New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-28
OFFICIAL.
TREATIES AND PRocLAMAr1oNs.

A PROCLAMATION by the President OF
the United of America. Treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
Claims, fisheries, navigation of the ST.
Lawrence, etc, American lumber on the
river St. John, boundary-Concluded
May 8, 1871; notifications 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
Observation-Disclosures 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
say: 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 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;
aud 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, a peer of the United
Kingdom, Lord President OF Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight of
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, etc,
ETC.; the Right Honorable Sir Stafford Henry
Northcote, Baronet one of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, member of
Parliament, a 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
Majesty'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 generically known
as the Alabama claims;"
And whereas Her Britannia Majesty has
her high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries to express, in friendly
spirit, the regret felt by Her Majesty's gov
eminent for the escape, under whatever cir
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
of such claims, which are not ad-
mitted by Her Britannia Elajesty'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
Tie VI Tue OuIltu States. one
shall be named by Her Britannia Majesty;
His Majesty the King of Italy shall be re-
luested 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
or, in the event of either of the
said arbitrators 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-
zion for two months after receipt of the re-
quest from either of the high contracting
parties of His Majesty the King of Italy, or
he President of the Swiss Confederation,
IT His Majesty the Emperor Of Brazil, to
lame an arbitrator either to fill the original
appointment or in the place of one who may
lave died, be absent, or incapacitated, or
who may omit decline, or from any cause
,ease to act as such arbitrator, His Majesty
he King of Sweden and Norway shall be
to name one or more persons, as
he case may be, to act as such arbitrator
IT arbitrator.
ARTICLE II.
The arbitrators shall meet at Geneva,
at the earliest convenient day
tfter they shall have been named, and shall
proceed impartially and carefully to exam
ne and decide all questions that shall
De laid before them on the part of the gov
,rnments of the United States and Her
Naiactr raonaatiyaIu All
ions considered by the tribunal, including
he final award, shall be decided by ma
GRITTY of all the arbitrator.
Each of the high contracting parties shall
llso name one person to attend the tribunal
IS its agent to represent it generally in all
matters connected with the arbitration.
ARTICLE III.
The written or printed case of each of the
wo par ties, accompanied by the documents,
he official correspondence, and other evil
lence on which each relies, shall be de-
ivered in duplicate to each of the arbitra
ors and to the agent of the other party as
Don as may be after the organization of the
tribunal, but within period not exceeding
TX months from the date of the exchange
# the ratifcatiOns of this treaty.
ARTICLE ".
Within four months after the delivery on
10Th sides OF the written or printed case,
,ither party may, in like manner, deliver
n duplicate to each of said arbitrator,
Ind to the agent of the other party, a cOun-
er case and additional documents, cor
and evidence in reply to the
ease, documents, correspondence and evil
lence so presented by the other party
The arbitrators may, however, extend the
line for delivering such counter case. doe
lments, correspondence and evidence,
when, in their judgment, it becomes neces-
,ary, in consequence of the distance of the
llace from which the evidence to be nre