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;atteution given to develoiiing the resources of tlie island ; but 

 everyone hitherto has considered tisliing as the object of their 

 existence ; and England has so treated her colony as to prevent 

 the growth of a pojiulation extensive enougli to attend to all in- 

 dustries ojiened to man in such a favoured ^pot. At the jsresent 

 crisis, one of the chief hardships suffered by the Newfoundland- 

 ers is interference with any attempt at mining oijerations by the 

 French patrols, who have in feet, if not in theory, the power 

 foolishly conceded by England, of ]iractically nobbling all in- 

 dustry for about a thousand miles of coast line. In fact the 

 monstrosity of the French case, in this resjiect, would be ludi- 

 •crous in its audacity were it not so exasperating." 



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NEWFOUNDLAND ALAVAY8 BKLONGED TO ENGLAND. 



''Degenerate indeed must be the Englislnnen who read the 

 record and fail to claim the absolute supremacy of English rights 

 in Newfoundland in all particulars. For Ije it lemembered that 

 this early possession has been fortifii'(l by uninterrupted occu- 

 pancy " to make assurance doubly sure." Tlie island has been 

 invaded by the French and others in war-time, but never con- 

 qitered; and such invasions give no slired of title in time of peace. 

 The French visitoi'S have been from the first (as all other foreign- 

 ers, even from the start,) merely guests on the shores of New- 

 foundland ; and if they V>ecome obnoxious, England has every 

 right, moral and legal, to refuse them further hospitality." 



AKKANGEMENT OF 1885. 



" Tlie French have undoul)ted claims in Newfoundland ; but 

 experience has shown that a continuance of the exercise of these 

 ■claims is impracticable. Tliey should l)e Ijought out in the in- 

 terests of peace." 



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"It is well to understaud tliat tlie Newfoundlanders have 

 always been most patient and reasonable. Ignornant people 

 liave often called the islanders otherwise, Ijecause such i)eople 



