, 1875-11-26
THE WAR CANARD.

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Alterations that Trouble II Exprctcd
Nftt Grcnt urilntn on Account Of
the Canadian Fih''cry Question.
, bt'patch 70 Stse Tort Herad.
lpsToS. Nov. 23-Tho following exciting dis
patch Was forwarded from Washington 10 tl1o
i'oatnn Herald at a late hour last hight.
he rapidly arriving sefegra,nB from tho
various Navy fntds, and especially ths significant
rrepAflux 70 concentrate tioet Of war vcsseIa
there. juAtify tho dispatchos to tho IIcrati an
nouncine that the Government In aYpar-
1 ersIy w., Eetslng ready for foreign conflict
now become . subject Of the very frat im.,or-
tancn. Three facts nre fully accepted bv careful
otscFvoTs here Al lnd'ap'.sable: Fl'rt, tho Hov-
efnnont ia fitting out all liz fiEst-claes vens.la
and large number Of iron-c:a1s with tho t1s-
most dispatch; second, tte object OF these
movements ts an absolute tocsct,--thc ictt-kent
slate aeetet which Grants Administration has
ever hefd from the people; third, the objec. Ia
s!ain. ,lr. FISH undoubtedly stases sho shao- no.
Lutte truth when he saYs that there IL no pending
nhsolsen question between this country and
Spain which can warrant Tho fitting out Of Wat.
yetee't At this time.
F" This momeptouH preparations tniuc forward
colntcl no little ejaculation as to the object. II
"o arc secretly Involved with some Other Gov
ernmen', curiosity hsks what Gosern.nent It is
nssI, nsa.hsi mhoso may wo sse likely to need 20
peace with Al! tue worl1. We hare little bone
OF contention With fenezuca, but yeuezucle ia
weak country, eau do nothing AgaInBt NJ, aud
muat y ohy the claim that u overdue whenever our
tio'efntnsnt has uaind to enforce it. IL the
Government -Going to take t.oasesBon Of TIN
1sthmua of Darisu ani build a ca,,ai7 That
hec1ns absurd. Congress nlono could authorize
hay assteas,ye Increment ,, u that dreeton We
dor; but Mexico has shown I'LL apparent desire
70 40 Justice there Our trouble ia nc. a. all
WIN tie Mexican Goyotnmens. but with the
aloxlean bandits: whom l,erdo cannot cupt7uI.
Curiosity is wholly bafllod by the ptobo1n: but
there - ono uAslon NTH which We have great
unsettled question, Aud TINT IL England,
'ieirons we'll informed in diplomatic matters
gay thht the question u the lsheres, which wa.
aeit uonctslcd BY tic Treaty Of Washington, and
which 0uE Government BeuIns to be making no
progress IN settling. IL IL far more cDpyidcr.
able question than has becn in the hands Of ANY
modorn American Administration. 1t is alleged
Of tile English Government hhs presented al.
onofmouh claim Tor dhnRHes, Arlhlng out of tho
fishing riEhts accorded Americana uncer tho
Treaty OF Washington. Because Of these claims
settle tue whole matter has leiDaiucd morgan
ICED. 1t will le remembered that OK Gov. Cllf-
ford WRa as one time selected to bc member OF
tllH Comm4saion, but Of late nothing has been
tac claims presented by the Canadana for theay
hshsrlen arc in the nature Of indirect claims'
