The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-07

have lost none OF their accustomed
| cOTdIality. The claims for interest up
l on the amount OF tonnage dues Illegal
! Is eXacted from certain German steam
/ ship lines were favOrably reported In
both houses Of Congress a. the last
] session. and trust will receive final
and favorable action az an early day.
( THE FISHERIES.
Tue recommendation contained in
my last annual message in relation TO
a mode of settlement of the fishery
{ rights in the waters of British North
I America, so long the Subjtc CT of anX-
/ ;ous difference between the United
/ States and Great Britain, was met BIZ
an adverse vote of the Senate on April
1 18Th last, and thereupOn negotiations
were instituted to obtain an agree
ment with her Britannia Majesty's
| government for the FORMULATION of
Snch iOint Interpretation anc definition
! of The article of tue convention OF 1918
! relating to the Territorial waters and
! inshore fisheries of the British prov
/ inces as should secure the Canadian
rights from encIoacnment from Uaited
/ States fishermen and AT the same time
] insure the enjoyment by the latter of
I the privileges guaranteed 10 them by
such convention. The questions IN
4
/ grave consequence and from time to
/ time, for nearly three quarters of q
| century, have given rise 10 earnest in
ternatiOnal discussion nos unaccOm-
panied by irritation. Temporary ar
rangements by treaty have served TO
allay friction, which, however, has re-
viyed as each treaty has terminated.
I The last arrangement under the treaty
/ of 1871 was abrogated after due notice
/
but / was enabled to obtain for our
I fishermen for the remainder of that
season, enjoyment Of the full privi-
I legeS accorded by the Terminating
I treaty. The joint commission by whom
I the treaty had been negotiated, al
l though invested with plenaTy power
/ TO make permanent settlement, Were
content with 4 temporary arrange
ment, after the termination OF which
the question was relegated TO the
stipulation Of the treaty OF ISIS as to
tue first article OF which no con-
structioa satisfactory TO both
countries has ever been agreed upon.
| The progress OF civilization and growth
/ OF population in the British provinces
TO which the fisheries in question are
contiguous, and the expansion of COM
mercial intercourse between them and
/ the United States present to-day a
condition OF affairs scarcely realiZable
I at the date of the negotiations of 1918.
New and vast interests have been
. brought into existence, modes of inter-
! course between the respective cOun-
tries nave been invented and multi
piled. The methods of conducting the
fisheries have been wholly changed,
and ali this is necessarily entitled TO
candid and careful consid
Grafton and the adjustment Of
the terms and conditions of inter
course and commerce between the URi-
ted States and their DeighboTs along j
frontier Of over $3.50 miles. This pro-
occupation and similarity OF political
( and social institutions, indicate thS
I practicability and obvious wisdom
Of maintaining mutually beneficial and
friendly relations; whist i am uu-
teignediy UeSiruuS that such relations
should exist between Us and the in
hSjitantS Cf Canada, vet the action OF
their Ciiicials curing the past season
/ toward our fishermen has been Such rs
/ to seriously threaten their continuance,
although disappointed in my efforts TO
secure 4 satisfactory settlement.
The fishery question negotiations are
still pending, with a reasonable hope
that before the close of the present
session OF Congress such advancement
may be made that an acceptable con-
cluSiOn NAV been reached. At an early
day there MAJ bc laid before Congress
the correspondence of the Department
OF State in relation TO tbs Important
subject, so that the history of the past
fishing season may be fully disclosed
and the action and the attitude OF the
administration clearly cOmprehended.
More extended reference is not
deemed necessary in this cOmmunlca-
ton.
ALASKA AND HAWAII.
The recommendation submitted last
year, that provision be made for
preliminary reconnaissance of the
conventional boundary line between
Alsskl and British Columbia, is re-
uewed.
express my unhesitating conyic-
| ton that the Intimacy of our relations
with Hawaii should be emphasized.
/ As result of the reciprocity treaty OF
1870, those islands, on the highway of
oriental and Australian traffic, are viz
tually AM outpost of American COM
/ merce, ami = stepping stone to the
growing trade of the Pacific. The
/ Polynesian Island groups nave been
so absorbed by otter and more power
/ full governments, that the Hawaiian
! Islands are lett almost alone in the en-
| iOyment of their autonomy which II IS
important for US should be preserved.
Our treaty IS now termina0le on one
years notice, but propositions 10 alb
Togate il would in my judgment be
most Ill advised. The paramount in
fiuence we have there acquired, once
relinquished, could only with difficulty
be regained, aud 4 valuable colgn Of
vantage Tor ourselves might be con-
verted into = stronghold for our com-
mercial competitors. l earnestly re-
commend that the existing tresty stip-
ulatiOns be extended for further term
of seven years. A recently-sicned
treaty 10 this end is now before the
Senate. The importance OF telegra-
phic communication between those
Islands aud the United States should
not be overlooked.
JAPAN.
The question of 9 general revision of
the treaties of Japan i again under
discussion At Toxic ~ The firSt To