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Show THE USHI UV AU AKI. A Itritlsh Journal Kaps (lie American Oo veruiuen t. London, 4 The Pull Mall Uazdte, in a leading editorial article, says that the United States should choose this precise moment to publish what tn-ecm, from a telegraphic summitry, io t'n a rather threaten uk di-patch addrfdned by Secretary Evarla lo the American minister, Welsh, and which can scarcely be regarded as accideutul. All the or!d can see that we have on ! our hands just now as much we can ! well deal with, and a really friendly puwt-r, with a grievance like that, whilst holding to its position, would refrain from casting matter in an irritating way beforo the public until our aflaira had assumed a more peucoful aspect. At any rate, this is what, according to tho udmirdrs of tbe Alabama arbitration, we might certainly have expected Iroin Ameri ca. Tbe truth is, that while the very party with which the bargain was made still holds office in the United States, tbe lirat opportunity is seized to make a point against us just when it is reckoned that other difti cullies may cause us to give way. Nothing else was to be eipectud, and for our own part, we are inclined to thank Evarta lor showing our countrymen country-men that nations, generally, are no more inclined to forego their advantages advan-tages over one another in tho nineteenth nine-teenth century than in tho eighteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth or first. Let sentimentalists blame Evarts, for he bas disappointed them, not uj American newspapers of all shades of political opinion, without 'giving a moment's consideration, (let us hope), to tbe fact that the quarrel has uoth-1 ing whatever to do with the award of the fo,500,000, made in favor ol Canada at Halifax, come for ward at once, with the contention that this money, due and long overdue over-due to us, 'must not be paid until and unless, this new difference is settled iu the wa7 they think right. Nine million dollars of the Alabama indemnity romain without any rea sonable claimant, and here are f5,-500,000 f5,-500,000 more to be retained. We Bhould have Bupposed that the Ameri cana could scarcely aflord to recall attention to the various matters relating relat-ing to" the Washington treaty, and1 tbe manner in which its provisions have been carried out. But then we, too, have a little Benlimert about us, for in truth the whole atory is one of continued attempt at evasion, and evasion of a somewhat shabby kind, and curiously enough advantage was taken of local regulations the local regulations of the Btate of New York to avoid compliance with one of the most important stipulations of the treaty in favor of Canadian shipping. Therefore, Lord Salisbury has opsu to him some very pertinent retorts. But two wrongs do not make a right, and if it appears that the Newfoundlanders, Newfound-landers, who do not form part of the Dominion, had no right to take tho law into their own hands, in view of the arrangements entered into on their behalf, of course, compensation will have lo be, made. When, however, the Americana Ameri-cana argue that the whole fishery : question may have to be reopened, we are at liberty to disregard what ; they say, or we might answer that if eo Eome other points would have to be reconsidered at tbe same time. Thus It would be at last arguable on the part of Canadians, that very sprious claims for monstrous injuries iuffceted by tbe American citizens on British subjects during Ihe Feman raids), should again bo put forward. Since according to the every recognized principle of international Hw, the United States were, to the fullest extent, responsible for those outrages. We mention that, however, only to show how troublesome it is to go too far back in euch matters and mix up questions which ought to be kept separate. It may be possible that Lord Salisbury has taken up a fa'Be position with respect to the local or other rights of Newfoundlaud.though, since he had all the facts before him and the knowledge that he was dealing deal-ing with a very thorny question, we may fairly hope that be bas not done so. But, in any case, we shall have tho satisfactien of knowing that whatever what-ever discredit there may be in (his talk of keeping the money back or suddenly springing diplomatic mines at an awkward time, it is not ours. |