St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-20
CANADA WILL STAND PAT.
Sir John Macdonald Outlines the Do
minion Policy Regarding the
Fisheries.
REJECTION OF THE TREATY.
He Says American Statesmen Are
Making a Bluff That
Doesn't Go.
Special to the Globe


OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 19-The talk of
the hour is Sir John A. Macdonald'S
speech at the Chapleau banquet to-day.
when he outlined Canada's future policy
regarding the fishery difficulty. His
speech is an assurance that Canada will
not back down, and his remarks
are regarded as official. He said:
Il have no doubt that some of
you have felt rather annoyed and irri-
tated, almost insulted, by the language
that has been used by some of the pub
lie men statesmen - of the United
States, by some of the threats that were
held out with regard to Canada, but 1
am proud Of the calm dignity with
which Canadians have met all
the threats, the GOODNESS with
which Canada has looked upon the
threats which we can afford to look on
calmly because we have got right and
justice on our side. If this were an Or
binary season in the United States we
might really feel irritated and insulted;
but we know that this is mere theat-
rical display of both the great political
parties of that country.
IT is A SHAM BATTLE.
The leaders Of the two great parties
there are trying to gain a majority of
the votes, and they believe that to
abuse England and Canada as a portion
of Great Britain is rather practical
way of affecting the vote, and, there
fore, II, on the one side, a statesman
says anything hard against England
or Canada the statesmen on the other
side get up and go one better. AS this
game goes on they perhaps may, like
other gameSterS, loose their GOODNESS
and moderation. Our cause has been
plain and will be plain. A treaty was
settled and we Canadians had a dis
tlngulshed representative at Washing
ton to help on the drawing up of
that treaty. l mean Sir Charles Tup-
per, whom you all admire. The settle
ment OF the treaty is an honest, fair and
honorable settlement of a question that
has hitherto caused vast amount of
friction between the United States
ana canada. 1t is an honest at
tempt on the part of the negotiatOrs
on both sides to remove all
causes of ill-teeling between the two
countries. There are some concessions
on our part and some corresponding
concessions on the part of the United
States. We are told by the great Lib
eral party that we abandoned every
thing, we he'd sacrificed the interests Of
canada and given up everything to
the Americans and kept nothing
for ourselves. But what occurred in
the states? We saw both houses. the
house of representatives and the SEN
ate, stating that Canada and England
had got the best of the bargain. They
absolutely refused to ratify the treaty.
1t was a fair treaty nevertheless,
and believe after the election is over,
after the temporary fever has subsidized,
and when they get to the calm and cool
ness that characteriZeS the Americans,
they will look
WITH MORE FAVORABLE EYES
on the treaty, and that they will have
another arrangement based on the same
lines and principles as the treaty when
they have rejected. | hope and believe
that Will be the case. Whether it be or
not, our course as government, the
course OF the parliament as a parlia-
ment, the course of the people as approx
ing the action of the parliament and
the government will be to say, We have
ratified that treaty; we are anxious to
carry it out, and if you don't choose to
accept it we cannot help it. The re-
SponslDlllty rests upon yOur Shout
uerS. we Will rely upon the
treaty of 1918, and we will Just
rest upon the law and let the law
take its course; and if there be any
difficulties as to the construction of that
treaty we must find some mode by arbi-
tratiOn or otherwise to decide what the
true logical meaning of the convention
of 1878 is. That will be the course of the
Canadian government; that will be the
course OF the Canadian government. that
will be the course approved by the
vast majority of the people. We have
no fear that there will be any difficulty
with the United States. If there bo
any question of construction of the
treaty we can leave it to some tribunal
selected by both sides to settle what
these obstacles are -