New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-06

Hamlin. Mr., Ecnunds offered amendment. declaring
mat Articles XVIII and XXI. of the treaty between
Sfh of May 1871, lrrmting the duties on fish and
nSi-4. ought To o. terminated a. the earliest period
for ten ycas).' brief drbat-iensucd and the rrsoiu
! unn. VITA Mr. Edmubd's amendment, was
Sdopied BY large majority. Tie PIN
Fr% ire and Sy tn. ,,, committee arproprating
wiih"ut objection Consrrss hal now done with the
sn9Grt aud its hnal disposition was left TO the Execu
1--WE Department. OF the Government.
responding 10 the Judgment Of Congress Mr. Evarts
nth erGrytary OF state presented he whole argument
He WAS compelled TO believe from the magnitude OF the
hlhed mad been brought before the arbitration. He
called the attention OF Lord Salisbury wno had be-
that nvc fishing under the treaty had ELAPSED
brIoie The Halifax Commission organized and that
therefore we had actual statistics showing the value OF
me privilege conceded to the United States inscnd
the coJeetural esmat.s Nhcn had been used when
treaty was madr BI these actual and careful statistics.
y had been found that by the shOr, fishing American
ns'rmen sd ln the five SEASONS sec9rrd l23s6l bar
lrls or maeE"rr-worh when packed and ready for
aSte 81 per o"rTr ana M n,,c the asSTr
salt. the cxprusc Of catching curing aud packing which
Ne evidence dollar haIte wonld be an excessive
esnate OF me- piont and ths would give TO our fisher
$500. 900"
alone. Mr. Evaris called Lord salisoury's attention to
the fact that II the mnckerel I've estimated at the most
estimated net prit, the total value NJ the fishery
would Ia bnt 81 900 per annun. or 81 500 900 for the
Government Of the United States to consider,
was whether in exchange for the $500;
OF duties reunited Canada flsh and sh-oi
actual TO receive total Of 100000 81 5O0000l In
S94OO.0O0 or $500 600 by the trans ctioni
Lord salisbury IN HIS reply. quoted eminent American
was authorized 10 make an award He maintained that
the rule In international arlnrations empowered the
ID hA
generally recognized rule, his Lorsp should have ex
planned why IN the OF the Geneva ard Washington
affiliations prov for IN the treaty with the
Halifax arbraOnl, the rigat OF the majority to decide
IN Ia concession Ivy the High Commissioners
Evsrts Into the details OF MS argument" lie main
tnined ,that these very matters examined at
Commission whoses award iss IN Ter discusson.'' lie
admitted, with diplomatic 60 rtrsy tEar M.
EvartSs reasoning ia powerful" but still in his judg
ment "capabie of refuiatOu." He did not, however,
attempt to reue H. hut based his simply on the
ground that the sw I'd gave the S55000o0 TO England
In a franFnrs his l0rdsip should have SAID that Mr.
Dcfosse IN h- grace and bcuevoence, gave tue large
Secretary Evart- with great propriety declined to
preSs the points submitted IN his dispatch. HIS only de-
~ the txtrhotdary tarls aud leave To tne deterlna-
ton Of that Government whether anything should .be
done To mitigate the glariug and now demonstrated In
Justice OF the award The Government or the Unlted
States" SAID Mr. Evarts In closing his dispatch. "wl
against the drbcra" interpretation OF her MaJestys
GOyernunent to the contrary He made no rj0nder 10
from date of aw rhe amount ajudRed 10 Great Brit
am. Every American felt that under such circun,
1t better to pay than 10 be paid the five and
half millions of dollars.
II il uOl difficult To understand how Mr. Delfosse was
brought such extraordinary conclusion, and there
has been disposition In The United States to mpute his
action to improper motives. Theiwrohg was done when
and the tenacIty wIn which he was urged viii always
require explanation from the British Government Mr..
Dcosse had spent his life In the Diplomatic service
not in any sense OF affairs, and was pro
fOundly Ignorant OF the fishery question. From the
diplomatic point OF view he could not understand that
the Dominion ~ Canada should open her inshOre fisher
les to such power the United States without some
Measuring in his own mind the value OF suck right
the restricted Of hspwn country, 10 natural
that he should multiply it somewhat IN the proportion
Of the vastly eXtenIrd OF British America,
thrown open to the United States lie further In
6Ienced by the claim shrewdly put forward by the
British and British attorneys that the inshore
hsheries we're worth Sl2O0OOOO TO the United states
for the period OF the treaty ami the Newfoundland fish
cries 81 $50 OOO I'm addition Its difficult To speak OF
these pretensous with spec to treat them non
esv put forward by men TO whom all the facts were
familiar
Above all. Mr. Delfosse knew that the Belgian
erciRn, whose favor his fortune, would
rsty desire a triumph for the British Both sides
strong representations and presented statistics
and tabular statements and elaborate comparisons,
which h. did not analyZc and perhaps. did not under
stand. England. he knew. had been muCted In fifteen
aud half millions IA the Ge eva award aud the san
Juan hHd been decided against her by the
Euuerur of Germany. With the connections and sur
roundngs Of Mr.. ID ltosse he would have been more
than human II he had MT desired England On triumph
ia of the questions suhntted In arbitration
the Treaty of Washington. But while these cir
Gums ances relieve MIR DrlfDsse from iMputatiOn
upon his personal or off la honor, they only render
proiniueu and more offensive the singular perti
nacity with which tho British Government insisted upon
his appointment ar the commissioners in arbt
traton that originally designed to he impartial.