Show TROUBLE OVER MENIER ISLAND IS TD Canadians Ask That Be BeTaken BeTaken BeTaken Taken from Maker Ce New Times Montreal Quebec The movement to tp t dispute the t possession ot of the island ifland I of n by M Menier the Choco Chocolate Chocos late King has li s been recommenced A petition was recently drawn d rawn up and addressed to Mr Chamberlain the co colonial colonial colonial lonial secretary urging that the is island Island island land of should be expropriated expropriated expropriated and fortified by the th imperial au an authorities aUthorities as a military post to command the entrance of the St Lawrence LawrenceA A reply has been received from Mr Chamberlain stating that he has re referred referred referred the communication to the gover governor governor governor nor general the Earl of Minto as the question is one for the dominion gov government government to consider and to so 50 act as to conserve the interests interests of the tI e empire It is claimed the dominion government has the power to expropriate the island compensating M Menier in full for the cost and the money he has expended in improvements Improvement p The island of is situated in inthe inthe the Gulf of St Lawrence near the mouth of the thc St Lawrence and is a apart apart apart part of the province of Quebec It was bought by M Henry Menier a well known Parisian capitalist in Decem December December ber bel 1893 1895 from the Island of company limited of England The price paid was M Menier Menler assumed immediate pos possession possession session of the island and at first had some little difficulty in dealing with ith lawless fishermen and others from the northern shores of Quebec Newfound Newfoundland Newfoundland land Nova ova Scotia and Labrador who vho had for years been in the habit of land lan landing landing I ing on the island They had destroyed buildings taken fish and game and had committed I Iother other minor offenses and they objected when their privileges were taken away M 1 Menier forbade these practices and this gave rise to a report that he had usurped the functions of the Canadian government This however was i II promptly denied and the report was j traced to tim the DY oy Jf M f Menier orders o ders The island is 1301 1301 miles long and has h 5 an average width J I of mItes miles It contains two and a half million acres a res and the thu II length of its coast co st line is niiles miles The T he island is thickly wooded mostly j with spruce but there is an abundance of other timber Umber and there Is game in I plenty The rivers and creeks of which there are arc fifty are filled with i fish There has been a good deal of agitation agItation agitation tion about the possession of such an important point by b p a Frenchman which feeling has been aggravated by harsh action in evicting eighteen families and compelling them to give up their livelihood because they I would not obey the regulations which i he had laid down The latest phase of ot the subject was the action of M the self styled governor of f the island who upon the death of Queen Victoria sent senta a message of condolence to Lord Min Minto Mm to The governor general sent the message back with the intimation that 1 he could not recognize in J any way wap It is well known that Lord Minto has strong views upon the question but it itis itis itIs is doubtful if he will vilI be able to over overcome overcome overcome come the of the members of his cabinet |