The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-02
NEW ISSUES
WITH CANADA
Root For a Time, Abandons
Reciprocity
|ENDEAyoR TO SETTLE
A Score Of Important Questions Are
Pending Joint High Commission
Did Not Complete Its
Work

Washington. April 2,-- Convinced that
reciprocity treaties with Great Britain
for the establishment OF closer relations
between the United States and Canada
are out Of the question AZ this time,
Secretary Root has determined 10 ahan.
don the tariff question for the present,
and is husying himself with other mat
tiers Of vital interest to this country and
Canada in the hope Of settling points
Of difference which babe lair TO be set
tiled BIZ the Joint High Commission when
fhe KloDdike gold strike caused the nego-
tiaiions to he broken of suddenly and
cngendered feeling Of hospitality which
did not subside until mixed tribunal
fixed the boundary between tho British
and american mineral lands A canvass
Of the Senate persuaded Secretary Root
that reciprocity would not be considered
at this session of Congress.
Moreover, the demand for reciprocity
between the United States and Canada
does not exist to the degree that it
did when the Joint High Commission
began the consideration az the subject
in 1898. Canadians have cooled in their
ardor, ard do not show any great desire
to have American manufactured articles
admitted at a low rate in exchange for
Canadian raw materials.
4 score u Inooted questions was lin-
der consideration when the Alaskan
boundary dispute ended the negotiations,
and focused attention on the Alaskan
gold fields Secretary Rect feels that
1 the time has come for taking In the
broken strands where the Joint High
Commission left them. and il is believed
that he and Governor General GREY 81
Canada, would make public some interest
ing plans Tor the settlement of interna.
tinnal differences in their addresses at
the Pilgrims dinner in New York Sat
urday night,
The preservation Of Niagara Falls is
perhaps the most interesting Of the new
international problems which has de-
yeIoped since 1895. Both countries have
shown disposition TO cooperate in the
work III protecting the falls.
1t is not likely that any effort will
be made to revive the Joint High Com
| mission or to bring similar one into
existence for the consideration of Cana
dian and American Affairs. Negotia-
1 tions viii be conducted by Secretary
Root and Sir Henry Mortimer Dnrand
the British ambassador. with tho 90
operation OF some representative OF the
Canadian Government.
In spite of the friendly relations rxi
i-ting between she United States and
Great Britain, international disputes
like the recent trouble between Aneri.
can and Canadian corporations as 20
ihe control of the ST. Johns River be-
tween New Brunswick and Maine ard
unjust determinations against Amerl.
can fishermen along the east coast Of
Canada remind statesmen that treaties
4 are necessary for more satisfactory
definition 81 water rights and for the
regulation Of fisheries in the Atlantic
and Pacific and in the waters OF the
common frontier.
The refusal Of Canadians TO permit
American fishermen 70 huy bait in Brit
ish territory and other restrictions re.
garded as unjAst by fishermen from this
country caused the state Department f
have the Bureau Of Fisheries send the
steamer Grsnpus into the waters ALONG
the east Canadian coast to maze full
investigation OF the fishing industry
The bureau has reported 70 SECRETARY
Root. and il il believed THAT this infer.
hmstion will enable the United states &c
discover the source Of the alleged wrnIgs
suffered hy New England fishermen whr
visit Newfoundland, New Brunswick ans
Nova Scotian waters.
Notwithstanding numerous treaties il
has always been charged by American
fishermen that they do not enjoy the
privileges in waters adjacent to The
British land which are insured to then
by the laws Of nations, regardless o.
I treaties.
Seal fishing in Bering Sea and the
\ North Pacific Is another subject Of dis
pute between Canada and tho Unites
\ States which demand settlement.
In Tie regulations Of seal fishing for
mulated by the Paris tribunal in 1S9.
was a provision that the regulation
should be submitted to an examination
every Eve years TO determine whether
there was reason for modification The
first Ave gear period ended in ls9S, ans