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Show rpflil IU L Statement of The Fisheries Bow I f Jetween France and England I I Pointedly Given, I Le concessions of geobge m inl JTie Meeting of Lecturer Griswold and I Hi I Artenws Ward-Items of Im-II Im-II I I jortance and Interest. I I (Special Ctorrespondesice, I I HEW Y0ek' June 28-Tlle Present I limnble in Newfoundland gows out of I iSlmiitake that England made iu ever I lrmitting the French to gain a foothold I I the island- This foothold was first I llHtkorized by the treaty of Utrecht, I Itoed in 1713, although it led to m-I m-I Iferminable disputes it was confirmed by I Lreral other treaties. I I While this treaty recognized the right I I of England to the fiill possession of New-I New-I Ifcimdland it provided that "it shall be I lillowed to the subjects of France to I I catch fish and dry them on land in that I I part only of the said island of Newfound-I Newfound-I Und which stretches from the place I I called Cape Bona vista to the northern I I part of said island, and from thence, run-I run-I IjLj flown by the western side, reaches I I is far s the point called Point Riche." I I By referring to the map it will be seen 1 lihatCapeBonavistaison the east coast I I on the south side of Bonavista bay, and I I that Point Riche is on the west coast I I tbont a third of the way down from the I liorUiern extremity of the island. "II The treaty of Versailles, signed in I 1 1768, made an important change in I I these limits. The limit on the east coast I I was fixed at Cape St. John, on the north I I tide of Notre Dame bay, and the limit I I on the west coast was fixed at Cape Ray, I I on the southwest extremity of the island. I I The coast between these two limits I measures probably a thousand miles. I I Here the French were permitted by the I I treaty of Utrecht to build "stages made I I of boards and huts necessary and usual I)! I for the drying of fish," and the same I I treaty prohibited them from resorting to I the island "beyond the time necessary I I for fishing and the drying of fish. " I I Not contented with making these ex-I ex-I I traordinary concessions, George III ac- II companied the treaty of Versailles with I I this remarkable declaration: "His Bri-I Bri-I I I tannic majesty will take the most posi-I posi-I I tire measures for preventing his sub- , I I Jects from interrupting in any manner byjg I I their competition the fishery of tjooi I I French during the temporary exerriS 't I I it, and he will for this purprjjfy58e the' I I died settlements which &br,l&ii formed I I there to be removed." A,Pconsequence I I of this blunder the srj'tlement and de-: de-: I I relopment of the Frencn coast have been prevented. I I But these are not the only grievances ' I I of tho Newfoundlanders. In spite of I treaty stipulations forbidding the erec-I erec-I I ton of permanent buildings, the French ATLANTIC O ll - '. 1)11 EXPLANATORY MAP. j, JT have engaged in catching lobfreve.I1.t" .A are not mentioned in any cfles'yaties, and have constructed, in fl-ecte of the expressed words of these-iies, permanent perma-nent establishments fory byung lobsters. The French have, moy b'er, driven the Newfoundland flherr-.n out of the markets mar-kets of Europe. By Ne heavy bonn tie given to them the Flinch fishermen have been able to undersell their competitors. In retaliation the Newfoundland legislature, legisla-ture, disregarding an agreement between France and England in 1835, passed hat is known as the bait act, obstructing obstruct-ing the sale of bait to the French. Supplied by smugglers, the French we been able to get what best they needed. They have also been able to applement this supply from St. George toy. where the French commander recently re-cently ordered Newfoundland fishermen engaged in catching bait to take np ir nets so as not to interfere with i French fisherman engaged in the same ork. Of course he had a right to do wis, but it has greatly angered the people peo-ple of Newfoundland, and it has made jnem talk of seeking union with the United States if they cannot obtain re-esa re-esa from the British government. F. P. S. ' " :.. ! |
