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Show a nitiMiu: jiiiui'i tisir. riiHHAi-sIt I uot Reuwrally known that a luUtM lithe Innocent cftuie of much of the triangular trouble nlating to Kngland, France aud Newfound land HuchU the case. The lutr li the caufw, aud the great utatlon whether thla aultual U a flh or Dot will have to t decided Iwforo the Jaaue can be ivttled. Tlure wmmtlmewht-iiall the vat rtglout now known aa IlrltUh Aiuvrl (a aud Newfoundland, were po lions of Krauce. Iheu there tame ft lime w lion they pott ott to l.tig land. Jlut though becoming HrltUh jMr)lorii, France, by tho trcatlve of Utrtcht ami Veraalllr, rttalmd ct-r. Uln (lib try prlvllete In Newfoundland. Newfound-land. Among theao wcro right to hunt for, and tuciire fUli ou ttiealmree bclHuiii Cape Bt. John auJ(Cni4Ilay. The treatlti gnvo I'rvnch JUhtrmen the right to erect "atagea made of board and huta ueceanary aud uiual for drying lUh." When Uivauworda weiu written, Jotwter canning tiu not an luduitry. Itvcuutly the French addwl thla ludualry to their norka lu NvwfiinUlauJ. Tho ItrllUhrra ob-Jvctl, ob-Jvctl, aud rlalaird that loUter U not lleli. Tho i'rmcti claim that It I-, aud that undir treaty rlghu they are JiuU-lletl JiuU-lletl In canning loUlrr under tlio title lUh aa tUted lu the treaty. ThUiiuue tton will be dialt with by tlilvtiixiiU lu Intvrnatloual law. Their tiamea are Marten, Hirer and Grau. A confer-totu confer-totu will bo held at llruuilaand tho whole matter UloUavd. There wenu to be no way for Knglaud togwtout, oxctpt by buylug tho French !uUreU ItiUiwge'a Itay, or by ilnfoudlng aud protecting tin m according to treaty Ktlulatlona. Thla latter, tho Newfoundlander! New-foundlander! Uo not want. They demand de-mand that the French bo rooted out absolutely. TheHupreme Court of Newfound land haa decided that there la no legl latlonlu existence uuder which Kng-land Kng-land ran euforct) treaty right In that colony. That court further decldvrl that tho Quvt-n'a preroatlvo Ja not auf llclent to conil vubtulvlun to treaty prohlon. It rtHjulrwt au act of Ktate Ui go aa far aa thl, and that tiiuatu an octof Farllameut with all that It urn bodM. ThUaut both hoiiH-e In Iou douaru trying to i-au, Iunl IvnuU ford lu the Lorda, aud Jamua Ferguson Jnthu Common, are working fi.r tho jitviMge of a bill tht will enitywnr tho (linen to order tho navy to enforce Frtuch rlghta lu Nuwfoundlaud. ThoNuHfouiidlAud l'urllamcnt haa refuted lo enter Iuto uuy IfgUUtlon which would recoguUe FruuLliilalma. TnUU rather embarraiudug for Kug-hinl. Kug-hinl. llyai.'oordlus treaty rlghta' to France, kngland drlvi her gwn aub Jettalu New found la ud Into revolt. If thu bill should piM lu the ItrltMi Farliaiueut, tho Coutvrvatlve ministry will sutler n defeat, and thero UapoM ilblllty of a giiueral election. The Newfouudlaudtra aro clamoring for amieiatloi. Hllh the Uiittinl KUtes. Hut should they tflutt thta It would hotdwlroy French rights, rim claim would only be transferred from John Hull to Uncle Him, nud thu latter would have alobstcr ou his handilit addition to tho teal nud codflsii. Tho whole twublo can Iwkunuuetl upluafew words. Ily their tnuty r Ik lib. the Freuch have a uiouooly of the fishing In (loo rye's Hay. Ittcent ly thsy went Into lobster canning, and It hat become a vast Industry. Tho NuwfuuuilUnderaalso wunl Into It lu what Is retfimhil as French Territory for fishing rurOrta. Tho factory of Halrd, one of the HrllliherM.wuvlosetl bvthoUueen'aiommandrrof the navy In thwe wattra, Tho 8u rtmt Court of Newfoundland has tlecIdH lhat the Ijiieen'aordi-fwnalll.galaiid beyond her jrerogatlvo, This I what pr-ideate pr-ideate tbo luuMrvatlve govrrnmtnt an J Inllamea the Newfoundlands. |
