Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-06

sued by Canada toward American fishermen throughout all the years, the secretary con- cludes: ssIt is believed that remedy is practically and fully supplied by the treaty now pending, and that by it's terms now, and for the first time since 1918, just and joint interpretation is agreed to by both govern ments, and placed upon the treaty of 1918, which will secure just and hospitable treat ment to the Uni ed States fishermen, and secure to them unmolested the full measure of their rights, and that under the proposed arrangement every American fisherman pur- suing his vocation in the waters ad jacent to British North America can acquire clear understanding of his right and duties while within the jurisdictional waters of Canada and Newfoundland; and that he may resort to such ports or harbors as casualty, neces- sity or convenience may suggest without fear of encountering such harsh and unfriendly treatment as he was heretofore subjected to, under uncertain, unwarrant-d and variant interpretation of his treaty rights.
 The first inclosure is letter from MT. Bayard to Sir Charles Tupper, marked s'Per- sonal and unofficial" dated May 31 1887. He refers to the awkwardness of conducting negotiations with Canada through Great Britain, and says:
 ''The immediate difficulty to be settled is found in the treaty of 1918 between the United States and Great Britain, which has been questio vexata ever since it was con cluded, and to-day is suffered to interfere with and seriously embarrass the good under standing of both countries in the important commercial relations and interests which have come into being since it's ratification, and for the adjustment of which it is wholly s,a,.equa:e, as las been unhappily proved by tie events of tho past two years. "
 AI.zL Newfoundland should be represented, con- ,iiidng as follows:
 II am prepared, therefore, to meet the authorized agents of Great Britain at this ,apita. at the earliest possible day, and enter upon negotiations for 8 settlement of all diff ferences."
 Sir Charles Tupper replies under date of June -, received June 10, that he is entirely favorable to Secretary Bayard's proposition.
 The largest inclosure consists of about 125 printed pages fir: m the forthcoming volume of Foreign Relations correspondence, bring ing the formal correspondence between tEe two governments down to the beginning of the negotiations at Washington.
 These negotiations go back to the year 1886. In one letter MT. Bayard says that his repre- sentations, candidly and fully made, have not produced the result of checking the unwar- ranted interference frequently accompanied by rudeness and an unnecessary demonstra- tion of force) with the rights of our fisher men.
 The protocols of the conferences of the ne gotiators are thirty in number. In the first protocol the full powers of the plenipotenti- aries are exhibited and found to be in good and due form.
 The remaining protocols up to the last are merely formal, being an approval of the previous protocol and statement that "after discussion of questions before the conference 1 1t was adjourned"
 The last protocol, dated Feb. 15, 1888, states that after the signing of the treaty MT. Bay | ard said that he wished to express his gratif | cation at what had been accomplished. He hoped and believed the conference had laic the basis upon which Canada and the United States could look forward to period of en- iarged intercourse and increasingly friendly 1 relations,
 l Mr. Chamberlain said that in behalf of the British plenipotentiaries he desired at the con- cIusion of the heightened deliberations of tbe conference to acknowledge the uniform court esy of their American colleagues. The same spirit had animated all who had been en- gagged in this work, and he hoped and believed had contributed to joint and honorable set clement of a long pending controversy which has more than once threatened the friendly relations of the United States and Great Britain
 Sir Charles Tupper hoped that the treaty would remove all causes of irritation between Great Britain and the United States and con. duce to the continuance of those intimate commercial relations which had so long ex- l isted between Canada and the United States, with marked advantage to both countries. He sincerely hoped that the settlement at which the conference had arrived would be accepted by the people on both sides of the boundary line as an equitable and honorable arrangement.
 The conference then finally adjourned.