Show THOSE SEIZURES tlllnlon nl lrOllllnrnl IenItn iuitl100 Inv I 11 Iltr Ihh EXruIiLile 1oniLAND Me jfnyToTho I excitement I flJI 01iti hero the hcocl over Bcizuroof I tho Bohooncr Lila I M Doughty by the Canndian nuthoritics is increasing ns is the feeling that tho Govern ment la strangely silent Xettors have been received from nil along tho coast Baying that a common onuso will he made with the Port land fishermen nod that n gcnernl union for defame will be arranged A U hitten Secretory of then lish Ex change wild I today llcsolntlona in favor of arming our vessels I will be adopted I at a mooting t of the Exchange In the present temper of owners and fishermen such reso lutions could not ho made too strong Wo shall do something more than adopt resole tions We shall net had I been in Cap tofu Doughtys place with twelve good med at my back that one officer would not have taken my vessel I would have said Get off or I will I lock jouup noel talc you with me The Government is doing nothing for I toftOxo must savo ourselves and wo shall do it I IAnolher Another prominent owner said II Wo shall stand for our lights and if the Government Gov-ernment will not protect us we will protect v lfyro ourselves Had Captain Doughty e men been armed the capture would never have been mado When Captain Doughty goes to Ma again ho will carry n cannon nnd small nrms and all other fishing vessels that IO out 01 this port will elm bo armed noel their captains will leave direct orders to 1c l rt r cte I resist nil nttcmpts thnt I mnj be made lo seize their vessels A fisherman cold that the government had not given the slightest sign of any interest in tim matter nnd that if 1ortland cannot ieiid word to Doughty nt Lnglishtown that tho Government of lire United States will protect him then 1ortland can nnd will say to him that the people of tho State Maine will stand back of him nnd that American vessels cannot be seized at will by tho Ca adinns J11SOUII10N3 ADOPTED At n fully represmtitivo meeting of the Fish Exchange nfttmoontho following solutions wcro ndoptcd ° IICHEAS lice Canadian government have seized Americin fishing vessels nnd aa wo cliovounlawfullv and nnnEis the nag of our country has been insulted therefore bo it llfsolicJ That in the tenet of the 1ort and 1ishlna Lxchango the 1resident of tho nitcd btates should bv proclamation wii oJ1gNlg eclaro non intercourse with the Dominion of Canada in all matters pTtaining to time ah erics I Jtciolcf I hatw horcnslho Canadian GOY rnmcnt lees filled out armed vessels to pur one our csRcls therefore we nsU onr Govern nlctit to send nrmcd cruisers into Canadian nters to protect our vessels Jtesolicd Ihat we oppose nnd protest gainst tho appointment of nnj commission ITrIW Jnl to treat with 1 Great Hritninin 1 regard to tho shcrics ItesaUcit Ihatvqcall upon Congress to take such action ns will protect us in our Uits as American citizens from the seizure efoar property while I in lime act of trade by olondkee ol I tIle 1 Colonial Government nnd to make nn I tIll odioie ioca ° c of tlio vessels under inrc IlesolntI Ihat wtee reason r Government boa Pi issued papers gi anting permission to our vessels to trado in foreign ports and herens vessels holding such permits Imvo icen seized vo ask our Government to pro ret I nil American vessels III Colonial ports gainst illegal seizure Itesohel Ihat if emi Govermeiitrefuses II > toted immediately armed vessels to rotect our vessels ave deem it expedient to IIrm and equip our vessels for protection AN AHMED MSSrL To LEAVE TOHTI AND Further and general action will piobably I utalinbj flee city A fishing schooner is tIllS 0 filling i out and is oxiwcted to leave 1 to lorrovvor Friday I f re tho fishing grounds nllj armed She will bo lIce first armed yea eel 110 lease Portland tIle lion Hannibal Haiulln was inter lowed In llitllt relative to tho fishery rouble Hu motel that if fleece mire obstacles III Iho I provincial law excluding American shine vessels from trading in Canadian wrtB there should bo similar I restraint on L Jaiuuliim vessels I llllIh Vmericnn waters i Ho bought both glower < nine Ills wero too Wise to get into sorions trouble over the matter |