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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1888. THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

Our cable news on the subject of the Fisheries question is pregnant with grave concern as to what the next move will be m the matter. The United States and Canada seem for the moment to be assuming a very strained attitude towards each other. The subject which has set the States m opposition to the Dominion is a very important one to the Governments interested, viz., the question of fisheries. From what we can glean of the particulars of the affair it would seem that m 1783 m the deed of separation between Great Britain and the United States provision was made whereby the Americans could take fish m all the waters of British North America under the same conditions as were m force when the Americans were recognised as British colonists. In 1815, after the war of 18 1 2, these rights were denied by Britain to the Americans, and during 1818 a treaty waß entered into between Britain and the United States wherein the latter gave up the right to take fish anywhere on the coast of British North America within three miles of the shore, except on the west coast of Newfoundland, around the Magdalen Islands, and along the Straits of Belle Isle. In rp.fcuiu £\jl ihlo uuiiucßßiuu iko Unltocl States obtained the right to enter the ports aud shores of British America for the purpose of shelter, repairs, and to procure wood and water. Subsequently Canada is alleged to have defined and limited the extent and exercise of these privileges. Sundry disputes occurred m consequence of the United States fishermen poaching on the fishing preserves of Canada. In 1854 a new treaty was entered into, and it is this one which has run its course. A new one to replace it had been drafted, and this is the one rejeoted by the American Senate. The Canadian fisheries are of supreme importance to the Dominion, being a great source of wealth. There is a vast fishing fleet fully manned engaged m the work, the profit on which is a very considerable source of revenue to the country. The new Treaty drawn up has been rejected by the email majority of three, and complications are likely to ensue. The Americans complain that they have been imposed upon by the terms of the Treaty, and that it is too over reaching, and unfair to the States. "The r Jimes" is disposed to look calmly upon the matter, while other journals view it m the light of a direct slap m the face of the British Government of Canada. If the United States ar«j not allowed to fix their own conditions for fishing m Canadian waters they will not allow goods to be transported across American soil free. Tolls on Canadian steamers upon American rivers and lakes will be demanded, and generally retaliatory tactics will be pursued. Such a policy a few years ago would have been followed by a declaration of war, and even now it is not known what complications may follow.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1930, 28 August 1888, Page 2

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1888. THE FISHERIES QUESTION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1930, 28 August 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1888. THE FISHERIES QUESTION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1930, 28 August 1888, Page 2

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