New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-26
OF FICIAL
TREATIES AND PROCLAMATIONS.

the United States and Great Britain
Claims fisheries, navigation OF the st.
Lawrence, ETC., American lumber on the
river st. John, oundary-COncluded
May 8, 1871; ratifcations exchanged June
II, 1871; proclaimed July a, 1871.
Whereas, 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; which
treaty is, word for word, as follows:
The United States of America and Her
Britannia Majesty, being DESTROYS to pro-
vide for an amicable settlement of all
causes of difference between the two coun-
tries, have for that purpose appointed their
respective plenipotentiaries, that is to
say: the President of the United
States has appointed, on the part
of the United States, as commission
ers in joint high commission
and Observation-Disclosures, Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State Robert Cum
ming Schenck, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipOtentiary to Great Brit
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
appointed 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, peer of the United
Kingdom, Lord President OF Her Majestys
Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight OF
the Most Noble Order of the Garter etc,
ID. - III 10 Statf nd
Northcote, Baronet, one of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy 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, Her
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 Her
Maiesty's Dominion of Canada; and Noun
tague Bernard. Esquire, Chichele Professor
of international law in the University of
Oxford.
And the said plenipotentiaries, after hav
ing exchanged their full powers, which were
found to be in due and proper form, have
agreed to and concluded the following ar
ticles:
ARTICLE 1.
WHEREAS, Differences have arisen be-
tween the government of the United States
and the government of Her Britannia Ma
jesty, and still exist, growing out of the acts
committed by the several vessels which have
given rise to the claims generieally known
as the Alabama claims"
And whereas, Her Britannia Majesty has
authorized her high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries to express, in a friendly
spirit, the regret felt by Her Majesty's gov
eminent for the escape, under whatever cir
cumstances, of the Alabama and other yes
sells from British ports, and for the depreda-
tons 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 adj
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 to
name one; and His Majesty the Emperor of
Brazil shall be requested to name one.
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 arbitrator emitting or declining or
ceasing to act as such, the President of the
United States, or Her Britannia Majesty, or
His Majesty the King of Italy, or the Presi-
dent of the Swiss Confederation, or His
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil as the case
may be- may forthwith name another per-
son to act as arbitrator in the place and
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, or
the President of the Swiss Confederation
or His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, to
name an arbitrator either to fill the original
appointment or in the place of one who may
have died, be absent, or incapacitaUed, or
who may omit, decline, or from any cause
cease to act as such arbitrator, His Majesty
the King of Sweden and Norway shall be
requested to name one or more persons, as
the case may be, to act as such arbitrator
or arbitrator.
ARTICLE II.
The arbitrators 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 Her
Britannia Majesty, respectively. All cues
tions considered by the tribunal, including
the final award, shall be decided by ma
iority of all the arbitratOrS
Each of the high contracting parties shall
also name one person to attend the tribunal
as its agent to represent it generally in all
matters connected with the arbitration.
ARTICLE III.
The written or printed case of each of the
two par ties, accompanied by the documents,
the official correspondence, and other evil
dence on which each relies, shall be de-
hvered in duplicate to each of the arbitra-
tors and to the agent of the other party as
soon as may be after the organization of the
tribunal, but within period not exceeding
six months from the date of the exchange
OF the Publications of this treaty.
ARTICLE ".
Within four months after the delivery on
both sides of the written or printed case,
either party may, in like manner, deliver
IN duplicate to each of said arbitrators
and to the agent of the other party, a coun-
ter case and additional documents, cor
respondence and evidence in reply to the
case, documents, correspondence and evil
dence so presented by the other party.
The arbitrators may, however, extend the
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 the
place from which the evidence to be nra.
scented is to be procured
If in the case submitted to the arbitrators
either party shall have specified or alluded
to any report or document in its own ex-