The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-22
GIVEN TO THE WORLD.
The Full Text Of the Fisheries
Treaty.
THE LETTER OF TRANsMITTAL,
Satisfactory Outcome of the Negotia-
tioos-Amicable Relations In
sured for the Future
The Treaty Message.

WASHINGTON, teDrudry ILL ne DELI
ate, to-day, made public the fisheries
treaty, with the Presidents letter of
transmistal. The Presidents letter,
with the historical part omitted, is as
follows:
In my annual message, transmitted
to Congress. December, 1886, it was
stated that negotiations we're then
pending for the settlement of questions
growing out of rights claimed cy
American fishermen in British North
American waters. AS result of such
negotiations, the treaty has been agreed
upon between Her Brittauic Majesty
and the United States, concluded and
signed in this capital, under my direc-
ton and authority, on the 18th of Feb
ruary, and which now have
the honor to submit to the Senate, with
the recommendation that 1t shall re-
ceiye the ratification of this boGy, as
provided IN the Constitution, in order
that notifications thereof may be duly
EXCHANGED and the treaty carried into
effect Shortly after Congress had ad-
journed, In March last. and in C0ntinu-
alton CT my efforts to arrive al such
agreement between the governments OF
Great Britain and the United States, as
would secure to the citizens OF the
respective countries unmoiested enjoy
ment CT their just rights under existing
trsatiss and international comfy in the
terminal waters of Canada and New
foundlaud l availsd myself Of the OPP
perfume ourrencies indicative of a desire
to ma .e, without delay, an amicable
and final settlement of the standing
controversy, productive Of much irTita-
ton and misunderstanding between The
two nations, by sending, through our
minister in London, proposals that q
conference should take place On the SUBJ
ject st this capital. The experience of
the past two years had demonstrated
the ditatory and unsatisfactory oonse-
Quences of our indirect transaction of
business through the foreign office in
London, in which the views and wishes
OF the government of the Dominion OF
Canada were practically to predomi-
nate, but were only to find expression
at second hand.
To obYiate this inconvenience and
obstruction to a prompt and we'll
defined settlement, it was considered
advisable that negotiations should be
conducted in this citv, and that the
interests of Canada and New Found
land should be directly repre-
sented therein. The treaty meets
my approval, because 1 believe
it supplies a satisfactory, practical
and final adjustment upon a basis
honorable and just TO both parties of
the difficult and vexed question to
which it relates. The greater part of
the correspondence which has taken
place between the two governments has
heretofore been communicated to Con-
gress, and at as early day as possible,
/ shall transmit the remaining portion
to this date, accompanying it with the
joint protocols of conference which
resulted III the conclusion of the treaty
now submitted to you. You will thus
be fully possessed of a record and
history of the case since the termina-
ton on June 80, 1885, Of the fishery
articles of tbs treaty OF Washington, of
1871, whereby we were relegated to the
provisions of the treaty of october 20,
1878
AS the documents and papers referred
to will supply full inform alton of the
positions taken under my administra-
ton by the representatives of the
United States, as we'll IS those
occupied by the representatives. of
the government OF Great Britain, it
is not considered necessary or expedient
TO repeat them in this message. But l
believe the treaty will be found to con-
tain q Just, honorable, and therefore
satisfactory solution of the difficulties
which have clouded our relations with
our neighbOrS on our northern borders.
Especially satisfactory 90 b Iieve the
proposed arrangement will De 70 Ind by
those OF our citizens who are enI aged III
open sea fisheries adjacent to the Can
adian coast .~and resorting to these ports |
and harbors under treaty provisions
and rules of international law. The |
proposed dehmitation of lines of exclu- |
sive fisheries from common fisheries |
will give certainty and security as TO the |
area of these legitimate fields. The |
heaoiand theory of imaginary lines is
abandoned by Great Britain, and |
the specification in the treaty |
of certain named bays, espec-
tally provided for, gives satisfaction |
to the inhabitants of the shores, with |
out subtracting materially from the |
value or convenience OF the fishery |
rights Of Americans. An uninterrupted !
navigation of the Straits OF Can is |
expressly and for the first time affirmed, |
and for purposes for which our fixher- |
men, under the treaty of 1915. were al |
lowed to enter the bays and harbors of |
Canada and Newfoundland, within a |
belt of three miles, are placed under |
fair and liberal construction, and their
enjoyment secured without such con-
ditions and restrictions as in the past
have embarrassed and obstructed them
so seriously. The enforcement of
penalties for unlawfully fishing
or preparing to FISH within
the inshore and exclusive waters
of Canada and Newfoundland is
to be accomplished under safeguards
against oppression or arbitrary action,
thus protecting defendant fishermen
from punishment in advance of trial,
delays and Inconvenience and unueces-
sary expense.
The history of events in the last two
years shows that no feature Of Canadian
administration was more harassing
and injurious than compulslon upon
our fishing vessels TO make formal
entry and clearance on every occasion
of temporarily seeking shelter in Cana
dian ports and harbors. Such incon
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