The New York herald., 1878-02-26
YHE NEWFOUNDLAND OUTRAGE.
Facts and Opinions Gathered at the Fish
ing Metropolis Of New England.
THE WASHINGTON TREATY VIOLATED.
Dispositions Of the Injured
Persons.
INJUSTICE OF THE HALIFAX AWARD.

GLouoss7Es Masa, Feb ~ ls7a
TIE CITY Of Gloucester has population Of 5000
souls The young men who grow up within iw bor-
ders whose hair 10 ruined by The raw east winds, and
whose blood is chilled by the cold piercing logs that
prevail on Cape Ann, have the same ambition 70 80
10 and nsh that drove Mark Twain and tho youths
f his day ON the banks Of the Mississippi to thirst
Tor glory as river piota And this. added 10 cem-
modious and other facilities makes Gloucester
bhs largest distributing point Tor hsh In the world
perhapa Four hundred vessels are engaged in
nshing, employing about SIX thousand men and
recurring capital OF about - coo. Every year
We hear OF the exploits OF the hardy fishermen
of Gloucester in Drawing the and logs which
make the navigation OF the Newfou ndland Banks SO
perilous The h4rdships they endure, the triumphs
they achieve and the failures they expeFi-
pucs would make story upequallsd
in the annals OF romance and adventure Eacn year
too have chronicle the loss OF vessels with their
precious freight oi human lile They disappear from
she of action, how and when none can tell Tho
story their sucrngs aud death is never known for
survive 10 tell the tale. An average OF from
fifteen vessels thus lost nuay. with from
100 $50 And yet their places are flied and the
work OF supplying the markets Of the country with
Ash prosecuted without abatement. III voyage 10 tho
coasts o Newfoundland anu Labrador proves faiu
Take aee of 100 sail with all the appliances needed
in lnshore or deep sea nsning. win iu crews and an
abundance Of bait, send them out from the port
Of Gloucester cruise. and II that feet returns
months later 10 ballast, with not fish in the hold, not
only the capitalist whose money is invested, bus
every In the city feels the loss Parayze the shoe
Industry OF Lynn the COTTON manufacturing IN Lowell,
lawrence or Manchester, and you stop all the other
branches OF industry in shess towns The hshirg
trade 10 10 Gloucester what tho shoe trade Is to Lynn
and the manufacture Of and woollen fabrics
10 Lowell, Lawrence and Manchester. And 80. when
few weeks ago It announced that the winter
sruse OF fifty sail Of vessels that went out in
December alter herring failed, thCre anxiety
the wharves of Gloucester and Rockport And
when II became known that the failure caused,
Dei,her by adverse winds tides BY any act Of
commission omission the part Of tho crows bat
by the wanton, arbitrary aud outrageous conduct Of
moo OF Newfoundland fisherman, anxiety was changed
into anger, what before . Of much dis.
appointment became a source OF just Indignation.
THE MORO CASTLE CASE.
The telegraph has kept the readers OF ths
HERALD informed Of the freshest developments
In this grave aud important controversy. Tho
deposition OF the master OF tho schooner Moro
Csstie, which printed q week ago.
showed how on January ID, while the American feet
yortune Bay, Newfoundland, a crowd OF Newiound-
land hshermcn bore down them tore up their
sejpes and nets PEELED them free all
nsh caught aud actually drove them oil tho ground by
force. And tn done while the American Usher
mon were enjoying tho privileges and prerogatives
granted to them BY the provisions of the Treaty OF
Washington.
INDIGNATION OF THE FIsHERMES
Now the people of Gloucester are Justly complain
Ing OF the supinsness OF our government They say
thai II they do violate any OF tho provisioLs Of
treaty they have right to the fullest protection
in the pursuit OF their established business 1--WE
never have had" sara old fisherman TO
me, .anything ike the protection afforded 10
the fishermen of other countries. Why, remember
when the local authorities In New ndland under
took to enforce The headsnd heory, and seized
vessels We applied 10 Mr.. Fish, and the only salts
faction got assurance that the govern
would not recognize the local laws Of the prov
lnces where they copfcted with the general pro-
visions OF the international treaty. And yet our
vessels were seized. their masters taken before
strange courts where they had 70 prove their inno
cence and almost every instance they wore held
till the season and discharged. TO 60 homo
without money or merchandise Ii such . thing
occurred TO British schooner OF hity tons burden on
the coast Of Massachusetts the English noet would
mand the release OF the vessel at the mouth OF the
rapnon." His companion, who was also considerably
exercised said that the Dominion fishermen treat the
Yankees just they please. knowing by experience
that they Will never be called for it. "But"
said he All the government won't protect us We will
protect ourselves You will never hear oil such an
outrage again without the accompanying tale of
score or blue corpses floating TO the beach
with the ingong tide"
AWARD OF $500 900.
Alter a short cruBc among the fishermen your COR
respondent paid a visit 10 the Custom House and
called on Captain Fz Baoson, Collector OF tho Port,
has made study of the fishery question from its
infancy 70 the present day. Captain Babson was one
oil the most active and efficient workers the AmerI-
can side during the session OF he HALIFAX Com
last summer He rendered valuable ard to Judge
Foster and the otncr counsel In preparing the Amcr-
can case Tno Collector received mis- caller in tho
most friendly manner and, learning the object OF his
VISIT expressed his Willingness TO furnish all the
formation required. Inc following oonversaton then
QuEsrIos. Mr. BaDson, do you believe that til o
Unncd states government Is bound TO pay the
$550O,00O awarded by the Halifax Commission for
ANSWER in equiiy no; according to a Of obli-
,aon, yes. The United States went into commits
lion agreeing 10 abide by the regult the deoison was
teainst u.s. but that does not remove tho obligation TO
pay.
A. bcca ause we receive no adequate return for the
money; nothing approaching the amount OF benefit
which the Canadian authorities receive
What are the terms oil the awardr
A. We get the privilege OF hshing within three miles
oil shores Tor mackoel ana herring aud they get
$500, 900 and free market In the Upited states,
saving thereby on dnties nearly hall million year
That is the whole thing in nutshell The provisions
the award operate clearly against the Uned states
fishermen. Canada guarantees nothing; she cannot
euaTantee single herrLg me fsn is not bcrs, Cost
ber nothing 70 produce them and besides, not over
opsIoGrtn OF the 1sn caught are caught within the
bhree mile limit.
FISHERY TROUBLES.
g. Can you trieny outline the history Of the fishery
question :
A. Well, TO 20 back to the beginning, from 1883 to
1912 the American fisher used the shores Of the
BrItish provinces IN common with BRUSH nshermep.
England claimed that the war OF 1872 abolished all
rigIis and terminated all privileges hitherto recog
uized, aud IN 1918 new treaty was auopled defining
specifically the rights oi American fishermen In Can
adam waters This treaty PROVIDED that American
fishermen should nave the right to catch ana diy
hsh on The shores OF tho Magdelen Islands, IN the
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