The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24
Tho Captain Of q New Dominion Dug.Out
Turning the American Flag Union Down
with the Dominion Flag Above 1t.
The Outrage Repeated and the
Offence Endorsed.
InsOlence and Defiance OF the
Blue-NOse.
Secretary Fish Says -" 1t
Amounts to Nothing"
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1872.

WASHINGTON, June 20, 1872.
The State Department has received de-
spatches from George III. Holt, our Consul at
Gasp6 Basin Canada, informing our govern
ment that on the 18th inst. the American
schooner James Bliss was seized by the Do
minion cutter Stella Marie off Anticosti Island,
in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence, for alleged vio-
Iation of the Dominion laws in regard to in
shore fishing The schooner James Bliss was
taken to Gaspe, where she arrived on Thurs
day last. AS she entered the port it was OBJ
served that the Dominion flag was flying from
the peak of the Bliss,
OVER THE AMERICAN FLAG, THE LATTER WITH
UNION DOWN.
Consul Bliss was Immediately notified Of the
insult, and, on satisfying himself that it was
rs represented, he informed our Secretary of
State that the conduct Of the Dominion au-
thorties had been scandalous in the extreme
Mr.. Fish then asked for full particulars and
yesterday received a despatch from Consul
Holt that the commander of the Stella Marie,
upon receipt Of his protest, had
REPEATED THE INSULT,
hosting the Dominion flag over the American,
the union still upside down. Consul Holt
then appealed to the highest Canadian official,
md tod hat 1a IS he
mander Of the Dominion cutter was insulting
to the United States, and that he must object
In the name Of his government to such con-
duct The commander Of the cutter replied
that he was compelled to obey instructions,
and that the protest of the United States Con-
sui was
NOT WORTH THE PAPER 1T WAS WRITTEN ON.
Finding that our flag was still nsulted, Consul
Holt appealed to Captain Lavoie, the superior
of Commander Iachance, and directed his at
tention to the notifying spectacle of the Do
minion flag flying at the masthead of the
Bliss with the American flag underneath, and
asked him in the name Of decency to have the
fault rectiied at once After discussing the
right of the Dominion authorities to do as
they pleased, Lavoie said that he was bound
to obey ORDERS and if an American vessel vio-
lated the laws of the Dominion
FHE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES WAS NO
PROTECTION
60 it, and the Dominion authorities were at
liberty to do as they pleased Consul Holt
replied that the Dominion authorities were at
liberty to send the claim to the schooner Bliss
before the Admiralty Court, but there was no
nation on the face of the earth that could in
suit the flag of his country without making
proper explanation, and that he should i'm
mediately report the full particulars to his
government Our Consul General, William
A. Dart at Montreal, and F. L. G. Strive, at
Quebec, were at once informed of the matter,
and await further instructions. It is under
stood that
THE INSULT WAS PREMEDITATED,
and that it is sustained by the highest Do
minion authority. Secretary Fish, when his
attention was called to it, remarked -
cit amounts to nothing. Some hair
Drained Dominion official thinks he can
make trouble by insulting our flag We have
become accustomed to such insolence."
The State Department is advised that the
colonial fishermen are getting impatient to
have the treaty put into operation, as it will
give them
FREE MARKETS FOR THEIR FISH
in the United States, and they are well pleased
whenever any indignity is offered to the United
States fishing vessels, thinking that it will
hasten negotiations.