| Show Ciiamfoerlnjn NEW YOKE November 7The revenue cutter Manhattan took the illustrious visitor from the Etruriq and landed him at the barge office where he was received re-ceived by William Lane Booker British Consul General aId Hon William Smith Deputy Minister of Marine to Canada What about the mission upon which you have come over was asked Well of course as a diplomatist I cannot state anything definite as to exactly what course of action I am going to take up in my efforts to make an amicable settlement of the existing unpleasantness about the fisheries I cannoo see why what slight difficulty does exist cannot be settled quickly and easily I intend to stay here sometime time I will remain in New York a few days and later should there come an adjournment in the work of the commission com-mission I intend to spend a couple of months studyinptbe institutionsetc f your country Intend to do that anyway any-way whether before or after I have completed py direct official business Ohm mberlftin was asked for an expression expres-sion of opinion on the Irish question but he asked to be excused and continuing con-tinuing said I am here as a diplomatist diplo-matist and will say nothing whatever about my opinions on home politics during the continuance of my mission If an interview with me on that subject is published it will be entirely unauthorized unau-thorized as I intend to express no public pub-lic opinion relative to it during my whole stay in this country 11 |