he Object OF presenting thom IL said TO DO to
enable the English to recover the inoneys which
they ioat ny tho arbitration ~ ueuerA. The
cn!ne aro o. such nature that it ia necessary
that tue very first stop taken by our Noyorn-
nent slall 10 to rerudiata thep1 ~ England re-
puulAsed our indirect claims Under tho Treaty Of
Washington for dausgea done By the Confeder
ate cruisers. In order to take this Determined
stand, It ia necessary that nlr naval Geftnsea
should be In tisst rate condition. Whether thlA
connection exist besween tic immense naval
preparations making, and the negotiations now
gong Oh with England, time alone chi tell. But
II . conflict with that country wcFc to 10 pro-
sided aganst. it Ia very plain thu. our Goycru-
ment nou1d take exactly tho Same course which
T. i u taking , now; It "as provided in the
sion should bs .sppointca with,u tou
yeass to determine how much mnney wa1
QUO 20 Caoada on account OF tho tights granted
to United States fishermen TO fish on tic coast
Of tue provinces Ia o1cess OF tho rights granted
10 Canadian fishermen to fish on the coast .!
tie United States. Four mud = half years have
elapsed, and ,et this Commission Ia not organ
led. Queon fictosta's Government appointed
Commissioner. but our Government has re{ubcd
to slow tho Commission to organize On accouut
o. tue e1otbtAnt demands Of tho English and
CANADIAN governments. During the session OF
tho JOINT High Commission. il was offered Oh
tho part Of our Noyttp1nont TO pay 81 100 0pO
for these fishing riRhte. but the matter WAS lett
unsettled. md now the Canadian Government
asks tor sum vastly grcator than this.
Our Government IL resolved not to concedo
these demands. 1t IL very ev1deut that II our
uoFernmsnt contemplated nnv trouble NTH Eu-
gland tho negotiations WITH Spain Afford very
Convenient sLlel1 for the ro@ purpose Of the
Government"
IATKN.
Tho foregoing is supplemented by tho follow
ing dispatch from Washington this evening:
= Nhou the Joint High Commission, 10 Nav,
1911. stYnod the Treaty Of Washington, loarluG
tho question Of tho roIstivo value Of tho fishing
nj lin ai$t~
countries undetermined, and selnRatiuR il 10
Commission for settlement it saved for England
the right ehe wanted to lay clnim for N ,ndcA-
mite auaount Of damages for tho canadian iish-
TUG two countries orer the datsrmlnatian Of this
amount. What our Government thought the
filming Eights granted III the Eightconth Article
Of tho Treaty of Washington worth is indicated
General Williams Of el,ooo,doo. The English
refused to consider this offer. and Commission
WAS proposed, ono membcr to 10 appointed By
tho President Of tho United stasse. one member
representative Of Austria and Hungary At tho
Court Of London. Thia WAS what England really
wantcd-h tribunal before which abe coull pre-
sent IN enormous claim by Way OF ollAet to tho
aftcrWatd made. It will bo seeu tLat, in tho up
pointu,ont OF the Commission, England nlani-
testify had the advantage, ~ tho Austrian Minis
ter At London, It may be assumed. would DO
ta4cAT ~ GD uVkG AA}tAku44 ~ f1QtI4Al tuAQ {NlH
country. Dy the language Of tAia ttoaty our
Government Il bound to pay to England any sum
which these three 1neu. two of them almost
sure to b. IN favor Of England, might Bssoes
upon us. II tho Commission wns once IN opera.
tlon there would bs 10 way OF for our Govern
mcnt. This explains Why our Government has
not allowed the Commission to organize. Five
years will have elapned next May .lnco tho adop-
t!on Of the treaty. The Queen afpotutsd her
mernher Of the Commission lonH so, aud tho
responsibility for delay ia wholly with l'resdutlt
Grant and SIR. Fish No wonder the L.nsiIsus
aro impatient aud indignant The l:ngl,.'. Gov
ernntent has prosecuted on their b.hpf aclalm |
vastly gres,er than the aum originally o1trea by
our Government. and ID now waiting for The ~ |
portunlty to prese tho claims befors tue Con-
Enash na'nr 70 oF ouetS
wholly indsposcd to orrooeed 10 the adjudication
Of tho award. has adopted itmor toao and IN.
s psn IL sh.t se, bats % .sssI
vantage over US, and they do not propone to lose
this advantage by tbs diiator!nets of our
Al rItS t~.rA