Show GROSSLY 1661 the trouble bet reuth mil and figlmi fishermen at a st Ge georius orits STANDARD special R R service 81 i a N L t june 23 an inter lew few with the th commander of the french war ehl indre ie is published a at t bt st johne johns N it 19 wa was from this vessel that an officer went on shore shor g at bay pay bl st giorge to compel british subjects to tate togs up their nets to make room for or freab ILE shermen sL ermen the interview is ie st follo a are abi accounts of the friction took place on the french shire aa as reported true there I 1 a germ of truth n them M bat but they are fearfully exaggerated and rawn one of these accounts fates that an armed crew landed atrol d the shore aad and took up only one went 0 hore for the purpose cida and he ILL arad ae as quietly as possible tho the offer in quenion que atlon tion was pointed out to tl td reporter and despite hie his and gold lace did not look verv fory dable didou think yott you were exceeding your as allowed by the treaty tour in n the thin ordering british subjects to their nets it As I 1 translate it the first a and ad rin principal cipal right ol 01 fishing belongs I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 J to the french and it is perfectly er et within the province of french frenc ph rights i ably to order the removal of the net nets of any british liritis li subjects that may interfere ere ith th ahm Newfound la n d lakes takes ft a dit different view of 0 the matter but the treaty la Is plain on thie this point to any say persons who read it jo do you think that cab flab other than codfish come under the meaning of the treaty 1 I think ceh h ie Is belt and though british subjects might argue that there was as no euch such thing ai as a lobster fishery on the french shore at the time the treaty wee was made still franice might be prevented I 1 rom or blamed for fish in the broadest sense and going into lobster ff shing did your men act in a any ny hostile spirit to the inhabits inhabitants a ts odthe french shore during the un unpleasantness ale 2 sant nees this spring 9 7 on the contrary they had strict instructions to act quietly pi etly though firmly they felt they hd had a duty to perform to uphold what they conail considered a national right ard as they could not be deterred from doing that duty they did it with as little discomfort and inconvenience to british subjects as possible As for the reports of 0 an any y friction between my men and the fishermen on the coast I 1 may say there was none the owners oft of the he nets which I 1 was forced to order to be removed takina them up promptly thew the whole bole cincu circumstances circum mat ances of therace the cace were grossly exaggerated for what reason I 1 am at a loss to know |