The New York herald., 1878-11-05
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
From All Parts Of the
World.
FOUL OF THE FISHERIES
An English Opinion Regard
ing Secretary Evarts.
AFGHANISTAN AND ENGLAND.
Germany's Anxiety Regarding
the Berlin Treaty.
MORE BUSINESS FAILURES.
FOUL OF THE FISHERIES
AFGHANISTAN AND ENGLAND.
MORE BUSINESS FAILURES.
rBY CABLE TO THE HEnALD.1

[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Nov. S, 1878.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in leading edito-
rial article this afternoon, says:-'That
the United States should choose this pre-
else moment to publish what seems from
q telegraphic summary to be rather
threatening despatch, addressed by Mr..
Secretary Evarts to the American Minister,
Mr.. Welsh, can scarcely be regarded as ac-
cidental. All the world can see that we
have on our hands just now quite as much
as we can we'll deal with, and a really
friendly Power with grievance like
that. whilst holding to its prosition, would
refrain from casting the matter in an irri-
tatlng way before the public until our
At any rate this is what, according to the
admirers of the Alabama arbitration, we
might certainly have expected from America.
The truth is that while the very party
with which the bargain was made still holds
office in the United States, the first
opportunity is seized to make point
against us, just when it reckoned that other
difficulties may force us to give way.
Nothing else was to be expected, and for
our own part we are inclined to thank Mr.
Evarts for teaching our countrymen that
nations, generally, are no more inclined to
forego their advantages over one another in
the nineteenth century than In the eigh-
teenth, seventeenth, sixteenth or frst.
NOT SURPRISED.
"Let the sentimentalists blame Mr..
Evarts, for he has disappointed them, not
us. The American newspapers of all shades
of political opinion. without giving a mo-
ment's consideration, let US hope, to the
fact that the quarrel has nothing whatever
to do with the award Of $5, 500, 900 made in
favor of Canada at Halifax, come forward at
once with the contention that this money,
due and long overdue to u.s. must not be paid
until and unless this new difference is set
tied in way they think right. Nine million
dollars of the Alabama indemnity still re-
main without any reasonable claimant, and
here are SIS, 500, 900 more to be retained. We
should have supposed that the Americans
could scarcely afford to recall attention to
the various matters relating to tho Wash.
ington Treaty and the manner in which its
provisions have been carried out.
SHABBY TRICK.
"But, then, we too have little sentiment
about us, for, in truth, the whole story is
one Of continuous attempt at evasion,
and evasion of somewhat shabby kind;
and, curiously enough, advantage was
taken of local regulations-the local rel u
lations of the State of New York-to avoid
compliance with one of the most
important stipulations of the treaty in
favor of Canadian shipping. Therefore
Lord Salisbury has open to him SC m cry
pertinent retorts. But two wrongs do not
make right, and if il appears that ,he
Newfoundlanders who do not form rart
Of the Dominion. had no ri yht to take the
law into their own hands, in view of the
arrangements entered into on their behalf,
Of course compensation will have to be
made. When, however, the Americans
argue that the whole fishery question may
have to be reopened, we are ut liberty to
disregard what they say, or we might
answer that II so, some other points would
have to be reconsidered ut the same time
AN OFFSET.
'Thus 1t would be at least arguable on
the part of the Canadians that very serious
slaims for mons.rous injuries inflicted by
American citizens on British subjects dur
ing the Fcnian raids should again be
put forward. since, according to every
recognized principle of international
law, the United States were to the
fullest extent responsible for those
outrages. We mention that, however, only
to show how troublesome il is to 90 too far
back in such matters and to mix up ques-
tions which ought to be kept separate. 1t
may be possible that Lord Salisbury has
taken up falsc position with respect to
the local or other rights of Newfound-
land, though since he had all tho
facts before him, and the knowl-
edge that he was dealing with a
very thorny question, we may fairly hope
that he has not done so. But in any case
we shall have the satisfaction of knowing
that whatever discredit there may be in
this talk OF keeping money back or in sud-
denly springing diplomatic mines at an