The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-27
NEWFOUNDLAND,
THE FEELING PREVAILING
AMONG THE FlsHERMEN.

At Bay 81 George It Il Mech stronesr
Against tho Homo Country than France
lila Figaro" on the ~situauon-Ths News
Gathered nom All uartsrs.
A Bay st. George spedial Gays: have
just reached this out-of-way place after .
6OO-mile voyage in the steamer from St.
johns, at the other end Of the island Of
Newfoundland. This 10 . quiet little
fishing village, now known oil over the
world as the scene Of the recent troubles
between the French and the resident Ash.
ermen, threatening . war. slightsr causes
have led Great Britain into war before this,
aud IL she 10 slow to resent injuries to the
property Of her subjects now, Il 10 probably
because shc must 500 what q gigantic
blunder the treaty Of Utrecht was, giving
% it did France control Of the fishing
along 500 miles Of the Newfoundland coast
and taking away the livelihood OF many
British subjects.
I find the feeling here much stronger
against the home country than against
France. This is because Of the apathy in
not trying TO modify the fisheries treaty or
at least to compel France to adhere strictly
to it. All is quiet here now and for the
present SEASON, SO far Is st. George is
concerned, the crisis is over. The French
fishing vessels have all gone and the ma.
tives are left to fish in peace. There are no
French warships in the harbor; tbs Peli-
can. the British warship, Capt. Riddle, 10
the only mi here.
Tho threatened lobster war, which was
feared az the next trouble, will probably
not occur this season. Capt. Sir Baldwin
Walker, of the British wal ship Emerald,
issued orders, dated May 10, at Halifax,
that all lobster factories opened since July
last must cease work according to the
terms OF the modus vivendi. The Pelican
arrived here May 18 and served notices to
shut up the factories. There are twenty.
six along the bay at st. George, all Of
which are owned by British subjects. All
but one or two obeyed the order, but have
gradually reopened. some after q day or
two and some after q fortnight. Now
nearly all are in operation in defiance Of
ORDERS.
There is much indignation here over the
modus vivendi, and ominous troubles are
reported. News has just reached here Of
an outbreak at Lascie, . small fishing vii.
lage on the northeast coast, within the
French treaty limits. Tho inhabitants
attacked q French fishing establishment
consisting of bateau or fishing boats, net
sheds, drying fakes and other property
left at q place by French fishermen SINCE
last year. They Get fire to the place and
destroyed all the property. Local magis-
trates were powerless to interfere.
The poopoo oeA MT vso1nuk h,k .~o A.
termined in their opposition to French in.
reference with the fishing, which 10 the
peoples only livelihood. The French
fishing vessels had not yet arrived : .
Lascie for the seasons wc.,:.'. and the
property destroyed s rs not valuable. but
.ne oceus s3sjs is significant as showing the
intense feeling Of the natives against the
French.
The Newfoundland fishermen are re-
maskably law-abiding and orderly, and it
is only under great stress that they com-
NIT overt acts.
Lascie is several hundred miles from
here. beyond the telegraph. The outbreak
occurred May Is, and the news has Just
been brought in by q fishing boat. Quite
likely similar affairs have occurred around
the north and east coast and the northern
half Of the west coast, where there is no
telegraph. but IL may be weeks before a
chance fishing boat brings the news.
II is not likely that France will make
any claim for damages. II she does they
cannot be maintained, as under the treaty
of Utrecht French fisherman are not per-
mitted to have permanent structures on
the strand, and must take away their
boats, etc., when they go at the end Of the
season, but for years they have been in
the habit of leaving boats, etc., in the care
Of the Observation-Disclosures during the winter.
The French Feeling.
La Figaro, In an article on the New
Foundland fisheries dispute; declares that
Salisbury, the British prime minister, will
not accept arbitration, end thst France re-
fuses to accept pecuniary compensation for
the treaty of Utrech, and will open negotia-
tions for q new treaty, giving the French
to reasonable extent cod and lobster
fishing grounds, aud to c~olonists exclusive
rights on the coast and banks.