Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-27
The Fi.heries lreaty.

Republican politicians, backed by
the party press, are busily engaged in
finding prelext for defeating the
Fisheries Treaty recently negotiated.
The purpose is to use this as bait to
fish for votes next fall. The interests
Of the New England fishermen cuts no
figure in the affair with those people,
nor does that other paramount inter-
est Of maintaining peace between our
country and Great Britain. Both Of
these would be easily sacrificed by
men Of the Sherman or ingalls, stripe,
who would prefer to be President be-
fore the highest good Of their country
In discussing the question the al
legged fact is brought up that the En-
giish and Canadian press is in favor
Of the new treaty, and it is argued
that, therefore, the people of those
countries see some decided advantage
in its terms. Now, as a matter of fact,
the press of England and that of her
colony are divided on this question,
and in this division it is significant
that the presses which represent the
Government in both countries defend
the convention and content them.
selves with doing so by q
course Of reasoning the prominent fea-
lures of which are made up of glitter
ing generalities; while the opposite
papers oppose it and give very cogent
reasons for their opposition Moreover,
not one Of the press of the Govern
ments' party chooses to uphold the
terms of the new convention. Here
b what the Pail Mall Gazette says
Of it:
Mr.. Chamberlain's "success" in
achieving the settlement" of the
fisheries question seems to have been
very simple. 1t is easy to negotiate a
treaty when you are prepared to sur
render everything that the other side
demands. The following table shows
the net result of the negotiations:
POINT IN DIS THE TWO SETTLEMENT.
PUTE. VIEWS.
1. The right Denied by Conceded to
OF American Canada and the states by
q ish ers to claimed by Mr.. Chamber
touch and the States. lain.
trade in Cana
dian ports.
2. The right Denied by Conceded to
of American Canada and the States by
fishers to fish claimed by Mr.. Chamber
In bays more the States. lain IN t h e
than six miles bays more
wide at the than e i 6 h I
mouth. miles wide at
the mouth.
3. The right Claimed Refused to
toimpcIt Can BY Ganads a.,s G.; Gansda by
Into the states. by the States. lain.
It's only necessary to add that Can
ada seems to have received no qttid
pr0. quo, and that, as the Toronto Mail
says: Mr. Chamberlain told us in
80 many words that he had come to
America to terminate the fishery dis
pute somehow. 1t has been the fate
Of Canada from the beginning to suf-
fer for imperial interests, but in this
interest the cup presented to our lips
appears to be an unusually bitter
one."
Here is Secretary Bayards defense
Of the treaty:
II the American people can be made
to understand what this treaty is, and
the concessions to fishermen which it
insures, they will insist upon it's ac-
ceptance. 1t can scarcely be claimed
that the pending treaty disposes of all
the questions submitted to the COM
miesion. It disposes of them as far as
the parties to it could agree. A treaty
y generally the net result of compro-
misos but we have secured
several things that are very valuable.
We have secured liberal construc-
ton Of the former treaty-an agree
ment as to its meaning which will
never allow it again to become the
subject Of q serious controversy.
We have secured q surrender of the
handland theory and the substitution
- the ten-mile delimitation. We
have secured for American fishermen
- Per cent Of AL the fishing waters Of
~ maritime provinces valuable
. them. Take that large
segment of the gulf outside
a Prince Edwards Island-more
Man hfteen hundred square miles Of
~ 'best mackerel fishing in the
Atlantic this treaty opens it to all
~ akippers, where before they were
a1d1udod by the headland claim.
~ ~ hoyo secured very valuRble
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