Show CANADA BELI belligerent GERENT THE ane rejection of the fisheries treaty by a republican senate may lead to serious complications with great britain the object of 0 the treaty was of 0 course to settle amlo amicably ably the differences f feren ces that have arisen between the canadian and Ame american fishermen the rejection of the treaty was a party movement designed to 10 bring the administration into trouble toe the retaliatory tali atory measures which seem to be inevitable are not unlikely to precipitate a war that at first would be very disastrous to tais nation now so feeble in its naval armament I 1 the phe responsibility for this would rest the party of obstruction that his has rendered abortive merin means ae sired in the interest of d conciliation v A As evidence of the feelings that animate the canadians on this serious matter we clip the following from the halifax herald which is the recognized organ of the dominion government canada has no ce alternative but to revert to the stipulations ot of the convention of 1818 trouble is sure to follow the gloucester fishermen finding that then their outrageous pretensions are backed by one great political party will contemptuously diere 1 gard our fishery laws and regulations our canadian customs officers and cruisers in these laws and regulations willbe gift be bron brought alit into unpleasant relations with yankee fishermen all the disputes recriminations and misrepresentations of the past will be renewed with increased bitter ness the outlook for peaceful relations was so gloomy that a negotiated by which canada made liberal concessions in tile the interest of in 1 national ter peace and good will the president of the tee united states has formally approved of that treaty in ia recommending it to the senate for its ratification although one political party vigorously denounced the canadian arty ian administration for making too I 1 liberal concessions to the united states immediately passed the bill of ratification in the interest of ef interns international onal comity the united states senate has evinced no disposition to pursue suell sueh an honorable course they have not acted except with due deliberation and they accept full fall responsibility tor for all the consequences of their action the vast majority of the people of canada are unanimous in their decision to support the canadian government in protecting our valuable fishery interests from the onslaughts of these forel foreign n marauders we are indeed apprehensive of very serious complications c cat at ions any resistance on the part of a united states fishing vessel which is caught in fragrant our fishery laws will compel our canadian cruisers to use force the loss of a single life may lead to an all open rupture between the two countries war may ensue yet the canadian people will prefer war to contemptuous and even outrageous treatment at the hands bands of an alien government we must either protect our oar fishery rights or else sacrifice our self respect and dial macef aliv forego all claim to a national dignity |