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derived from the tact and large experience of Sir 

 Lionel West. 



"Mr. Winter, Attorney-General of Newfoundland, 

 was in Washington during the greater part of the 

 proceedings, and was able to keep the British Pleni- 

 potentiaries fully informed of the views of his 

 Government. At the request of the British Pleni- 

 potentiaries, Mr. Winter was invited to lay before 

 the Conference the special case of Newfoundland, 

 and presented a Memorandum dealing with the 

 subject, which has already been forwarded to your 

 Lordship." 



Mr. Chamberlain concluded this despatch with 

 a warm eulogium of the services which Bergne and 

 I had rendered, and his appreciation of the great 

 assistance we had been to him . 



Early in May 1888, after a protracted debate, 

 the Bill which Sir Charles Tupper as Minister of 

 Finance, in an exhaustive and masterly speech, had 

 introduced, was passed by the Dominion Parlia- 

 ment, thus giving effect to the Treaty so far as 

 Canada was concerned. About the same time the 

 Newfoundland Legislature also accepted it. 



We were always apprehensive, however, that the 

 Treaty might be rejected by the American Senate, 

 and, as a matter of fact, it was so rejected on August 

 2i, by a majority of three, twenty-seven Democrats 



