St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-05
Conditions Upon Which She
Will Treat for Partial
Reciprocity.
She Demands Protection OF
the Mackerel and Other
Fisheries.
Also Settlem emit Of the Boun-
dairy Between Canada
and Alaska.
London Journals Jump Wig.
orously Upon Sir Julian
Pauncefote.

OTTAWA. Feb. 4.-The precise nature
of the offer of the Canadian government
for treaty negotiations with the Udited
States has been made known by cab
met official. 1t is in the nature of
dispatch from the governor general to
the colonial secretary for transmission
70 MIR. Blaine. 1t is on this policy that
the government has dissolved parlia-
ments. The dispatch reads as follows:
'GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Ottawa, Dec.
Is, 1S90.-My Lord Il have the honor to
send to your lOrdShip to-day tele-
graphic message in cipher of which the
following is the substance: With refer
ence to my telegram of the 10th inst,
the government is DESTROYS to propose
joint commission, such as that of 1871,
with authority to deal without limita-
ton, and to prepare treaty respecting
the following subjects:
1. Renewal of the reciprocity
treaty of 1854, with notifications re-
quired by the altered circumstances OF
both countries. and with extensions
deemed by the commission to be to the
interests of Canada and the United
States.
2. Reconsideration of the treaty of
1888 with respect to the Atlantic fisher
les with the aim of securing free admiS-
sion into the United States markets OF
Canadian fishery products in return for
facilities to he granted to United States
fishermen to buy bait and supplies and
to tranShip cargOeS in Canada, all such
privileges to be mutual.
3. Protection of the mackerel and
other fisheries on the Atlantic ocean
and in inland water.
f. Relaxation of the seabOard coast
ing laws of the two countries.
5. Relaxation of the cOaStlng laws of
the two countries on inland waite rs di-
viding Canada from the United States.
6. Mutual salvage and saving of
wrecked vessels.
7. Arrangements for settling the
boundary between Canada and Alaska.
How 1t Was Made.
The treaty would be ad referendum.
The manner in which this proposal
came to be made to the United States
government is briefly as follows: Sew
eral weeks ago, when the negotiations
were in progress between NewtOund-
land and the United States looking to
reciprocity treaty, the Canadian
government made representations that
Canada should have the option of being
included in any arrangements with that
colony as to the fisheries or trade. This
contention was based Oh the solemn as
surances given by the Newfoundland
government two or three years ago,
and repeated on successive 0cca-
sions, that if any special privi-
legeS were allowed any country in
regard to the purchase of supplies or
bait in Newfoundland, such privileges
would also be granted to Canada. The
secretary of state of the United States,
when he learned of the position OF
affairs, insisted that
The Negotiations
should be carried on separately. He in
timated, however, that ne would not be
unwilling to enter into negotiations
with Canada, but preferred that they
should be private and unofficial. The
Dominion government thereupon
asked the imperial authorities to
remind Mr.. Blaine that Canada
had always been ready for fair
reciprocal arrangements and had made
repeated offers to that effect, which,
however, had been ignored or refused
by the United States. 1t was further
represented that the dominion govern
ment was willing now that oyertureS
had been made 10 them, to again nego-
tiate, and that they would prefer
that these negotiations should be
official and under commission from the
British government. Mr.. Blaine there
upon asked upon what basis the domin-
ion government proposed to negotiate.
The dispatch above is the reply which
the administration of Sir John MacDOn-
aid sent to Lord Knutsford for trans
mission to Washington.