, 1881-01-03
we're WE DEFRAuDED :?
prof. Kinds Charges of Canadian
Bwindle in the Fishery ;
Award. go
Ills Letter or Accusntion, and Ills Corr
rcsrondcncc with tho .uoy.
ernor.Genornl,
a Lively Response to Premier Maodonald's
1mputation Of Attempted Black
mail.

Editor of the 1fnlifuE lNor,.i,1v Ctroniclc:
III tlIfs days Issue Vf the Chronicle the fOt"
lowing paragraph occurs among tho tcle-
grnphIc items:
"Om 1notion by Mr.. Isnbcrtsoi,, respecting
the fishery statistics, the cl,arges uf 1'rUf.
llind were referred 10, Mr., Robertson and
Mr.. Mills speaking Ut them rs graye matters.
Sir John nttackttl tho character bf l'rOf.
Hind. and said tic cnso WIS one Of b1ackinl."
hope the reference to "blackn,a1i Is IL
misprist, but II not i shall lllyc something
to sny on The matter which will bu enliye,l-
ing, If not startling. Meanwhile, and III co.l-
sequence of the preceding paragraph, quoted.
1sElall send you the correspondence which
llns taken place With Ills Exccllcney tho
Govcrnur.Gcneral III relation 10 my letter to
his Excclemcy entitled "FalsiAc.l Dspart-
mental Reports"
l llnye Ind occasion To cal1 his 1;xcclleMcy's
attention to remarkable printed but secret
document, to Which Sir John now cumlHls
mt publicly to refer. This printed document
IL tic key to tic forged tri,tlu and navigation
Statistics wlilcl, fornlcd TIC chief subject Of
my letter to his Excellency. 1t In Of the
highest Importance 10 tho country, nitd pnl-
tlcn1arly tD tito maritime provinces, TINT t!,s
document should bo Wildly pablIyl,Ed. for 1t
presents atl elaborate view Of tho fish trade
relations of MI the Atlantic provinces sep
nrately for tweity-slx years. Its titlu Is:
"Appcntlix, Memorandum concerning Art
Fl Of the Trcuty Ut Washington
1t IL ilut q confidential document, nnd the
text frequently calls the attention of tic
linlffnX Co,n'nisSlaIl to tho arguments II
e!hbotltcs. Yet i wirs l,ot rrcscntal 70 the
iii "appe,,ttlx" u tho reply nf ,er Mniesty'a
tloyerllllent tn the "nl,swer" of the UniicA
Stntes. 1t refers to tho - ullswcr,o yet 1t was
not uth.chcd to Tho british reply, to tho
THIS curious document embraces very
yollllntnn'ls tlstl-tratto Tables covering
twe'.ty;s1x years, for tho Provinces pt on
Wick, aMl Primes E,lwnrti Isiani. These
contain IN the nggreEatc. ah0Mt 40 statc-
l,lcilis Of tho annual tr,lle of tl.o .illforGlit
Provinces will, tho United States and with
other foreign Countries.
Any casual READER net familiar viii! tho
lts'l-trAtie statistics Ut tic sertl1ll Provinces
would accept this document us Il iuir nlNl
lucid exposition oE Our 'tSi-tra.le rcIntl0l!s
With tho o9tsis Worl.l s'ee tho ycaT lS'l'
WIS prepared nild printed kuG'y fur the In.
formation. Ut tho Halifax Commission, ai.d
tAGrefnrc nnw public property.
Tle tutnils aru printed III snail type, tho
but ~. inguirlng student Ut tue subject
would be- c0,ltcMt with tic averages ind tnko
tile details for grAntgtl.
But, AhD.lH nily nne l,e tenlbted to look
"details, ,o woul.t iirss hive lis curiosity ux-
cited, then Ills suspicious TINT tho printer had
tliade mistakes; gradually he would bcgin to
thtnk thns It wns nut tl!e PRIMER who liati
comvi,cs @ @ him tint the w!,ols Thing thilng WIS % 4
lnntle, ind hu wt,lii e,ll with tlte 1irln coll
yictfun tlnt tie wl!osu thing was u Awirdle,
and basGd upon tho Intentional fabrication vi
our tr.tle ,llI navigation ralnrns ut Ottawa
fur mt least four years, Alld tllc Intentional
falS1lcNtiOn Ut records OF E0ytrlllfunt.
