Lord Morley has remarked, in his "Recollections," how the voice of Canada fetters Great Britain in her negotiations with the United States.

While Bayard was negotiating an agreement concerning Bering Sea which was on the whole to the advantage of the United States, he completed a similar convention on the more complicated question of the northeastern or Atlantic fisheries which was more important to Canada.

This latter convention was unfavorably reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which foreshadowed rejection.

Thereupon, in May, 1888, Lord Salisbury, the British Foreign Minister, withdrew from the Bering Sea negotiation.
At this critical moment Cleveland gave place to Harrison, and Bayard was succeeded by James G.Blaine, the most interesting figure in our diplomatic activities of the eighties.

These years marked the lowest point in the whole history of our relations with other countries, both in the character of our agents and in the nature of the public opinion to which they appealed.