutely VIM =,
rrrtcribea limit. ~ well ~ because o. G.
20. M br tho British uoTe1nnent taAe
terri'oriss line must 10 meassiieA liom :. .
land to tlcaland. whilst ouf sose. u4usss
tended that The limo must follow tue sihu's.
Of the coat xhe-e the bsys were more
the prescribed limit in width. On the
hand, tue 1ssiti.h Government bold thst I
interpretation was practically acknos5e7
ChceafcAko hsv. snd otGcr outlets. Vi
largely exceeded tbs limo limit. On tho
hsna, tho Unit S:ates contcndod thtt Il
vas no aralosy, =: the Chesapeake Bay
thr outlet to river. that the jurisdiction
uniter the control Of the States bou odin,
ana that they wcre local waters whi1si
-=>- regards tho coart NJ tlie Mr,iah provit
thev we're fluctuations Of the Atlantic. AZ
euch tho line must I've drawn from tho (
continuously I do not propose il thc il
of a letter to enter into dlscussis
this point, csoecially ii. potwithpts1
General Ent1cfa statement, no such CO
Texsy ir 1t fskue 1t this time G0tl+s II,
listing Law Of Can1ds, consequent upa
srpeal Of tho ficcns. system, foreign Il
xessels arc excluded froca fishing With
prescribed line. following the curvature
.-. coast. and there has been no effort MI
enforce the. dihp7ted interpretation
government haa always acquie.cad 1n tbs
81 the llritish Government to exclude Ut
fiehing within three miles Of the cal
coast: and the only question that can q
prpeert is. whether TIM Gloucester
vessels which tho Canadisos have cal
were actually within Canadian waters
knd also whether undue F7soE LAS