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Show THE FISHERIES AWARD. After much etjuealing ui.il loolLsh talk, thut were as disgraceful to Americans aa Ihey were unjust and annoying to England, a bill has finally been introduced in congress providing 1 (or the payment ol the money award eJ to Great Britain by the Canadian a fisheries commission. The cause of " complaint baa been that the third commissioner, Minister DelfoBse of Belgium, was wrongfully made oue of the arbitrators : that he s was unduly influenced in favor of Great Britain, his government being in a measure subjec'. to England, h was held for this reason that the commission com-mission was an unlair body, and the award not in accordance with the : evidence or the facU, bjiog entirely disproportionate 'to the damages alleged even, to say nothing of the actual dues. There is little doubt as regards re-gards the unjustuessof the award. Tlc sura was entirely to large. It is a fact that Americans take less than $100,000 worth of fish a year in Canadian waters, and the commission allowed England over $400,000 a year as compensation com-pensation tor this haul. But unjust as the award may have been it cannot can-not be escaped without disgrace and ebame. By the treaty of Washing tan, such arbitrations are provided for, and their verdicts are as binding as those of the highest tribunals. The two nations should be especially prompt and faithful in their accept ance and satisfaction of these judgments; judg-ments; and any attempt to escape thorn is dishonorable to the party making the eflort. Io tho ewe. of the Geneva award throe times as much as this Great Britain' set an example to us, as the high-joint high-joint comm'saion was an example to ( tho nations of the world. Though it was terribly binding upon England J to pay so much money for having j interfered in our family fight, &he did , not hesitate to satisfy the judgment, j and without complainiop. Like the, fisheries award, that of Geneva was. largo ao large, in fact, that this gov-j erumeut has left in its treasury! a very great portion of tho money, tho just claims against ; the board having been satisfied. , Tho principal of arbitrating disputes between nations ia a long etep in ad-, Tance of the old tule ot going to war and Bottling misunderstandings by brute force and the slaughter of humans; but having once adopted arbitration, it ia a longer step in retrogression retro-gression to refuse to abide by its decisions. de-cisions. Minister Delfosse may have baen prtjudiced against the United S.aUe, but that can cut no figure now. l!y accepting him as one cif tho umpire?, we bound our telvca to stand by his verdict. It may warn this government not to get into the same Ino a second time, but having entered ODce, wo cannot net out with credit to honor, man iiDod and reputation, in any olher manner than by a strict compliance with tho conditions imposed. It is probable that enough congressmen congress-men to p:ies the bill vill take this j view of the caec, and after exhibiting ; j in tli? matter some bad traits of char- j Jactcr car indebtednpHM to Great Britain will be cancelled. |