The news from Newfoundland seems to indicate that the Premier,
Sir Robert Bond, so far from disowning his violent criticism of the snodup viveadi, is potnally prepared to encourage the Colony to defy the British Government. Op the promulgation in the .Poyal Oazette of the Order in Council overriding the lOu41 Ntatiite, the porrespondent 9f the Standard saw the Premier, who told him that lie had informed his Majesty's Government that, whether the Order was pro- miulgated or not, the Government pf Newfoundland would still uphold the sovereignty.pf its laws by japing authority to local fishermen to sell to Americane and ()there, thus placing the Americans in the same position as they were in before the dispute arose. The Standard's correspondent adds that it may be accepted as certain that public opinion in Newfound- land will support an appeal to the other self-governing Colonies in reference to thie outrage upon Censtitutional government. This is a disquieting prediction. Fortunately, it is difficult to reconcile it with the admitted divergence of public opinion in Newfoundland on the point at issue. Thus we are assured by the correspondent pf the Times that many of the fishermen are in favour of the modus vivendi. So far, practically one voice has been heard from Newfoundland,—that of Sir Robert Bond ; and it is curious that it is precisely those who claim for him the right to speak for his countrymen who would be the first to repudiate a. similar claim on behalf of the British Premier.
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