Show Seizing American Uokts WASHIKQTOS June Representative Boutelle received a telegram today from Eastport to the effect that the Dominion Collectors of Customs threaten to seize American boats if they buy herring from fish weIrs on provincial i pro-vincial shores to be used for canning in the United States A large business of this kind bad been carried on at Eastport and vicinity nearly all the fish beinc brought from Provincial weirs The American boatmen are afraid to con tinueiraffic and large numbers of people peo-ple on both sides of the line are affected Mr Boutelle and Senator Hale this afternoon called Secretary Bayard who promised to take immediate steps to ascertain the facts of this reported I denial of the ordinary privileges of the comment but he remarked as diplomatic diplo-matic relations on tais sublcct must be conducted through the British home government they are necessarly slow a |