Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-25
THE FISHERY TROUBLES.
Interview With French Officer Rcyard-
ing the situation at Newfoundland

THE FISHERY TROUBrEs.
Interview With a French Officer Regard
ing the situation at Newfoundland.
HALIFAX, June 2ith.-Al interview with the
commander OF the French war ship Indre is
puohshed at st. Johns, N. +. Ii was from this
vessel that an officer went on shore az Bay 81.
George 10 compel British subjects to take ur,
their nets to make room for Srench fshermen.
The interview is reported as follows:
Are the accounts of the friction which re-
Gently took place on the French shore, as, re-
ported. true?'
are iearfally exaggerated and oyerdrawn One.
OF these accounts states that an armed crew
landed, patroled the shore and took up the
hshermens nets. Only one oancer went on
as possible"
The officer in question was pointed out to the
reporter, and, despite his mustsehe and gold
lace, did not look very formidable.
Did you think you were exceeding your-
rights, as allowed by the treaty, in thus order
ing British subjects TO remove their nets -
No. As translated IL, the hrst and priuci-
pal right OF fishing belongs to the French and.
it is perfectly within the province of French
rights TO order the removal of the nets of any
British subjects that may interfere with them
Newfoundland takes different view of the
matter. But the treaty is plain on this point to-
any persons who read it
DO you think that fish other than Goldfish
come under the meaning of the treaty 80
-! think this fish is fish, and though British
suplecls lnlgIlt argue that there such
thing as lobster fist cry on the French shore
at the time OF the treaty, still France cannot be
prevented from or blamed for translating fish
in the broaGest sense and going into the lobster
fishery
Did your men act in any hostile spirit TO the.
inhabitants OF the French shore daring the un-
pleasantness this spring ~
"On the con- rary, they had strict Instructions
TO act quietly, though firmly. They felt that
they had duty to perform, to uphold what they
considered anatural right, and though they could
nj hat At,F 81, "a
with as little discomfort and Inconvenience to
British subjects as possible. AS for reports OF
any friction between my men and the fishermen.
on the coast, may say that there were none,
the owners of the nets which was forced to,
order removed taking them up promptly The
whole circumstances of the case were greatly
exaggerated, ana for what reason i am at loss,
TO know"
The Mahdi Unpopular.
CAIRO (EgyptS June 24th.-Correspondence-
from the Soudan tells the following story An
Arab merchant, Ally Effendi Marseur who has
just arrived here from omdurmsn, the head.
quarters of the Mahdi, says every tribe is anx-
lous to throw off the yoke that binds them to.
the Mahdi, and, In fact, many of them have.
done so already. They have two very powerful
reasons for disbelieying that he is prophet at
all. One is the existing famine and the other
is the cruel atrocities perpetrated by the Mahdi
upon people who have either committed trivial
oitenSes or who have not, to his mind been
sufficiently attached to his cause Mahdi has
become absolutely unpopular. Most of the.
members OF his military force. 1900 men, all
told, are ready to desert at any moment. The
guns that were captured at Kharloum are USE
less for want of cannon balls.
The Army Bill.
BERLIN, June 2ith.-There was spirited de-
bate in the ReiGhstag to day over the army bill
Chanc eilor Won Caprivi declared that the Fed
eral Government would neither drop the bill
nor accept amendments. The Federal Govern
ment could not agree to curtail services, but he
was authorized to say that much larger num-
men wOuld on tha rnti LIST
in the autumn The Federal Government had
met the + Reichstag quite far enough. He there
fore urged the adoption of the bill. The debate
was adjourned.
Americans Robbed.
LONDON, June 24th-william c. Whitney. ex-
Secretary of the Unite States Navy, and Ebert
Milton, doctor of Philadelphia. made COM
plants yesterday before county Justice AT
Windsor of robbery at the Ascot races last
Thursday. Whitney accused one William Day
OF stealing black pin valued at 81 0O0 and the
a go watch worth $50 Day was sentenced
TO six months with hard labor and Smith to
three.
O'Connor Claims a Foul.
SYDNEY, June 24th.-O'C Connor the oarsman.
who was beaten by Stanshury yesterday, has
protested against the payment of the stakes to
the latter OConnor Claims the race on the
ground that Stansbury took his water quarter
OF mile from the start, and foul ensued. The,
umpirs deny that there was foul.
Cause of the Accident.
LONDON, June 24th.-The Board of Trade find
ings on the City of Paris accident attribute the
casualty to the wearing of the propeller bear
ing. 1t also finds that the safety of the passen-.
gers on the City of Paris was not sacrificed to
speed and that the vessel is one of the finest in
the mercantile marine.
Steamer Collision.
LONDON, June 24th.-The bark Ethel bound
from London TO Brisbane collided off Portland
to-day with the steamer Umbilo, bound from
Natal to London. One of the Umbilo's crew
and four of the EthePs were xii ed by falling
spars The Ethel sank. Her crew boarded the
Umbilo.
They Want Chinese.
BERLIN, June 24th.-The large farmers of
Pomeranla Intend hiring Chiuese laborers 10
cOunteraet the increasing demands for home
laborers Large orders have been sent to Hong
Kong for Chinese.
After Title,
LONDON, June 2ith-The widow OF Dr. ]. C.
Aver, of Lowell, Mass is engaged to marry
Prince Doleouruki next fall. The prospective
groom is brother TO the late Emperor of kussia's
inorganic wife.
Demoralizing to Youth.
BERLIN June 24ih.-The police have decided
to refGse a permit to Buffalo Bills Wild West
show, on the ground that it is demoralizing to
youth.