. Correspondence relative to the fisheries question, 1885-87 [microform] : presented to Parliament by command of His Excellency the Governor General, 3rd May, 1887. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. [ay, 1S86. [⢠Excellency's that 1 took an pressed great S. WEST. tfay, 1886. ellency's infor- itary of State, jE west. May, 18cS6. ) you on the 10th I le Treaty of 1818, )f the American I )f British North | ,ed, irregular and j iters. Yet I feell ecently received! relation to thej Adams" alreadyl tHcials to use the! 3d in or intended| tion to the vessel! eding and "duel and the Uni
. Correspondence relative to the fisheries question, 1885-87 [microform] : presented to Parliament by command of His Excellency the Governor General, 3rd May, 1887. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. [ay, 1S86. [⢠Excellency's that 1 took an pressed great S. WEST. tfay, 1886. ellency's infor- itary of State, jE west. May, 18cS6. ) you on the 10th I le Treaty of 1818, )f the American I )f British North | ,ed, irregular and j iters. Yet I feell ecently received! relation to thej Adams" alreadyl tHcials to use the! 3d in or intended| tion to the vessel! eding and "duel and the United! of property iindS jral and distincti Nova Scotia, thei ler " Lansdowne'l d into the port of jUowing Monday] 6» kutb May, taken back again by an armed crew to Digby in Nova Scotia. That in Digby the Laper alleged to be the legal precept for the capture and detenfion of the vessel was nailed fooer mast in Buoh manner aa to prevent its contents being read, and the request of the laptain of the " David J. Adama " and of the U. S. Consul General to be allowed to detach the vrit from the mast for the purpose of learning its contents was positively refused by the provincial officials in charge. Nor was the U. S. Consul General able to learn from the com- Diander of the " Lansdowne " the nature of the complaint against the vessel, and his respect- 111 application to that effect was fruitless. In no extraordinary, confused and irresponsible a condition of affairs, it is not possible I ascertain with that accuracy which is needful in matters of Huch grave importance the brecise grounds for this harsh and peremptory arrest and detention of a vessel the property â f citizens of a nation with whom relations of peace and amity were supposed to exist. I From the best information, however, which the U. S. Consul General was enabled to Lbtain after application to the prosecuting officials, he reports that the " David J. Adams " Iras seized and i
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