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The FISHERY Commission.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-In response to
Senator Blaine and the resolution adopted by
the Senate the 14th inst, the President trans
mitted to that body to-day the correspondence
with Great Britain relative to the selection of
Delfosse, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from Belgium, as the third
commissioner under the 23d article of the
treaty of Washington, on the question of
fisheries. The correspondence is voluminous,
and opens with note to Sir Edward Thornton
from acting Secretary of State Davis, dated
July 18th, 1873, in which he says the necessary
legislation to carry into effect the articles of
the treaty of May 9Th, 1871, between the United
States and Her Britanic Majesty having been
passed, and the articles having gone into effect,
it is necessary that the two governments should
agree upon a third commissioner on the
fishery question, which the provisions Of the
treaty require to be named by the
President and Her Majesty jointly. The
treaty further provides that if at
the expiration of three months from the time
missioner shall not be named, he shall then be
named by the representative of his majesty the
Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, in
London. He says to Sir Edward: :'In your
conversations on the subject, which have taken
place between Secretary Fish and yourself at
various times for several months past you will
doubtless remember how decidedly he express
ed his opinion that it would be better for both
| countries, that they should agree on the third
| commissioner, if possible, and that in no event
should any person be thought of in that capaci-
| ty, who is not thoroughly familiar with the
English language" Our government then sug-
| gested to Sir Edward the names of Mariscol,
the Mexican minister, Offenburg, the Russian
minister, Borges, the Brazilian minister, Polo
the Spanish Minister, Nailles the French min
lister. and Bernhard, minister of the Neither
| lands. Minister Thornton replied that Canada
objected to the third arbitrator being a minis
ter resident at Washington, and preferred to
resort to the alternative provided by the treaty,
namely, to leave the nomination to the
Austrian ambassador at London. Other cor
respondence followed, in the course of which
Minister Thornton said the British government
had made every effort to comply with the 23d
article of the treaty, whereby it agreed
| that the third commissioner should be named
| by the President of the United States and her
majesty conformity. Proof of its desire had
been given by the proposal which he had made,
that the Belgian minister at Washington should
be appointed to the position, as also the propo-
sal that the United States and British ministers
at the Hague should name the third commits
sioner. The correspondence shows that prop
osition was made by the British government to
citizen as the third arbitrator. OF this propo-
sition Secretary Fish says: Il will
not either accept or decline until have an
opportunity Of comforting with the President.
1t is very unusual proposition. The Hague
is within few hours by post of London, and
nroa fyro TO RI and
we should resort to telegraph it would be very
expensive and all pass through and be read in
the British post office. We could therefore have
no confidential comm unication with our min
lister, who is also comparatively stranger in
Holland. having been there but short time
and not speaking the language, and probably
q not very extensive acquaintance. / must
frankly say that considered the proposition
as one intended to be rejected in order to throw
the appointment on the Austrian minister
at London" Mr.: Fish concludes the note tc
Thornton, by saying: s'The efforts Of this gov
eminent to carry into execution the provisions
of the 23d article OF the treaty, respecting the
nomination of the third commissioner by the
! President Of the United States and Her Majesty
, conformity, have hitherto failed, from no fault
or negligence on its part" Sir Edward Thorn
: ton, In communication to Secretary Fish, Oct
, 4th, says that he must be allowed to repeat his
conviction that Her Majesty's government has
had as much at heart as that of the United
States, and has used its best efforts to carry
out the provisions Of the treaty in this respect
asit has already proved its readiness to fulfil
and has fulfilled, at the earliest possible mo-
ment, others of equal importance. If boil
governments had SO far failed with regard tt
| the selection of third commissioner for The
Fisheries commission it was be
cause each Of them had founc
it impossible to point out person who was &C
ceptable to the other. In this respect her maj
estys government could not be accused of neg
igence any more than the government of tn,
United States. Further correspondence shows
that England insisted on the Austrian minister
at London naming the third arbitrator in &C
cordance with the treaty, while Secretary FISH
made strenuous efforts to secure the third arbi
TRAITOR, by joint agreement provided for in
the treaty, under the limitation of time,
! which had expired. Secretary Fish to Sir Ed
ward, May 9th, informs him Of Ensign Kellogg
of Massachusetts, having been appointed com
missioner, and Dwight Foster, Of Mas
sachusetts, the agent on the part of
the United States, to the commission al
Halifax, and in the course of his commu
nication says: while believing not only
that it would have been more satisfactory hac
the nomination been agreed upon by the two
governments, and that such was demanded by
the spirit of the treaty, the United States d.
not propose to interpose obstacles in carrying
ont these articles of the treaty on this ground
and shall be ready at any time to confer will
you as to the form of an identical note to b.
addressed to the Austrian government in orde
to obtain permission that the representative o.
Austria-Hungary at London, may proceed t,
the appointment pursuant to articles 3d." TIL,
result was the matter was left to the Austrian
minister who appointed Delfosse.