The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-11
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
The True Version of the Negotiations,
AZ Reported TO IA New York journal.

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The following apparently bosus cable des-
patch app ars III a New York journal of day:
LONDON, Nov. l0.-Minster Reverdy John
sons 8 ,atement that tue d thcnltles between
England and the United States in regard TO tue
Alabama claims are en1ed, is regarded as too
strong aud entirely unwarranted By the present
aspect OF the hign authorities Interested
Nohmg really has been settled. No arbitrator
bas been selected, aud MlnsJer Johnson aud
Lord Stanley have agreed only that both
governments shall choose arbitrators to decide
lie extent of Eu glaud's liablILy TOR he depre-
dations Of the Alabama and her RIGHT TO
recognize the ConedeIaIes as bellige-
rents. In the eyeut of the liza
biI1ry question being decided adverse
TO The American view all claims drop, aud if
otherwise each Government appoints two oom-
miss Ioners, VINO joiutlS cboO-e itth to act as
President. The GoveTnmthts jointly appoint a
Secretary, each paying malt his salary. Tue
dut es OF the commission sLal be to examine
separately each claim OF The two countries. At
,nlsIer Johnson's own suggestion the comm1s.
sion IS to meet in London, because As he says,
n ost Of the evidence, documen' airy and verbal,
VIII be round here. The statements of the
Times that ii had been agreed that the
means more definitely King William of Prussia,
ana that the United STATES had decided not
to press the questiol OF the right OF England to
RECOGNIZE the Rebel Contederacy, are NANTES j Y
incorrect. ] am authorized to state that the
two Governments will jointly select the aroItra-
tor. md the question of the recognition viii
form the n,'"nlDal SuDJeCt OF tue arOifaH0n.
Tha charac, ar nr ~. % negotiations has caused
49, sa'Jo a' ~ dtss ms among influential
circles representing those EnglIsnm- An the
to The loyal Americans during the war -
one hand it Is sad that the Tories have been
using Minister johnson tor political purposes,
and on the other that the Rebels have been
using the Tories Tor their own purposes. Every
thing was cut and dried for LORD Stanley to close
the negotiations on the very day that the Mayor
was to give his banquet, so as to gain capital for
the coming elections by aHordIDg Dsraeli an
opu uorLuulty on his first appearance tor some
time before the public, TO say that his Govern
ment hao settled everything. The conviction is
I'M O serving the purposes of polIt cans aud dis
appointed southerDers. George N. Sanders,
Jodah p. BENJAMIN, and other Rebels have been
working hard in this matter, with Laird,
Wharnclifp, ROebuck, ana others OF similar
stripe. The friends ot the loyal portion of the
Uplou fear that the honor of America
is being imperilled, and some think that
the whole thing is the working of a
| deep pIut formed by the English sympathizers
! viii ihe Rebellion and the Southern emissaries
| aud eXiles now here to secure basis Tor tho
| settlement OF the claims satisfactory TO them
selves before Grants inauguration, hoping tor d
| decis, on against the UnIteO States as some
| conppn alton 10 the Rebels for their defeat in
| the war. Thi, Southern triumph is expec'el II
| Tue present GoverOm Ents OF tbe two counlreS
| appoinl the arbitrator and commission. Toteni
| gent people here unite in the belief that the
| question should be setIled by the incoming
| English l., beral and General Grants Republican
| administrations, which viii represent the aotua
sentiments OF the people both OF England anC
| America.