, 1881-01-08

'lYea to tho t}l0pcestcr fishermen would IN.
tlo1ibtculy be appointed II the United Stntcs
shall insist npon IT, Mr. Npwberry proposed
resolution crcntlng special committee.
aES. ltAwLEy
Objected to stlell d proceeding, md said Tint
no doubted tho prupriety Of those prucert-
ings. Wo lad suolntttetl d grcat question In
international arbitration, mil tlle Geneva
award was pnlu. Ths Halifax nwal,, was
n'nt|e, niNl, to thu etornaf honur of our Mt
TIM, lt WIS paid. If there l,ast been frnutt
IN tug matter, tho fraud lmttl ut.tlnubt-
tdly loIl previously ct,litYlItte.l nEntnsk
Grent 1}rltaint nnl II n knowledge Ut
tho fnct WIS communicated to Great Britain,
l'o hui III doubt the wrallg would to cor
rectcd. at ali events, ilo thought tho col.rto-
~ 'ttto friendly natloM required stlcli
course, anil TINT. meanwhile, tho n,nttcr
stlostltl br left Iii tile chRrge Ut tho Secretary
of Ssnte.
MANY VOICES WElsE HEARD To aAY:
"Hrent britain has known OF tl,ts for two
yenrs!" Tho Springer resolution Ut Inquiry
was finally rcferret to tho Foreign Affairs
Committee for consideration, but the Nuw.
| berry resolution, with Its brlDlgcrent prc-
atnbse, was not referred. 1t was nat fl,
order to debatu It. tho enltrc proceeding hay-
inE beG!l by unanimous consent. Secretary
Evarts Is understood 10 be of tho hpInlun
t''"t ING n~art!. having been nlnt1o Under
treaty, Is finaf mud binding, a1ul o,lr uoy-
cr''tnc1t Inns noro:ncly, unless Great l,rItatn
"''a't asR u nave tic Question runpo'aetl.
Ft10M 1.-THE RECORD"
III the Irtste'n Assoetatt4 I'rta
WAsTE1S"roS, d. e., inn. 7.-A1r. Springer
offered II resolution calling on the Sccretnry
OF State for nil Information In tho Statc De
mrsniunt til reference to the Halifax fishery
award OF S3.5oo, ,oo0 pa'd by tllls Government
to t'rcat Dritaii, and especially that relating
to tic alleged fictitious Statistics md per-
Jnteet 1estlnnl'y Imposed on the Arbitration,
anu On Which evidence tie award wns made;
also whether tic Government ltas taken nny
stcps to secure n 'vcrlicatlon of tie recently
punished statement Of I'r0f. Hind.
Mr: Newberry obtained unanimous con-
sent 70 mako some fctnnrks oil tho subject.
Lie ct!areea distinctly tho following facts,
ana he thought They Nvero susceptible Of
clear proot: EAat fraudulent testimony nml
hlterea Official docun'ents' Ind been brought
before the Commission; that sttcll
ALTERATIONS AND FALSE TESTIMONY
wero made continually by, the authorized
agents at the british Government: TINT ex-
traortllnary prccaution Ind been taken by tho :
ngehts to prevent tue discovery Of tho a,tcra-
tlots by tho United States Government, rho
question, lie continued, ,xas d ,uo,ncutous
onc. Tic open cllnrge wns rs cle,lr az iloo1-
day that, in MI arbitration bHtwcon two Of tho
i,ost civilized nations Of tho g1obu to settle d
grave question Of national right fn1sc and
fraudulent testimony l,n.l bocn knowingly
manufactured and produced by otle 1lhrty to
tho wrong OF tito other. llo believed tho
party III power In England at the present
time llnd Ito 'tatltl In tlls crime; TINT It felt
tho Disgrace brought upoli its Government,
and that 1t wouttl Willingly reopen tho
did not atonc for tue wrone. England wonli
again ltnvp earned tho cp1thot Of spcrfl{di-
0us Albion" liz asked lenye to ofrar, fnr
reference to tie Committee of Ferofen A.
fairs, u resolution, rccittng thu nIleootttn tint
bcfnrc ttn socult,.1 ttei,ur,, ,,,,,..t -, .n