Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-07-24

,2Sth April, 1911, In demanding copy
of it, and transmitting it to Mr.. Rus,
sell, who Immediately laid it before the
British government. urging, on the
lSround Of this new proof Of the repeal
of the French DEGREES, that the British
Iorders IN council should be repealed.
Mr.. Russell's note TO Lord Castlereagh|
bears date on the goth of May; Lord
Castlereash's reply. on the esd, inl
which he promised TO submit the de-
lcree to the consideration of thel
Prince Regent. Itappears, however,
that no encouragement was given att
that time to hope that the orders in
council would be repealed in conse-
queuce of that decree and that al :
though it was afterwards made the
ground oftheir repeal, the repeal was
TO be ecribed to other
icauscs. Their rkpes did not take
effect until the cad of Jnne, more than
a month after the French decree had
been laid before the British govern
ment n delay indicating, in itself, at
period so momentous and critical,
not merely neglect bat disregard Of the
French decree. THAT the repeal of
the British orders in council was not
produced by the French decree, other
proofs might be adduced., I will state
one, which in addition to the evidence
obtained in the letters from MIR. Rus
sell, herewith communicated marked
Il u, is deemed conclusive. In the COM
mum cat ion Of Mr.. Baker to Mr.. Ora
ham. on the 9Th August 1919, which
was founded on instructions from his
government, Of as late date rs the 18th
June, in which he stated, that al Oil
leial declaration would be sent 10 this
country, proposing conditional repeal
Of the orders in council, 50 far as they
affected the u. S. no notice whateyef
vas taken Of the French dec rec. One
! of the conditions then contemplated
was, that the orders IN council should
be revived at the end Of 8 months, I'M
less the conduct Of the French govern
ment and the result Of the comnunica-
tons with the government OF the U. $.
should be such as in the opinion OF tie
British government to render their re-
vival unnecessary q coalition which
Iproves incontestihiy that the French
decree was not considered by the Bril-
fish government sufficient ground on
which to repeal the orders ia council.
lit proves also that on that day the
British government had resolved not
- ssYeai d. o.iers n -+tssss'.as,S eg that
decree since the proposed repeal was
Ito depend not on what the French go
Ivernment had already done, but on
what it .,.isht do, and on arrangements
TO be entered into with the u. >. un-
connected with the French repeal.
I The French decree of the 2Sth A
lpril, 1Sif, WAS trans mitted to the U.
Estates by the Wasp. pubiick vessel,
which had heen long awaiting, at the
lports Of Great Britain and France, dis
lpatches from our ministers relating to
,hese very important concerns with
Iaoth governments. 1t was received at
1.-THE Department Of State OF The 18th
lJIly, 1912, nearly a month after the
! declaration Of war against u. Britain.
Intelligence of the repeal OF the orders
in council was not received until about
the middle Of the following month. 1t
was impossible, therefore, that either
Of those acts, in whatever light they
might be viewed, should have been
taken into consideration, or have had
any influence in deciding on that i'm
portant event.
Had the British government been
disposed to repeal its orders in council,
in conformity with the principle on
which it protested to have issued them,
aud on the condition which ithad itself
prescribed, there was no reason to de-
lay the repeal uutilsuch a decree as
that OF the 2sih April, 1911, should be
produced The declaration Of the
French government Of August 8, 1910,
had fully satisfied every claim of the
British government according to its
own principles on that point. BY it
!, the decrees of Berlin and Milan
were declared to be repealed, the re-
jpeal to take effect on the tst November
following, OH which day it did take
effect. The only condition attached to
1T, was either that Great Britain
SHOULD follow the example, and repeal
her orders in council, or that the Uni
ted States should carry into effect a.
gainst her their non-importation act.
| This condition was in its nature sub
lseqgent, not precedent, reserving II
fright in France to revive her DEGREES
in case neither alternative was per-
formed. BY this declaration it was
put completely in the power of Great
Britain to terminate this controversy