| Show AMERICAN CANADIAN commission people of the dominion think america wants the earth settlement of the pelagic sealing difficulty Is yet in doubt reciprocity between the two countries one of the subjects before the commissioners sio ners sept 7 A dispatch to the from ottawa bays next thursday a eerier of cabinet councils will begin here at which the work BO far done at the conference wilt be reviewed and decisions taken on the developed wabe statement made some time ago the british ministers would eo into the conference prepared to settle the pelagic sealing question qa estion in favor of the united states contention conditioned on a fair indemnity baing paid to the sealers has been officially confirmed it remains with the american colmia to decide whether tha of canadas rights under the treaty of 1893 to pelagic sealing is worth the amount at which the cession is valued it has to be that so far as the government 0 canada 13 concerned there 13 no choice in the matter 0 compensation pensa tion As previously stated there are fifty five sealers engaged in toe trade with a tonnage of represent in so much actual capital invested aad proportionate revenue the number of persons depending directly or indirectly upon the trade being fully if the united states commissioners refuse IL to admit the claim and amount 0 com there is an end of the matter and pelagic sealing must go on to the end unless canada or great britain compensate the sealers themselves in view of the possibility ot the united states declining to pay for the surrender of the ee alara rights the above alternative has now to be fully considered by tha british and american commission it is violating no secret to say that it is generally understood that an alternative waa submitted to downing street as a likely contingency come time before the conference began and thit great britain showed no disposition to pay the sealers the earn demanded or anything at all public opinion which in canada would be highly sensitive to t concessions under pressure exercised by a sovereign powerfully conscious ol 01 superior material advantages will not nsf consent to the sealers being paid out of the public cheat for the surrender of an vv undoubted right without some sort ot setout se toft Y the only possible solution by the united states if the A should definitely refute to point out these vested rights would be such ions to canada in other directions as canada might be able to accept 0 equal value to money payment of the amount Jein aided it is doubtful if canada undertook to furnish the money to pay kcf the sealers in consideration of concessions by the united stated in other matters whether a settlement tl could be effected for any smaller sum than above stated this is one ot the ticklish points on which ministers will have to make up their minds djeu ettely on next thursday y another point on which some approach bad been mado by the commie 1 to an of the pos Bibi lilies of the si tuition and of one an others views Is reciprocity at the opening the attempt 0 feet the way must have been something hiie groping tor an object in the dark bat the road has been to a great extent cleared and jy the representatives of all three countries beagin tu see glimpses of solutions canada must abandon the hope of toy from tha united stales abich arc not by overwhelming wh elming proof to be fully balanced by compensatory concessions from canada to the great republic II 11 canada expects to improve her trade with the united states in any of the leading products of the dominion it is realized now that she will have to hoffr equivalents to the united states in manufactured goods and agricultural products no matter whether tle former interferes with the british or not the vigor with which the united commissioners have presented views to canadian representatives may be judged from the leading bead line in the organ of the ministerial party here to a summary of the work so far accomplished short and to the poin tit was americans want the earth three fourths of the canadian press take press services which include bead ines as well as matter and one of these services describes the situation in the head lines as follows very hard to satisfy americans want to get everything and give nothing not willine to take the duty off lumber while clamoring for liberty to raft lope no tariff changes wanted our fish must stay out before adjournment aub committees were appointed to co data relating to the various leading questions upon which the commissioners bad exchanged views these will be ready for the reassembling on september |
