But the wary diplomatists of England, with sarcasm scarcely concealed, had so phrased the opening clause of the Reciprocity treaty as to make its provisions only "additional to the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the Convention of 1818.
Blaine critiques the ambiguous language used by British diplomats in the Reciprocity Treaty regarding U.S. fishing rights.
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