Show That Reported Treaty NEW YOEK Sept 25A Gloucester special to the Post says The terms of the reported new reciprocity treaty has caused the utmost ut-most indignation among the fishing indu try at Gloucesterand Democrats and Repub beans alike unite in condemning it In conversation con-versation with a reporter one of the largest 1 dealers said The new treaty means nothing noth-ing but reciprocity in fish I such a treaty should be ratified the fishing industry of the country would be inined and transferred to Canada This is just what the Gloucester fishermen have been fighting against Reciprocity Re-ciprocity in fish means the gradual decadence decad-ence of the fishing business in the United States fishermen here say that they do not want to fish inside the threemile limit but they do want trading privileges We might just as well annex Canada and be done with it NEW YOEK Sept 25A Washington special to the Post says The reported treaty with Canada which comes in Ottawa dispatch of the 22d has no foundation in fact so far as the alleged facts are stated to have been submitted sub-mitted to President Cleveland and Secretary Bavard and agreed upon No negotiations for any treaty with Great Britain on the part of the United States has been entered upon since the convention which was laid before the Senate at its last session and which was left unacted upon It is within the limits of possibility Assistant Secretary of State Porter says that a project for the suggested convention amendatory of the treaty of 1818 may have been forwarded by the British Colonial office to the Canadian Ministry for suggestions but no credence is attached to the statement purporting to give the text of its provisions |