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Show VTeshiDCtoa Advicea. Washington, 20. Tbe President I h.is appointed Pmllip O. Wales, of Maryland, medical inspector, United antes navy, to be. surgeon general, Uuited S:at. s navy, aud chief of the bureau of medicine aud surgery, rice G Winthrop Taylor, retired. The claim for J 103, 000 damages oo account of illegal interference with American fishermen at Fortune Bay, which has been presented to the British government, ia not a claim tor the restoration ol that or any other part of tbo Halifax award, upon the ground of nonfulfillment of conditions. condi-tions. It is for specific grievances, and is I be considered wiiuout reference o theamciuotof the Halifax award, with which it has nothing to do. Welsh was instructed to base the "'aim for J103.000 upon tbe actual iot-s and damage sustained by the American fishermen in consequence of the violent invasion of . their ireaty rights at Fortune Bay, and to obtain tome security against a recurrence ol similar ofienses iu the future. Advices received by the slate de-pnrtment de-pnrtment from the North American coHBt, represent -iht altbougu no actual violence hao nccured this year, nur fieherrut-n are deterred by apprehensions appre-hensions of violence from approach-, ing tbe Bhore and carrying on their business with the Ireedum guaranteed to them by ti e treaty, and that wo are therefore deriving no bfuefit from our agreement with the British government, and gelling no return re-turn for our money. Tbo state ol feeling which prevails between our 1 north coast fishermen and the British American fishermeu, who conBiuer themselves justified iu using force to cairy out the local prohibitory laws, is regarded by our government as extremely ex-tremely dangerous and liable at any moment to lead to bloodshed and serious international misunderstanding, misunderstand-ing, and. is, therefore, very auxions that some steps shall be taken by the , British government to do away with the local prohibitory lawa of the Canadian provinces, which now practically prac-tically override and nullify the treaty provisions of far higher authority. |