The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

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and the Use Of Ice or salted bait have Al.
most totally obviated the Necessity ~ tourn.
ing at Canadian ports. and America Usher.
men declare themselves 20 b. indcp.rd.r,
Of tho rights and privileges vHIor ~.
Canadians have To offer Whatryar nav
be the value Of the privilege u usirr Cara.
ports In u~ufavorahie weather or.
fishermen are unanimous in the ialio' rt,,
II IL not worth the price of admitting Jana.
dian fish and fish products t. N.,cr.a,
markets free Of duty
Mr.. Henderson points out thar no c,,r
difficulties arising ou Of the N.r'rcas.
coast fisheries during the last few yos-,
have been due 10 the use Of the purse -.ir.
10y American skipTsr In fishing Tor marsst.I
In the shallow waters Of the Gulf ~ =,
Lawrence The employment ~ th.-. arr.
nets was denounced by the Canadian. ID.
the assumption that IL ,endel g. srs,dt
the schools ~ msckerel. 10 interfere vi,h
their habits Of breeding and to cau~" them
ultimately Ia desert thusa water. y,
seriou quarrel arose out of 'hls matter
however. for two reasons Fir 'h.
American fishermen began ~ their uva
volition to renounce the Use ~ the ru--.
seine n To- return Ia the more primiiv.
method 81 Cumming secundlv m.
mackerel began 10 disappear from Canadian
waters ia ecu Of which disap.
T~earance each succeeding year has found
fewer American vessels in the Gun = -.
Lawrence IL IL true that the mackoreI nav
return to their former breeding grounds
but. a. the purse seine has been givcr I'D
10y the American mackerel fleet. thor,
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author expresses the hope that the rr--ar.
'gulstions may continue operative. gr.
Disturbed 10y the intrusion ~ other dip',.
matte ISSUES. In such intrusion ue> N.
chief danger 81 a renewal ~ tho stubborn
quarrel 81 q century between tho Tinted
States and tanada AT last tho American
fisherman seems to be satisfied. and "a
Canadian fisherman II equally without
csu-. 81 complaint Time has rcconcilei
disputes which the wisdom u statesmen
failed to adJus, and IL has successfully D.,u-
posed questions which diplomacy could 20
permanently solve
IN" chapter ~ our diplomatic history.
which j. concerned with Samoa. T. ~.
counted In the book before ~. and ne
author expresses the conviction that Re
disposition of the stands Ov tho rrc'gi
treaties Of partition L. wholly saus.
factory To all parties The Wprt- quoted
put the ca-c rather too strongly. hu' ~ D.,
Of course. true that all thrre parties ttvs
acluiesced Mr.. Henderson recognizes
that our acquisition Of the valuable hartar
Of Pago-pago cannot h. a-crihed 10 tie
Berlin treaty, seeing that our right, Ia
'ha hav"n anteda,ed the treaty and Lad
-, h.lt a., aN.yaH,. -, Lone aa fb. rn.
moving triple -coHdorinium existed lHa
author IL unpuestionally right IN saving
that The valuation placed hy German
national sentiment upon N" Samoar l.-
and- Of Upolu and Savaii was far 10 cy-.s
Of their real worth.
About one hundred ard forty page arc
devoted 90 an examination Of 10" 'H'"r-
ocranic canal problem Mr. Henderson
j. one Of thos" Who think with Secretary
Hay that We Ought not to insist upon i.''l-
fying the Nicaragua Canal. but tha' Al"
should invite all the maritime nation. =
the world to join with US In guarantoc'ng
the neutrality Of hat waterway. IL"
argument IN favor Of thst view has no.
where h~an more effectively put than u ~
IN the hook before Tie. hut We doubt II Mr.
Henderson himself expects 10 coryinc'
the majority OF his readers. for he tagn-
bv admitting that the preponderanco =
public sentiment In the United S,ai-s u
on the side Of those who return an aHirms-
tive answer 10 the folio wing questions
is 1, TO the hes, interests OF the United
States 20 construc, the canal a. a national
undertaking and 20 maintain over II sols
financial and political control? 10 th'~s
interests favor the Reputation Of all orl-'-
ing treaties bearing upon the slhJcc'''
The grounds On which an Affirmative Ar
.ver is hased are set forth with clesrness
and rilne.s that r.fec, hich credit, upon
the uthor's fitness to discharge a judicial
function. To our mind. the ~srguneu's
AGAINST the naturalization Of the cana ara
irresistible. and We could not wish 20 40
than stated NOR. effectively h they ars
{, Mr. Henderson, pages He entirely
,ails 10 rar-uade N. tha, they ara cuur'cr-
balanced nv the argunen,s on the Other
81.
I, NJ, p.pd.rson'. ~.olution Of the inter-
-, .a,ol r,ohl.m has hu, b,,le ch.4c.
.thoi,r .d,,,,.d nv ,vo-,hiri. ~ the Tinted
S,.,o. s.r,,a nj. view Of the Monroe p,r-
-. ,y.n To-. unlikely ,o .e-ir. 80
.,r,,,.l ., +. majority az nj. coun,rvmcn.
". vir,uaIly prors,..- ths, We should r"-