The rccaplttllAt1on only 0f tho; "details III
tt1ls tltnulnelit w,s presented n'tl sworn to
!sn, IN sxtaecf @ # te e lsfHx Esess H. cG" ;
ruvenl the frAtlds. My letters to the Gov
grllNr-titnernl point K, ono Of It's supposed
uses, which open parliamentary Inquiry will
) Ii, my letter to his Exccllency have taken
from tliis document two ur three sets Of
Plumbers ipnges Z md ~ without Mte,ltl0n-
INF wl'ere l obtained uloM. Or giving any
clow; TIE reply ot tho acting sccrutnry nf
sarily compelled .,e to announces the exist
rleu Of this extraordinary document; far,
unless Its Excolsemey and tho members of
tic Senate n,ld Of THO l!ousu Of Commons
10 form my conception d tile uxtent IL
Wliicl, Unr' trntle and navigation returns hnvo
bern forged and fNlsltEcd for snyer1ll years |;
,.nr can they arrive nth knowledge of tho
as ~ es s%SrK tn IL" I'll. m91 r..
use, llsado OF then, for good MANY years
pnSt.
: I have recently respectfully urged uron
his EXce1lency the Goyeanot;.t;o,eral THO ynst
n!ui!t with suitable explanations. for tho llso
Of tll9 Selntt,, TIC Commons, utltl tho ublIo
1T lnrse. 1t cnyers twelve closely-printe.l
folio pages, and IL u nliile, not Of wealth, but
Of polticnl nttro.g lycerine. the llke OF which,
II p4rmlttel, tllny solne day bl0w up tho
nnlrltfmu provlnces. Il not rendered liurn,-
less By tho tF,noly publicity OF thls document
with Hla!tahle explanations.
apptluA to ,no BY Sir John confirmed in TO-
lliorruw's Issue Of the Ch'nltclc, YOU will ro-
Celvo y communication lr0ln nlp which will
show 1,1 s,n,t w!,sre tho s''os p'n1cs YoAr oesdl
1 coII.nsroSpEscn nusS1 wrrI rlIs g ooyr,yo,.- S
: oESElsAI~
y Tho following, Is tho correspondence re-
forred to III tho aboye: ...
,,,,ES W,Sp$Ia ;. \; s.; nss: = isso@afan H.; =
y Iisloso i lutlsr q, ti!s g,!Gjeet d ...Faisi-
tietl Departmental 1topt,rts," presented tO thu
which rcfereaco Is l,a!e III that 'fclter.
isi aisi prove prove all t,o uiesations ilvs " i i,ade
IN tho accompanying intt0r Hlonovor 1t shall
ptehso your ExGuil0l,cy t0 order M inquiry.
l lIaye tho lIon0r to be yullr Excel10ncy's
0betll9nt servant. 1LkNNv YouLE lllND,
Conplor Of tho .Anhlytical Inilv1 u tho tt,oI-
tnonts Of tho Halifax F!shorlus Commission,
llts Excellc'Iey tho Goyernor-Gunorul.
....... --No..I
: GOVERNMENT HOUSE,, OTTAWA, Dec. 7,
lSsU.-Slli: lii acknowledging the receipt III
sUltr letter Ut tic al tlat. ulld accompanying
printed! papern regarding the Ilnllfax Fisll-
cries Commission, AiM desired 10 say that
his ExcellH,,cy tlo G9yurnor-Gencr,.l. h,.s
reI.snn 10 tnlnk That the Americans tflel,l-
solves 10 mt belleye III YOUR conclusions. I
u,n, s!r, your obod!ent seryant,
Acting Governor uanot7lls soutVtury.
Henry YouIo ltnsl. Esu,, Windsor, N. $.
Mo- s.
WINDSOR, N. s., Dec. Ii, 16so.-Sln: / hnvo
tho llOnnr tD1ckN0WlctlgU the receipt OF your
communication Of the, It'll Inst.
I'M yHry grateful t4I h!A ExccIle,ley tllo
Governor-{;ollorl!l for calling my nttul.tion to
t!lo fact that lle llas rHasu,l 10 think tllnt tho
Americans themselves do not hclevG IN my
cnnc! !uslUna, atite hasten to stAte tho c.tlsD
nt this AppaEcnt atlolnniy nnl to cxplaln how
1t can 1e Immediately rolne,ltnd. "'
but uHk lDAyU respectfully to StAt4 that