Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-31
GENERAL TOPICS.
Canadian Orators Plucking
the Eagles Plumes.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUSED
Yellow Fever RepOrts-Jackson
ville's Railroad COmmunica-
tiOns Cut Off.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD |

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TORONTO, Ont, August 30.-Fiv'
thousand persons assembled at Hazer
vile, Ont, yesterday to listen to politica
addresses by Sir Hector Langevin, Min
lister of Public Works, and Sir Johr
Thompson, Minister OF Justice. The
speeches of both Ministers were fraugh
with significance, being the first public
utterances of the Ministers of the Gov
ernment since President Cleveland's re
taliatory threats. Sir Hector Langevir
sketched the history of the Fisheries
dispute, showing that the United States
fell back on the treaty Of 1878 of theil
own accord, and that Canada was main
tanning her just rights. After great deal
of labor to adjust the differences amicably
by treaty the United States Senate frus'
trated the efforts which had been made
then President Cleveland followed that
up with threat to punish Canada.
What for? Because there is nc
treaty is not Canada's fault, The Presi-
dent wanted to stop Canadian goods from
coming over American railways in bond,
because American fishermen are not per-
mitted to bond their fish over Canadian
railways; but that right with others was
given up by the Americans long ago in
consideration of the Labrador
fishing advantages. These ad-
vantages she had and would not
give up, while right to bond was de-
manded without concession. Canada
made many concessions. The United
States could not expect to have all the
conceding on Canada's side. He respect
ed the dignity of the United States, and
he he was sure they all did, but Canada
had honor and dignity as Nation, and
as part of the British Empire, and no
true Canadian was disposed to lower
Canada's position.
Referring to unrestricted reciprocity,
he said it was a sugar-coated commercial
union. While discussing President
Cleveland's message, he said the Can
adams should remain calm and collected.
If their neighbors got excited, they
should consider the time at which their
neighbor's excitement existed. They
should not resent 100 much the hard
names and hard words spoken against
Canada. Canada was great country,
territorially as large or larger than the
United States. They had different institu-
tions, some of which at least are better, in
his opinion, than those of the United
States. The Government of Canada had
been responsible to her people, which
was not the case in the United States.
Was it not much better to have the
Ministry directly responsible to the peo-
pie. so that when wrong-doing and mis-
management prevailed the people could
turn the Ministers out?
Sir John Thompson said: The Liberal
leaders had been starring through the
Province of Ontario, but all their efforts
were in vain. An evil genius was pursu-
ing them. They had been preaching a
new gospel, proclaiming that the only
salvation for Canadians was to adopt un-
re stricted reciprocity, but even while they
we're preaching about better trade rela-
tions, the President of the United States
and the Senate took council together to
find out the best way to harrass Canada
most with the least injury to their own
country. There was. little prospect of
getting any advantage from the United
States when it's representative showed
such hostility, but he was sincere
ly glad at the good the Presidents
message had done in this country.
1t had evoked national spirit
which speaks through the press
and the people of both political parties.
The citizens of Canada were in no mood
to submit to the dictation of any foreign
power. The Liberal press in Toronto and
Montreal was very plain in it's state
ments. He admitted that the President
of the United States was great states
man, that he was at the head of great
nation, and that the words he uttered
were of great responsibility. The policy
of this country should be one of great
prudence and desire to conciliate rather
than irritate, to be friendly rather than
unfriendly with any power in the world !;
but this was also great country. All
her citizens did not labor at developing
her resources. Many Canadians looked
to the trackless sea for their living, and
when the rights of their fishermen were
imposed upon it was their duty to up
hold their rights and the honor of the
country. All that was held up as a rea-
son for non-intercourse was Canada's re-
fusal to permit American fishermen to
send their catch of fish in bond over
Canadian railways to the United States.
The United States chose themselves to
go back to the treaty of 1918, and its pro.
visions are being enforced. There Is
nothing unfriendly in that. That their
conduct in seizing American vessels had
not been harsh, was borne out by the
support of the British government on in.
quiry into every case. The United
States in 1918 gave up the right to fish
within the three miles limit; American
fishermen were to have no commercial
privileges on the Canadian shore. They
could not salt their fish or buy supplies.
They could only enter the harbors in case
of storm or to make repairs, but the renun-
citation of these privileges, bought by Civ
ing American fishermen the right to fish
along the coast of Labrador and Magda-
lene Island, and now they wish to hold
on to this privilege while they will not
give up the old one. The means of re.
taliation proposed was the withdrawal OF
the privilege to bond goods through the
United States to Canada. This privi-
lege was secured to lis by Ar
ticle 29 of the Washington
treaty, and it required two years
notice by the terms of that treaty before
any article could be suspended. No no
tice of that kind had been given, and
Cleveland, regardless Of the sacred
obligations of the treaty proposed to end
this privilege without notice and at
single stroke. If, as Laerier, the leader
of the opposition, said at st. Thomas the
other day. our carrying trade is going to