Show MAD she daises a cry of taxation without protection THE FRENCH encroachments ENCROACH MENTS colonists think them intolerable resolutions by fishermen gen eral news of the country HALIFAX N S june 3 special news hy steamer from newfoundland reveals state of affairs on the west coast of that island from cape ray to cape st john a distance of miles the locality is known as thac french shore it contains an english population of and all these have resolved together to refuse to pay the government of newfoundland any mure taxes of any kind butil they are teven protection against the encroach ments of the french along that shore the outrage by alie frenchi warship has brought matters to a crisis it seems that the andias indias came into baa st geurge and running up to yome english herring fishermen ordered bliem to take lip their nets alie englishmen declined todo boand alie french officers an arav cutter put off and took up the nets moat of them the people on shore wanted to offer armed resistance cooler heads prevailed and tho local magistrate also an englishman was applied to for redress or relief he said that he had no power and could not help them couriers were then sent along the coast to organize a determined opposition to the french fisherman and warships too the englishman of war pelican came into st george harbor two days afterward and her captain after being informed about the affair sailed away without telling what he intended to do inhabitants then held a big meeting at which there were at least people and the determination came 10 was to refuse to recognize recoe nize the right of the newfoundland government to collect duties in furtherance of this every merchant in the neighborhood has since refused to pay duties on imports tais plan will be acted on until protection from the french is secured one of the resolutions said the herrine fishery is one of the principal means of livelihood of the people and if prevented from prosecuting that occupation it means complete ru n to them it is utterly impossible besides eing a flagrant injustice for the government at aft johns to exact taxes and duties from us the amount of duty paid by the people of tho french shora haaf year waa not less than and yet the government which exacts these taxes ia unable to secure ua in our operations ove rations in our words toward us a aysta legalized robbery another preposition made and which will be carried out is to demand from the government the return of all duties imposed for the past thirty years if the measure taken in the way indicated above are noi productive of any relief the inhabitants will band together and give armed resistance resi stence to any measures the french may take to enforce what they call their treaty rights on the french shore A committee pre for this is now at work |