New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-13
WHAT ABOUT. THE TREATY!
NEWFOUNDLAND DEFIES ENGLAND AND Is
CENTLY CHIDED
,opn xNursFoRp SAYS THAT SECRETARY BOND
WENT BEYOND HIS INSTRUCTIONS, But
MR. BoNp DECLARES He DIDN'T,

St. JOIN s. ~ Il hdiNH -
Tho LEGISLATURE of this Colony has at last
drifted into a condition Of strongly pronounced
antaronism to the Government of the parent
State. Indeed, its present attitude is one oil
wrathful deliance-almost rebellous eXaspera-
,ion Times have indeed changed when this
d" Ancient and Loyal Colony" as we used fondly
20 describe ourselves. WAKES furious and in eX-
ceedingly acrid terms "sasses" the British grand
mother TO her intense establishment. Truly.
democracy, in its world-march, has at length
reached the shores of this ultima Thule lofd
Knutsford seemingly was not aware OF this 1act
when he addressed TO us his memorable DISPATCH
in which be informed us, with an aris'ocrauc
air. that he had taken our affairs into MS own
keeping and would settle our troubles with the
French without consulting us any further, as lie
found il incOnyenent, and at times VeXauons' 10
he submitting proposals for approval Ills
I.ordship was then good enough TO administer
gentle scolding and 10 hint that Baird had been
very naughty indeed in taking sir Baiu"ih
Walker by the beard, that such a thing must hoV
occur again, and that we must try 10 DC 2oou
and not quarrel with the French about Holsters
Great must have been his lordships astonlsh-
ment when those singing resolutions OF the House
Of Assembly were teegraphcd to HIM across 'he
Atlantic. in which he was accused of perfdy and
unfair connivance at the designs of Canada
How he must have elevated his aristocratic eye
brOwsl He in whose veins ran the bluest OF
blood was actually accused of such an un2entle-
manly thing as iibbing by the Parliament OF
little insignificant fishing Colony! What were
things coming to? Lord Knutsford was startled
and offered to produce the whole correspondence
on the matter, in order that people might see
how much he had been wronged and injured py
this impertinent little Parliament. These papers
are now ON their way out and will arrive by the
next mail from England. Then Lord Knuts-
ford will be placed trial. charged with want
of veracity and judgment. The time was. before
Bunker Hill, when Secretary of State for the
Colonies would have sent very diner
ent message TO a Colony that had been
guilty of such rebellious insolence. His
lordship is gentle as a sucking dove" and mcekly
submits his dispatches and kilograms. He begins
to discover that, even in the case Of Newfound-
land there are limits to human endurance.
1.-THE last straw" was the trade convention with
the United States negotiated by Mr.. Bond. and
TO which, when presented for ratification. Lord
Knutsford had said non pOssumus Then the
wrongs and injustices of centuries presented them
selves in long array Then the legislators OF
Newfoundland remembered how for years they
had been tantalized with the hope of getting rid
of the Frenchman who had bestrode their island
as the Old Man Of the Sea chung 10 the weary
shoulders Of poor Snbad the Sailor Then they
thought how their deputies had been kept all last
summer dangling around the Colonial office IN
Downing St. and spending large sums IL the Hotel
Metropole in order to appear respectable and how
they came home at last. like Bo-Peeps sheep.
carrying their tails behind them" without gain
ing anything And now, when "a door OF nope
had been opened 9nt of the Valley Of Achor' and
q favorable reciprocity treaty with the United
States had been concluded by their envoy. Lord
Knutsford puts down his foot and says You
can't have it-Canada protests. Then the pent-up
wrath burst forth. and the resolutions were
passed and served up hot over the cable.
If our Legislature can do nothing else it could
tell Lord kDutsford, not only a bit of its mind,
but it's whole mind, on this matter. Having
done this. the House of Assembly turned TO con-
cOct an address in reply TO the opening speech OF
Her Majestys representative. This followed 50
quickly on the resolutions that their wrath had
no time to cool. and the reply" had in it so
much pepper that Her Majesty's representative was
startled and rendered very uncomfortable. Was
ever Governor placed in a more awkward pre-
dcament than to be waited on by representative
assembly in his own drawing room. TO be com
addressed in the following terms 1t is highly
satisfactory to know that your Ministers have
with the express sanction of the Imperial Gov
eminent concluded treaty of reciprocal trade
with the United States. through Her Majesty S
Plenipotentiary and the United States Secretary
of State but this satisfaction is seriously dimin-
ished by the intimatiOn which your EXcellcncy
has conveyed that the Imperial Government has
withheld its assent this convention. our dis
appointment is the more deepened from the kn0wl-
edge that Her Majestys Government authorized a
delegate from this Colony to conduct the negotia-
tons which led 10 a convention advantageous
TO both countries
I'VE cannot close eyes to the fact that HcI
Maestys Government, i'll adopting course fraugh
with such disastrous consequences 10 this colony
has been Influenced by regard for the interests o.
q neighboring Dominion, and disregard for thOs,
of the oldest and most unfavorably treated cOonJ
Of Her Majesty's Empire. The neglect TO which
this colony is continually subjected must. ne
doubt, be attributed TO the ignorance prevailing il
the mother country respecting Newfoundland
colony which, with its dependencies exceeds Il
area all the other Atlantic maritime provinces o
British North America That the interests, there
fore, of such colony, with It's inexhaustible fish
cries. it's boundess mineral wealth. its immcns,
tracts Of agricultural and mineral lands, its mag
niticent bays and harbors and from its geographi
cal situation unsurpassed as strategical position
in the event of military or naval hostilities OIL
this side of the Atlantic should be made snbser
Went to the party politics of rival colony, Who's
irritating policy has provoked and estranged ;
neighboring friendly nation to which it Is alleC
by the ties OF similarity of laws and language
race and religion, is calculated TO call forth th'
Just indignation of people already suffering from
the baneful effects of century OF miscosstructoI
Of French treaty rights on their shores. 1t is {
subject of congratulation, however, to be informed
that Your Excellencys Ministers are using every
effort to obtain the assent of Her Majesty's Gov
eminent to this convention.
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