UNITED STATES AND CANADA i8i 



the comity of nations or the courtesy of nations or 

 the convenience of the fishermen can require has 

 been and will be freely accorded by the Canadian 

 Government under the Treaty which we have just 

 made. (Cheers.) 



ANOTHER MATTER SETTLED 



Well, we have settled another matter, which has 

 been one of constant controversy since this Con- 

 vention of 1818. We have delimited the exclusive 

 fishery waters of Canada. You are aware that it 

 has been the contention of the Dominion, supported 

 by high legal authority, that under that Treaty the 

 fishermen of the United States were debarred from 

 approaching within three miles of any of the bays or 

 harbours of Canada. On the other hand, the United 

 States have contended that they were entitled to fish 

 anywhere three miles from shore, whether in bays 

 or outside of them. 



We have settled that difficulty with what may be 

 called a compromise ; but at any rate, by an arrange- 

 ment which is in accordance with the latest inter- 

 national laws, in agreement with the principles of 

 the North Sea Convention, the latest instrument of 

 the kind in European diplomacy, and we have settled 

 it in a way which I believe will be satisfactory to 

 every reasonable and fair-minded man. I have 

 seen it objected that we have not included 

 land-locked bays, that the Bay de Chaleur and 

 the Bay de Miramichi have been excluded. Of 

 course they are excluded, because these bays 



