New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-25
,,pcrD WITH EFFECT BY TIE COLONIAL
DELEGATES IN LONDON.
THE M1sspN OF THE PREMlhR-fi'N a. II : -
OF rR,ycr-A RUMoE OF COMPENSATORY

CONCESSIONS IN SENEGAMBIA
sArf CORRESPONDENT OF rnr TRIBUNE;
~ Johns. Newfoundland, June ls-lfuers
,,., ,eceived from the Newfoundland dele
.,.s noy in London present hopeful view
~ the probablc action Of the British Government
In the fishery affair These delegates are Sir
lanes Winter. p J. Scott and A. Is. Morih"'
They do not represent the Colonial Government, 10
wbich indeed their mission was not aGIeeao"'
They were sent abroad by q public mass-mee'ihS
composed of citizens Of both political parties VINO
did not choose To wait upon the tardy convenience
Of Ministers. The delegates have considered 'he"-
selves as ambassadors. not ol an inferior "oNci'-
ment 10 a superior one, bat Of dependent peoPc
10 the nation from which they sprang lheN nave
not confined their work, therefore, to "overnmehV
circles but have addressed themselves through
the British press TO the British public
They report that hut one view of the case Is
now taken in England, and that is Newiouhu-
lands view. The newspapers, they say Vi an
parties and of every shade of opinion. Warmly
sustain the Colonial demand FOR the aoroe"'"n
Of the French treaties. The British Government,
though reticent and somewhat distant, Is ueci"ou
TO he convinced that such action Is an lill"i"iNo
duty and an imperial necessity, ana Is dlspose" Z"
ol,e any reasonable sacrifice 10 induce France 10
to part WIN neT PliNl'S'S "P'" Wv
tound,ond coasts Numerous evidences ot these
facts are furnished in newspaper extracts an" III
,eports of private conversations with GoNerhihthu
oNicials and with prominent members oil farha-
nent. ,..,,,
In tbcse circumstances the task Of Sir William
,ybi,eyav the Colonial Premier, who leaves 1pr
ENGLAND next week. Will he comparatively an easy
one He will find the public and the Government
hath in svrnpathy with his wishes. The present
ocute phase of the French question has arisen
i,cs Sir William came into office. and II has
snpcared TO many persons in his own party, as
vcll as in the Opposition, that he has not mani
tested as much anxiety 10 uphold the c"ion!
demands as he should have done HOW lai "hs
is 70 b, ascribed to the natural conserVa'lsh' VI
responsible Minister, and how iaf 10 less eN
cellcnt motives, is a matter whlch is ui'i'i'"''N
indged Some say he is restrained Dy inc OoloIi''
Office. which insists upon lis holding hlniS'' i'0
from all pledges or commitments 50 'ha' no may
he able TO sustain the British Government !"
whatever course it may feel comIehed 10 auop''
Others hold that he has adopted tnat course from
selfish considerations, and IN order 10 o"''ii' NV
imperial honors Colonial "oNerhoi III '
other colony an ambition successlulS ac'om-
,,lishcd by his former colleague ana lrlehu' III
Ambrose Shea. AT all events, Sir "llii'in' """e
supporting the popular conten'loh' i "cH'''i "
a manner not unlike that which characterized eA-
Secretary Bayard in his Samoan dlpiohi'cS' Oh"
tho fear is widely expressed here that ne may lose
the advantage which Las been won Ior HI" "S
tho labors Of Sn James Winter and his associates
in London.
lis not doubted that if the British Government
could be screwed to the sticking point, france
wonld Weld In that opinion, l suspect 'he
co,onists deceive themselves. The French UoN-
ernment's instructions 10 its officers here are ho'
coucbed in timorous terms. On the contrary
they are decidedly stin- suggestive OF aonhdah'
self-conHdence. They are apparently the iahR"'e
of a nation which believes in It's cause anc means
to act upon its faith. Sir William, ho"eNeI'
as he prepares 70 go home, Is deiuged VIII"
appcals which are intended 10 stlnen his PACK
His hold upon power clearly depends upon 'i'
manner in which ne performs the work he no"
enters upon. As an experienced poll'lciah h' cah
hardly fail 20 preserve this fact IN ms NINA
His majority in the present Legislature OF thirty
SIX members is twenty, bnt II has been dl'hch'
one 10 hold since the French shore question aros''
and i, broke away completely when the modns
vivendi appeared. Sir William, in opposing and
eondcmning the modus. was rother follower
than a leader of his party few more lncldeh's
Of this kind would he ruiuous % the Premier
|, is hinted here tonight that the British
Government has offered concessions in the Sene-
eambian country for the release Of the French
,hore j.. T.. Y.
CANADIAN FISHERY PROTECTION CRUISERS
ottawa, June 24.-The Minister of Marine ana
Fisheries SAYS the Instructions issued 10 the hShcrE>
protection cruisers precisely the same a. those "'
las' year The men are being arm'd wrh batons
instead of cna.ses as II takes long "a make them
acquainted with the of the cutlass. As last year
every carries a revolver.
Ovcr nfty ncen-es have been granted % American