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The Treaty Summarized

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
March
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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The tenate has removed the injunctlon of secrecy from the treaty just concluded in regard to the Canadian fishery disputes and ordered it made public. The treaty went to the senate, aucompanied by a message from President Cleveland, in which the result reached was describeti ña the most advantageons and amicahle settlement possible. The treaty decides that the three-mile limit spoken of in the convention of 1813 sball tollow the coast line. Canada abandona the headlands theory, which practically excluded American rishrman by drawing the line of deliuiitation from cape to cape, and shut out entrance to various bavs. Under the new convention the coast line must be followed whenever a bay in point is more tban 10 miles wide. The new treaty does pot require United States vessels to report, enter or clear at Canadian harbor wheu entering for wood, water or purposes of shelter or repairs, but they must report if they remain more than 24 hours. When they enter under stress of weather they may reload, tranship or sell as they please, subject to Canadian customs laws, and may purchase in Canadian or Newfoundland ports suoh things as may be necessary to replenish their stores. In case of death or illness of crews they may snip sailors and shall have all facilities possible extended to them. The treaty provides that a mixed commission shall be appointed at once to survey the delimitations made by the trentv and chart it at once for the use of niiiri ■ ners. The treaty provides for forfeiture for unlawful flshing. but makes all prosecutions for illegal fishing as speedy as possible, so as to avoid any possible persecution. Another article prcyides for tho removal of duties on fish, whale and seal oil, and fish of all kinds, being the producís of American flüheries, as soon as the United States acts in the same raanner towards the products of Canadian tisheries; and upon such retnission of duties exten8ive rights are to be granted free to American fishermen. The treaty is acoompanied by a liberal modus vivendi to i?overn theaction of the Canadian and American Kovernraents until the treaty is submitted to the respective governments and accepted.

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