New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-09

| TREATIES AND fROOALANAAI1VNs$s
A PROCLAMATION by the President o.
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-Concl
May 8, 1871; Publications exchanged june
IL, 1871; proclaimed July 4, 1871.
| Whereas, a treaty between the United
States ofnAmerica 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 al
| 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
and plenipotentiaries, HI Hamilton hD'' Fish,
Secretary of State Robert Cum
ming Schenck, envoy extraordinary
and minister gleRpotentiary to Great Brit,
ain; Samuel Eels0h, 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
plenipotentiaries, the Right Honorable
George Frederick Samuel, Earl de Grey and
Earl of Ripon, yiscount Goderich, Baron
Grantharn, Baronet, 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, 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
Majesty'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, a 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-
found to be in due and proper form, have
agreed to and concluded the following ar
ticles:
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
by the several vessels which have
given rise to the. claims genereally 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
for the escape, under whatever cir |
of the Alabama and other YES |
seB from British ports, and for the depreda- !
tons committed by those vessels:
Now, In order to remove and adjust all |
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 Maiesty's govern
nent, the high contracting parties agree
that all the said claims, growing out of acts
committed by the aforesaid vessels and
known as the alabama
,laims," shall be referred to tribunal of
arbitration to be composed of five arbitra-
,ors, to be appointed in the following man.
Ter, that is to say: One shall be named by
he President of the United States; one
hall be named by Her Britannia Majesty;
His Majesty the King of Italy shall be re-
Iuested to name one; the President of the
swiss Confederation shall be requested to
lame one; and His Majesty the Emperor of
3razil shall be requested to name one.
In case OF the death, absence, or incapa-
lty to serve of any or either of the said ar
,itrators, or, in the event of either of the
aid arbitrators emitting or declining or
easing to act as such, the President of the
United States, or Her Britannia Majesty, or
His Majesty the King of Italy, or the Presi-
Ient OF the Swiss Confederation, or His
iajesty the Emperor of Brazil, as the case
nay be, may forthwith name a6ther per
on to act as arbitrator in the place and
tead of the arbitrator originally named by
UGH head of State
And in the even. of the refusal or omis- |
ion for two months after receipt of the re-
nest from either of the high contracting
arties of His Majesty the King of Italy, or
be President of the Swiss Confederation,
r His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. to
anne an arbitrator either to fill the original
ppointment or in the place of one who NAV
ave died, be absent, or incapacitated, or
ho may omit, decline, or from any cause
ease to act as such arbitrator, His Majesty
he King of Sweden and Norway shall be
equested to name one or more persons. as
he case may be, to act as such arbitrator
arbitrators.
I ARTICLE II.
The arbitrators shall meet at Geneva.
at the earliest convenient dav {
ter they shall have been named, and shall /
'oceed impartially and carefully to exam I
e and decide all questions that shall {
, laid before them on the part of the gov :
nments of the United StateH and Her {
Majesty, respectively. All ques- I
Dns considered by the tribunal, including 9
e final award, shall be decided by ma $
rity of all the arbitrator. s
Each of the high contracting parties shall G
so name one person to attend the tribunal
its agent to represent it generally in all Q
alters connected with the arbitration.
ARTICLE III.
The written or printed case of each of the :
% parties, accompanied by the documents, !
Q official correspondence, and other evil 9
nee on which each relies, shall be de- 8
cred in duplicate to each of the arbitra- u
rs and to the agent of the other party as
on as may be after the organization of the q
Ibunal, but within a period not exceeding l
( months from the date of the exchange a
the Publications of this treaty. q
ARTICLE Nv. r
Within four months after the delivery on v
tn sides of the written or printed case. a
her party may, in like manner, deliver a
duplicate to each of said arbitrators. | "
d to the agent of the other party, a coun-
: case and additional documents. cor d
spondence and evidence in reply to the Ii
Sc, documents, correspondence and evil | G
nee SO presented by the other party. n
The arbitrators may, however, extend the | v
ne for delivering such counter case. doc
lents, correspondence and evidence. III
len, lnItheir Judgment it becomes Macao | ~
y, In consequence of the distance of tbe II