The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-11-02
FROM EUROPE.

lie LONDON Tunes says IL is the mos
important discussion, in reference I,
, the rights and duties of neutrals. tina
has been carried on for years between
the representatives OF two great mari
time powers. The Times can hardly
doubt that Earl Russell's proposal for
a commission will ultimately be ac.
ccpted as the most satisfactory method
/ OF adjusting the outstanding claims
z between the two nations. No foreign
/ sovereign nor State could have en-
2 tered into all the details of each spc-
D ciiic claim and counter claim, for it
, must not be forgotten that we, too,
have long bills against the United
States, for damages incurred by Brit
, ish subjects during the war. Still
less could VIC have consented, as Earl
Russell points out, to submit the bona
fidcs of our Government, or the legal
competency of our law officers, to the
Judgment of any foreign Government.
The best if not the only solution of
the difficulty, therefore, was that sug-
gestcd by Earl Russell and we ear
ncstly hope that it will be the means
Tor the termination Of controversy
which. but for the forbearance shown
by both parties, would certainly have
led to rupture between Great Brit
ain and the United States. The can
did and friendly tone of argument. so
elaborately conducted by Earl Russell
and minister Adams, jnstifcs this ex-
pcctation.
The Times winds up its article by
pointing to the Feni,n movement in !
America us threatening breach of 1
the Foreign Enlistment Act, and saws
that this helps us to look at such pro
cccdings from an American point of
view, and will help our critics to look
at them from our point of view. In
tho meantime, let us agree to differ
amicably, and not allow transient
feeling Of jealousy or resentment to
prejudice the permanent settlement of 1
question in which all maritime ma
tions are equally concerned.
The Times, in another article, con-
tends that If England chooses to be
angry or inconsiderate, she would have
greater reason to complain of Amcri-
cas- position as a neutral in the Fen.
ian movement, than ever America
has had, in regard to England's atti-
tudc toward the South, inasmuch as
the Fenian plot was formcdin Amcri-
ca by her own citizens, although the {
conspirators may have been mostly of ,
Irish extraction. The Timcs, how
ever, admits that the American Co
vcrnment has acted, in regard to the
movement of the Fcniaus, with all
honorable opcnncss, Notwithstanding
the secret iillibustering plots of its
citizens.
The Morning Post thinks that Earl
Russcll's proposition to the American
Government will most probably be ac-
ccptcd.
The Daily Ners says:
9 1t is clear that the discussion of
the question is exhausted. The
British Minister has distinctly de- ,
clarcd that the question is, Have Her
Majesty Government actcdwith good .
faith and honesty? And if this be so,
the public will agree with the For.
cign Minister that it can not be Gu
tcrtaned or referred to any potcntate !
or body whatever" The Daily Neps
continues lift be absolutely ncces- |
sary to British honor and dignity that G
the claims be met by single mega
tive, Parliament aud the people must
maintain that position" 1t hopes,
however, that the good sense of mod
ern statesmen may, before long, find
a solution for the difficulties, which u
may be serious, but are surely not ir-
reparablc,
The Times of the 1Ith inst, con
tains the following official statement
. In order to guard against any mis-
understanding, we are requested to c
rcstatc what the proposal of Earl Rus u
sell to the American Government was, $,
in the following words - e
Her Majestys Government is ready 5
to consent to the appointment of u a
to which shall be refer b
red all the claims arising during the
late civil war, which the two powers 81
shall desire to refer to the Commits. a,
'ioners. These concluding words b
Unit the subject of reference, since it Il
Nould DC lnconsistent with the posi. L
hon taken up by Her Majesty's 90.
'ernment, and with the argument
which induced it to decline arbitra.
tion to decide the claims for losses, by La
the Alabama and other vessels of the
same character, to be brought before
the Commissioners for decision. IL
must be understood, therefore, that if N
any such Commission were 'ced on. q.
these cases would be excluded from -,
its jurisdiction" !" H.
The London Herald congratulates 10 10
Earl Russell upon the tone aud spirit :.
Of his dispatches to the American :
Minister.
At an extraordinary meeting ofthe
stockholders of the Atlantic Tele.
graph Company, held in London on
the 18th ,R't,, the resolutions adopted
at the meeting in August were re. 4
scindcd, and il was unanimously re. !
solved TO increase the capital to two
million sterling, by the creation of
one hundred and sixty thousand new
shares ative pounds each, such shares
having preferential dividend of five
per cent, in the terms of this resolu. =,
ton. IL
The Board of Directors of the
Company forthwith issued prospec. \
tus inviting subscriptions for one hun
ircd aud thirty thousand of the new
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