| Show NEWFOUNDLAND w Its Legislature Begins to tr eetIndepena ent f I l A i I RAILROADS MAKING RATES = = = BrewersoolBrakemens Strike bA Jievq t An i I Irish iMob New rr Terseys Ne µ SenatorYEtc J 1 i t i i yA Little Independence LONDON March 2The Colonial Secretary Sec-retary has sent a dispatch to the Governor Gov-ernor of Newfoundland informing him that the home government does not feel justified in disregarding the strong protests of France against restrictions at this late period which are calculated I to inflict great loss upon French fishermen fisher-men and is therefore unable to allow I the bill passed by the Newfoundland Legislature in relation to the fisheries to operate this season The Secretary says government thoroughly understand under-stand that the French bounties are a grave disadvantage to French fishermen fisher-men still it is not shown that British fisheries are unremunerative NEW YORK March 2A special from Halifax says The address of the Newfoundland New-foundland Legislature to the Imperial Im-perial government has produced a sepsation If it is not a declaration of independence it is the next thing to it Newfoundlanders Newfound-landers tell the imperial government that they own their fisheries and they do not propose to pay the slightest heed to the French or American interests in-terests or to brooking interference from the imperial government The situation is so serious that both Premier Pre-mier Thorburn and Sir Ambrose Shea leader of the opposition have gone to London to represent the dangerous character of the prevailing feeling in Newfoundland Meanwhile the press and people are universally discussing the benefits of annexation to the United States Anything would be better than the present state of affairs and if annexation were submitted to the popular tote it would be carried by a threefourths majority |
