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

AMONG THE FlsHERMEN.
At Bay st. George It Is Much stronee,
Against the Home Country han France
ala Figaro" on the s~ituation-The News
Gathered from All uarters,
A Bay st. George spedial says: I have
just reached this out-of-way place after q
6O0-mile voyage in the steamer from st.
Johns. at the other end Of the island Of
Newfoundland. This is a quiet little
fishing village, now known eli over the
world as the scene of the recent troubles
between the French and the resident fish.
ermen, threatening a war. Slighter causes
have led Great Britain into war before this,
aud it she is slow to resent injuries to the
property Of her subjects now, ii is probably
because shc must see what a gigantic
blundsr the treaty Of Utrecht was, giving
as it did France control of the fishing
along 800 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 il quiet here now and for the
present st ason, SO far as st. George is
concerned, the crisis is over. The French
fishing vessels have all gone and the ma.
ti1es are left to fish in peace. There are no
French warships in the harbor; the Peli-
can. the British warship, Capt. Riddle, is
the only II here.
The Threatened lobster war, which was
feared as the next trouble, will probably
not occur this season. Capt. Sir Baldwin
Walker, of the British war ship Emerald,
issued orders, dated May 10, at Halifax,
that all lobster factories opened since July
last must cease work according 10 the
terms Of the modus vivendi. The Pelican
arrived here May IL 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 a day or
two and some after a 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, a small fishing viii
lage on the northeast coast, within the
French treaty limits. The inhabitants
attacked a French fishing establishment
consisting of bateau or fishing boats, net
sheds, drying flakes and other property
left at a place by French fishermen since
last year. They get fire to the place and
destroyed oil the property. Local magis-
trates were powerless to interfere.
The people are not violent, but are de-
termined in their opposition to French in
reference with the fishing, which is the
peoples only livelihood. The French
fishing vessels had not yet arrived - -
Lascie for the seasons wc.,". and .ha
property destroyed ". "as not valuable, but
.ne occ"s .ssce is significant as showing the
Intense feeling of the natives against the
French.
The Newfoundland fishermen are re-
markably %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 a 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 it may be weeks before n
chance fishing boat brings the news.
1t 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 a new treaty, giving the French
to a reasonable extent cod and lobster
fishing grounds, and to colonists exclusive
rights on the coast and banks.