New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-06

AND PRoCLAMArIoNs.

Lie OQlCHu SLtttS anu 3ACot
Claims, fisheries. navigation of the st.
Lawrence, etc., American lumber On the
river st. John, boundary-Conciude
Nav 8. 1871; notifications exchanged June
II, 1871; proclaimed July 4, 1871.
Whereas, a treaty between the United
States of America and Her Majesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland, concerning the settle
ment of all causes of difference between the
two countries, was concluded and signed at
washington by the high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries of the respective govern
ments on the eight day of May last; winch
treaty is, word for word, as follows;
The United States of America and Her
Rritannic Majesty. being DESTROYS to pro-
vide for an Samicable settlement OF all
causes of difference between the two coun-
tries. have for that purpose appointed their
resnectiye Observation-Disclosures, that Is TO
saw: the President of the, United
States has appointed, on the part
of the United States, as commission
ers in joint high commission
and plenipotentiaries, Hamilton Fsh,
Secretary of State Robert Gum
ming Schenck, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentlary to Great brltc
ain; Samuel Nelson. an Associate justice OF
the Supreme Court of the United States;
Ebenezer lockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts;
and George Henry Williams, of Oregon;
and Her Britanic Majesty, on her part, has
amounted as her high commissioners and
Observation-Disclosures, the Right Honorable
George Frederick Samuel. Earl de Grey and
Earl of Ripon, Viscount GOderich, Baron
Grantham, Baronet, a peer OF the United
Kingdom. Lord President OF Her Majesty
Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight OF
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, ETC.,
:-l.4 HI 10 Civ Stafford Harry
Northcote, Baronet, one Of Her Majesty
Most Honorable Priyy Council, member OF
Parliament Companion of the Most Hon
orable Order of the Bath, ETC., ETC.; Sir Ed
ward Thornton, Knight Commander OF the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Hell
Maiesty's envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary to the United States OF
America; Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Knight Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath member of Her Males
tvs Privy Council for Canada and Minister
Of Justice and Attorney General of Hel
Maiesty's Dominion of Canada; and Noun
tague Bernard, Esquire, Chichele Professor
of international law in the University oil
Oxford.
And the Observation-Disclosures, after hav
ing exchan ged their full powers, which were
found to be in due and proper form, have
agreed to and concluded the following ar
ticles:
ARTICLE I.
WHEREAS, Differences have arisen be
tween the government of the United States
and the government of Her Britannia Ma
iesty, and still exist, growing out OF the acts
committed by the several vessels which have
given rise to the claims genericaliy known
as the alabama claims;"
And whereas, Her Britannia Majesty has
authorized her high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries to express, IN friendly
spirit, the regret felt by Her Maiesty's gov
eminent for the escape, under whatever cir
cumstances, of the Alabama and other YES
sells from British ports, and for the depreda-
tions-committed by those vessels:
Now, in order to remove and adjust all
complaints and claims on the part of the
United States. and to provide for the speedy
settlement of such claims, which are not ad.
mitted by Her Britannia Majesty's govern.
ment, the high contracting parties agree
that all the said claims, growing out of acts
committed by the aforesaid vessels and
generically known as the Alabama
claims" shall be referred to tribunal OF
arbitration to be composed of five arbitra-
tors, to be appointed in the following man
ner, that is to say: One shall be named by
the President of the United States; one
shall be named by Her Britannia Majesty;
His Majesty the King of Italy shall be re
quested to name one; the President of the
Swiss Confederation shall be requested tC
name one; and His Majesty the Emperor OF
Brazil shall be requested to name one. s=
In case of the death, absence, or incapa
CITY to serve of any or either of the said ar
bitrators, or, in the event of either of the
said arbitratOrs emitting or. declining OF
ceasing to act as such, the President of the
United States, or Her Britannia Majesty, OF
His Majesty the King of Italy, or the Presi
dent of the Swiss Confederation, or Hi;
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, as the case
may be, may forthwith name another per
son to act as arbitrator in the place anG
stead of the arbitrator originally named by
such head of State. -.
And in the event of the refusal or omis
sion for two months after receipt of the re
quest from either of the high contracting
parties of His Majesty the King of Italy, OF
the President of the Swiss Confederation
or His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, tt
name an arbitrator either to fill the origina
appointment or in the place of one who may
have died, be absent, or incapacitated, Of
who may omit; decline, or from any cause
cease to act as such arbitrator, His Majesty
the King of Sweden and Norway shall b.
requested to name one or more persons, al
the case may be, to act as such arbitrator
or arbitrator.
ARTICLE II.
The arbitrator shall meet at Geneva
Switzerland, at the earliest convenient day
after they shall have been named, and shall
proceed impartially and carefully to exam
Inc and decide all questions that shall
be laid before them on the part of the gov
ernments of the United States and Hel
Britannia Majesty, respectively. All ques
tions considered by the tribunal, includin:
the final award shall be decided by a ma
iority of all the arbitrator.
Each of the high contracting parties shall
also name one person to attend the tribuna
as its agent to represent it generally IN al
matters connected with the arbitration.
ARTICLE III.
The written or printed case of each of tn
two par ties, accompanied by the documents
the official correspondence, and other evi
dence on which each relies, shall be de
Ivered in duplicate to each of the arbitra
tors and to the agent of the other party a
soon as may be after the organization of tn
six months from the date of the exchange
OF the Publications OF this treaty.
ARTICLE ".
Within four months after the delivery OF
both sides OF the written or printed case
either party may, in like manner, delive
in duplicate to each of said arbitrator
and to the agent of the other party, a coun
ter case and additional documents, col
respondence and evidence in reply to tn
case, documents, correspondence and evi
dence SO presented by the other party.
The arbitrator may, however, extend tn
time for delivering such counter case, doc
uments, correspondence and evidence
when, in their judgment, it becomes neces
sary, in consequence of the distance of tn
place from which the evidence to be pre-
sented is to be procured.
If in the case submitted to the arbitrator
either party shall have specified OF allude'
70 n,rr rannrt or dnclIrnant in ito nrrn aY