St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-05
TO EXTEND TRADE,
Secretary Blaine's Negotia-
/. tions With Canada Made
Public.
American Convention With
Newfoundland Displeased
Macdonald
Sir Charles Tupper's Inter-
esting Conference With
p Mr.. Blaine
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The Question Of Reciprocal
Trade to Be Reopened in
October.

OTTAWA, June 4.-Ihe first tntelll-
gence of paper dealing with the Wash
ington reciprocity negotiations has been
laid before the dominion parliament.
In bringing down the paper Sir John
Thompson explained that he could not
bring down everything, as he has not
received permission, but he expects to
make the remaining documents public
within few days. The documents pre-
sented include the protest of the Cam
adian government against the projected
United States treaty with Newfound-
land. The facts of this branch of the
case are as follows: When Newfound-
land negotiated the treaty Sir Julien
Pauncetote cabled the colonial office
that Canadian opinion of the subject
be invited. simultaneously Sir John
Macdonald communicated with Sir
Charles Upper, urging him to make an
objection to the convention, on the
ground that it would be Injurious to
Canada. and that it would violate the
imperial policy of considering the At
lantlc fisheries in the foreign negotia-
tiOns as a whole. The result of the
protest was the postponement of the
Newfoundland treaty, and the endeavor
to make bargain for Canada. The
letters which indicate the attitude of
MIR. Blaine toward Canada's proposal
are missing. For the publication OF
these, permission has not yet been OBJ
tanned.
One Interesting Communication
is dated Jan %, and is addressed by
Lord Knutsford, colonial secretary. In
1t it says: ''The Newfoundland minis
ters inform me they are willing to ne
gotiate for an arrangement with Canada
on basis similar to that of the proposed
convention with the United States. Her
majesty'S government strongly hopes
that your government will on this un-
derstanding withdraw opposition to the
ratification of a treaty between New
foundiand and the United States" The
reply to this, if there was any, is not
given. The documents then deal with
the missions to Washington last April.
First comes letter dated March 26,
from Sir Julien PauncefOte to Lord Stan
y,statng he had seen Secretary Blaine
with view to inQuiring when would be
the most convenient time for the Cana
dian delegates to come to Washington.
Mr.. Blaine Informed him that he would
send written reply. This reply is not
included in the correspondence. There
is given, however, a letter from Mr..
Blaine dated April 6, touching the re-
sumption of negotiations which the
Canadian ministers were unable to
carry on with the secretary of state on
the occasion of their visit to Washing
ton, and fixing Oct. II as the date for
resuming negotiations. The most i'm
portant communications are the re-
IL
pany with Sir Julian PauncefOte,
and his second interview on the
occasion of his return to Washington in
company with Sir John Thompson and
Mr.. Foster. The first of these reports
is addressed to Sir John Macdonald
Upper gives the details of his arrival
IN Washington, and of his admlttance
with Pauncefote to an audience with
Mr.. Blaine, and then describes the talk
thus: 81 told Mr.. Blaine that l wished
at the outset to recognize the accuracy
of the statement contained in his letter
to Sir Julian Pauncefote which [ had
seen in reference to the invitation to
open negotiations regarding
Reciprocal Trade Arrangements
between the two countries; that | be-
lieve that it arose from negotiations
which had recently taken place between
the United States and Newfoundland,
and also expressed the wish that Cana
da be included in the arrangement, and
that, upon that being communicated to
him by Sir Julian Pauncefote, he had
expressed his Willingness to open negO-
tiationS for reciprocal trade arrange
mentS between Canada and the United
States, assisted by delegates from the
dominion government, the negotiations
to be informal and. to certain extent,
of confidential nature until they
could assume more formal character,
ifany result were arrived at. Mr.. Blaine
said he had understood Canada had
taken some exception to the proposed
arrangement with the United States
such was the case and that | had ex-
planned to her majesty'S government
that in connection with the question of
the fishery, Newfoundland and Can
ada had always been insepara-
BILE; that the ratification of
the treaty of 1883 net the
approval of Newfoundland and that
there appeared to be great objections
on many accounts to the interests in
VOWED. Mr.. Blaine asked me what was
the reason Newfoundland had not be-
come part of the Canadian confedera-
tion. / replied that in addition to its
Guilty was that which. had been expert
enced, notably in the United States and
British North American provinces, of
the reluctance of small autonomus
government to giving up its affairs to a
larger body, when it might possibly be
overruled. | added that but for the addi-
ton of the treaty of 1854 l did not
believe that 1t would have been possible
to have carried the confederation in
Nova Scotia. l then told Mr. Blaine
that | wished to remove the idea, if he
entertained it, which had been prOmot-
ed in Canada and the United States,
that the present government of the do
minion was not warmly in favor of the
Most Friendly Relations
with the United States. In a note
which had recently sent, had under
taken to give conclusive evidence upon
that point, and that need further only
refer him to the fact that when Sir John
Macdonald. who was one of her majesty's
high commissioners, submitted to par
lament for approval the Alabama treaty
which settled all the then pending ques-
tions between Canada and the United
States. he was fiercely denounced by
the leaders and press Of the Liberal
party for having basely sacrificed the
interests Of Canada in his endeayors to
promote friendly relations between Can
ada and the United States. added that
| had experienced the same treatment
from the same party when | sub
mitted for the approval of parIia-