The Portland daily press., 1886-09-25
AN ALLEGED TREATY.
Canada's Offer to the United States
in Reference to Fishery Troubles.
The Canadians Tired Of the Three
Mile Limit.
Denial from Washington that ANY
Treaty Has Been Made.

OTTAWA, Sept. 24.-The proposed new
fisheries treaty between the United States
| and Canada, or a copy of it, has been in the
| hands of Sir John A. Macdonald for the last
| four weeks, and has been considered at more
| than one meeting of the Cabinet council.
| Tuesday it came up again at Ottawa, on Sir
| Charles Tupper's arrival from Halifax, and
| at that council certain suggestions and alter
| ations were drawn up and telegraphed IN
| cipher to the English Minister at Washing
| ton Wednesday night. The despatch con-
| tains over 1900 words, the contents OF which
| only the receiver and sender know. This
much is known. Strong objection was made
| to including cotton, clothing, boots and shoes
iron and steel, sugar and agricultural lmple-
ments in the free list.
The first clause of the proposed new treaty
reads as follows:
Her Majesty, Victoria, being especially de-
srous to avoid any further misunderstood
Ing with the government of the United
States of America, as to the right of fishing
along and ON the coasts OF British North
America, and being desirOus as we'll to regu-
late the commerce and navigation between
the respective countries of the two high con-
tracing parties, and their respective terrific
ries and people, and especially as regards
Her Majesty'S possessions in British North
America and the United States, in such man
ner as to render the same reciprocity benefi-
cial and advantageous, has. respectively
named plenipotentiaries to confer and agree,
that is to say, Her Majesty, Victoria and
Lord Lansdowne, Governor General in and
over all Her Majesty's provinces on the con-
tinent of North America, and His Excellen..
cy, the President of the United States OF
America, and Thomas f. Bayard, Secretary
of State, who, having communicated to each
other their respective full powers, found in
good form, have agreed upon the following
articles, with view to so beneficial an OBJ
ject as to remove, so far as may be possible
at the present moment, the obstacles which
ipnpda tha commercial relations DetW1en
the two countries.
Article lit is agreed by the high con-
tracing parties that in addition to the liber-
ty enjoyed at present by the United States
ing drying and curing fish on certain coasts
of the colonies of British North America,
shall have. in common with the subjects OF
Her Britannia Majesty, the liberty to take
fish of every kind excepting shell tish. on the
coast and shores as well as in the bays, har-
bors and creeks of Canada. and of the sever
al islands thereto adjacent, without re-
striction as to distance, and may land upon
the shores and coasts of Canada and the
Islands thereof for this purpose of dying
their nets and curing their fish, provided
they arrange by special agreement for such
purpose with the owners Of private property
along such coasts and harbors and do not in
terfere with British fishermen in the peacea-
BILE use and possession of any part OF such
coast in their occupancy for the same .pur-
pose. 1t is also understood that the privilege
above granted applies solely to the sea fish
cry, and that the shad and salmon fisheries
and all rivers and the mouths thereof are
hereby reserved exclusively for English fish
men.
Article 2. And it is further agreed by and |
between the high contracting parties that |
British subjects shall have the right in COM
mon with the inhabitants of the United |
States to take fish of every kind, excepting |
shell fish, on the eastern sea coasts and |
shores of the United States north of the |
thirty-six parallel of north latitude, and on |
the shores of the several islands thereto ad- |
jacent and in the bays, creeks and harbors |
of the said sea coast and shore of the United |
States and in the district above defined with |
out restriction as to distance, with permiS- |
sion to land, cure and dry fish upon the said |
coasts and shores of the United States under |
the same provisions as guaranteed to Amerl.- |
can fishermen on the shores and coasts of |
British North America as provided in Arti- |
Gle 1. 1t is also understood and agreed that |
the above mentioned liberty applies only to |
sea fishing, and that shad and salmon fish |
cries and all rivers and mouths of rivers are |
hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of
the United States.
Article g. 1t is agreed that the articles |
in the schedule hereto annexed, |
being the growth and product of the afore- |
said British colonies or of the United States, |
shall be admitted into each country free If |
duty