. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. ense sums from Great Britain for the accidental escape of theAlabama from a British harbour, the same Government and peopleopenly permitted these Fenian invaders of a presumably friendlystate to arm and drill within American territory, to march out of thatterritory on an avowed mission of war and bloodshed, and to returnagain without fear and withou
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. ense sums from Great Britain for the accidental escape of theAlabama from a British harbour, the same Government and peopleopenly permitted these Fenian invaders of a presumably friendlystate to arm and drill within American territory, to march out of thatterritory on an avowed mission of war and bloodshed, and to returnagain without fear and without punishment. They let this go on foryears and result in repeated invasion ; even while repudiating responsi-bility during concurrent negotiations. And, finally, they refused allindemnification, or even a consideration of it, to the Canadian victimsof this neutral system. The raids are interesting, also, as illustratingthe attitude of England towards the States, her intense desire to avoidirritating subjects of discussion, her willingness to pay Canadasclaims upon the Republic rather than to herself press demands forcompensation. In this way, and for these reasons, the losses ofCanada were not considered in the Treaty of Washington, and the. CO Z o oo CO DODC < <Z <o a: EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE DOMINION 637 United States escaped all responsibility for its practical, though nottechnical, share in the invasions. THE BEIIRING SEA QUESTION Following the Treaty of Washington, which settled Anglo-Ameri-can disputes for a few years, came the Atlantic fisheries trouble whichwould have been disposed of in 1888 by the Treaty negotiated in thatyear between Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Charles Tupper and theHon. Thomas F. Bayard, had the arrangement been ratified by theAmerican Senate. Then, the Behring Sea question developed and theUnited States practically demanded the control of the seal fisheries ofthe Pacific Coast and the right to suppress British fishing in the waterso
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