Newfoundland in 1897 - Rumbolt

172 NEWFOUNDLAND.
her ocean-empire. It is a pledge that if any one of
them is suffering a wrong, it will be considered and
put right. If, then, Newfoundland colonists will, in
this complicated trouble connected with French treaty
rights, be patient and wise, while firmly holding on
to their rights, the day is not distant when all present
difficulties will admit of an easy solution.