Identifier: newfoundlandatbe00harv (find matches)
Title: Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Harvey, M. (Moses), 1820-1901
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
Publisher: New York : The South Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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vaunted Pan-American came next ;but St. Johns alone has equalled in sheer beauty the unsurpass-able display at Malta. Imagine a narrow arm of the sea, girtwith lofty hills crowned with flaring bonfires, the most primitiveand most effective form of illumination. Below lay the war-ships, motionless towers of electricity, also the multitudinousfishing craft, their lights swaying to and fro in a gentle ripple.It was a vision of delight. To-day the weather, though it hadimproved, WAS STILL BOISTEROUS when the Royal party landed and received a masculine, robustwelcome from the fishing population. These, indeed, are a hardyrace, living their laborious lives contentedly, while a quintal ofdried cod represents a barrel of flour. Further, they are full ofnaval ardor. Hereby hangs a tale better worth telling thanany account of the ceremonies and also more interesting to theDuke himself, who follows the Naval Reserve question closely.Here, as in Australia, is naval ardor, combined with a sense of
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NEWFOUNDLAND. 71 discouragement and grievance. The position was stated to meyesterday by a prominent politician in a form which I faintlyhope may be erroneous. The Colonial Office promised to equipthe « Calypso» for the winter training of these magnificent sea-men, the island furnishing special winter appliances. The lateGovernor took particular interest in the movement, but theAdmiralty are now represented as saying that they do not wantsuch a force, and the «Calypso,» therefore, is not forthcomingfor the purpose. I simply cannot believe that the STATEMENT IS ACCURATE.But the impression prevails, and in human affairs popular impres-sion is a most essential thing. It is almost incredible that theAdmiralty should have no use for the splendid naval reservesparaded to-day, who were composed of perfect seamen of toughfibre. My limited space is almost exhausted. It must sufficeto say that the weather became more boisterous, rainy too, asthe thundering guns announced the landing of the

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