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Show J READY S REVOLT. Newfoundland Will Ask for Protection and Admission as a State of the American Republic A CENTURY OF ILLTREATMENT On the Part of England Has Forfeited All Claims to Further Allegiance From That Colony. Boston-, Marck 23. A Halifax special lays: "(ireat excitement exists in New Foundland over the action of tho imperial im-perial government in referring only one feature of the fisheries troubles with ( France to arbitration and attempted tho passage of an act through the Hritish parliament to coerce New Foundland into carrying nut the modus vivendi. In the legislature party lines were drawn and the most violent speeches have been made by men on both Hides, denouncing the cowardly anil treacherous treacher-ous conduct of tho Hritish government. J Delegates will bo appointed to immediately im-mediately proceed to Loudon to forin-, forin-, ally protest, not only against the en- nclmeut ef the coercion law, but also j against the reference of any portion of j the fisheries question to arbitration, without the whole question being so referred. Tho delegates, however, do uot expect to accomplish auything and inthisevout tho legislature will pass resolutions setting forth that by the neglect and ill treatment of a century Kngiand has forfeited all claims to further fur-ther allegiance. A formal appeal will then be made to the United States for protection and for admission as a state of the republic. |