The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-03
Last Nights Dispatches.
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, Sept, 2. The Times, review
ing the fishery question, says the opinion,
as expressed ia the United States, that
the whole question should be settled be-
tween the State Department and the For
eign Office without the North American
Colonies having voice in the matter, is a
token of misapprehension OF the policy Of
the British Empire, which accords to its
self-governing colonies freedom of action
limited only by considerations. lushore
fisheries are the iDalienable heritage of
Canada and Newfoundland, and these
countries must say whether and on what
terms participation in them should be
granted to a foreign country. 1t is some
what surprising that the United States
which owe their existence as a nation to
the assertion of the very principle that a
colony must have a voice in any negotia-
tions which affect its interests, should not
understand the same principle when as
serted on behalf of Canada. The intrinsic
value OF the property destroyed OF the
occasion of the Fortune Bay fracas is a
mere tri1e as compared with $103,0OO,
and as that sum is the American estimate
OF some two or three boats being prevented
from making a single catch Of fish, it looks
as it the fishing privileges granted by the
Treaty OF Washington were of greater
value than the people of the United States
have been hitherto willing to allow. 1t is
satisfactory to find that the Government
at Washington repudiates all intention of
asking any reconsideration of the Halifax
award on the grounds of the subsequent
III treatment of the fishermen. Were the
Fortune Bay claim the only surviving
difficulty in connection with the fisheries
question, it would serve to show by its
lnsignifcance the dimension to which a
formidable international matter had been
| reduced. Unfortunately, while the ques-
ton Will soon cone up again. any further
arrangement on the Halifax plan, un-
less preceded by a final and conclusive
settlement OF headlands disputes and
rights OF American fishing vessels in
| British North American ports would be
unsatisfactory, seeing that the fisheries
question is as old as the war of 1912, and
that it is happily only grave question
between two countries, surely it calls for
/ dipiomotic action to settle it immediately
and forever. This statement of the Time,
is thought to embody the official view Of
the question.
The Mark Lane ErpreSS iu its weekly
review OF the British grain trade. says tht
damage done is irreparable. No subse
Iquent weather can prevent the outcome O
this seasons wheat crop proving most dis
astrous, both in quality and quantity
Happily the weather the past day or tw,
has been well suited to harvest operations
Many fields are still quite green while il
others the wheat. though mere forward, i
of bad color. Root crops are choked will
weeds. Potatoes have gone from bad t,
worse.
10 fact in 90 single instance can agricnl
tural prospects be said to have improved
During the past fortnight 10 consequence
of foreign supplies, the bad weather haC
little effect on the wheat trade. The ut.
most that can be said is that in occasiona
instances the arrival of cargoes at port o
call have been large off the coast. Whea
during the earlier part of the week ruled
firm owing to the wet weather. Old No
spring wheat advances a shilling pc
quarter, with red winter was firmly he'll
for fall prices but with better weather @
the close Of the week, quieter tone pre-
vailed. There has been good continen
tai demand, Maize has been dnI! an
three to six pence per quarter.
AGITATING RENT REDUCTION.
John O'Connor Power. home rulel
J member for Mayo, Sunday last addresse
/ large meeting OF the tenant farmers az
others at B.lly Hauuts, held TO demand a
immediate reduction of rent and radio;
reform in existing land laws At tn
} head of one of the contingents were &c
I mounted men aud 200 on foot, carryin
2 slaves with heads resem oiing pixies, and
{ large green banner with a representatio
{ of Erin exhorting her sons to struggle fc
g freedom,