St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12
TrPHty BetiCeeH tie United states
ana Gre0t Britain.


sioners, which has been in session a
Washington for the past eight weeks &c
agree upon the basis OF settlement Of tic
Alabama claims, has terminated its work.
In regard to the treaty, "Pcrlcy" tclc-
graphs the Journal thus fully:
Duplicate copies of the treaty between
the nited States and Great Britain, a.
drawn up by the Joint IIigh Commission,
were signed by the High Commissioners
at the State Department to-day. Each
copy is engrosscd on sheets OF vellum
parchment, the pa..es Of which are some
what larger in size than page OF FOOLS
cap paper, in 4 clerical, round hand,
with wide margins. There are about
eighty pages in each copy, with seven
teen lines of writing i'll each page. The
Secretary OF State will now have the
treaty conGdcntialy printed at the Con-
grcssonal Printing Office, with I'LL the
protocols and other accompanying papers,
making some two hundred pages. This
document will be ready for distribution
coniiicntially among Senators Oh Wedncs-
day, when the Presidents message trans
hitting it is laid before the Senators, and
an effort will be made to have the injunc-
ton of Sccrcsy removed, so that it can
be published by the press.
TIE TREATY TO BE SUBMITTED To rIIl.
PEOPLE.
\ telegram received here this alter
noon from London says that the London
Times of this morning speaks OF the trca-
ty as only Il provisional one, which must
be ratified by both Houses Of Parliament.
As the editor of the London Times j.
known 10 have confidential relations with
Earl Granville, this statement is doubt
less made by authority, and the treaty,
instead OF being formally ratified by the
Queen i'll Council, must be debated in
the two Houses, and thus virtually sub
mttcd to the British people. Executive
or secret sessions of the House Of Lords
or the House of Commons are unknown.
This has given rise 10 the question here
to night whether the Senate will not do
we'll TO debate this treaty in open session,
and thus virtually submit it to the peo-
pie OF the United States. There is much
TO be said in behalf OF and against such
publicity.
The labors of the Joint High Com
mission ar now at an cnl. unless til,
Senate should insist upon some amend
mcnts 10 the treaty, which may render
it necessary Tor them to Resume their de
lberatiGus. They have been in session
eight week., during which tine they hao
thirty-ci"ht Joint conferences, averaging
about live hours each. In addition til,
Commissioners OH either side lave had
their conferences, 81 that they have ii
ali worked about siN hours :, day. That
they have curScentiuuSly undertaken (,
harmonic the important questions al
stake, 10 one can deny, although it i
not positive that Tia" American Com.
misSioner~ were in tull possession 81 nj
the facts brariug on their side of the c.,>t
Earl DE Gray, Sir Stafford Nurthcut,
Sir Edward Ihorton and Sir John Nc.
Donald will remain here to explain then
work, bat Prof. Montague Hrrmari and
Lord Icnlerdrm Will make u ilyinI visit
to lanke" land. They lett here to-day
for New York, and viii 1. ach Boston
about Thursday, where they doubles
nope |" meet those Mas.Aci'u-'li' Gentle
men whose WRITINGS ON international Ia"
are known and appreciated on both -iI,-
"l Inc A'l;''''ic.
WITlT THE 1I,I Any I,I-,HT APE.
The treaty distinctly declares, As Il
principle OF international law, that ;
neutral nation Is directly Responsible ion
dcprcdatlCn7 committed 10y vessels fitted
out in its ports, on the commerce of {;
friendly power, and 1t makes tins pTuyi
sion retroactive, 80 a to get the CASES o!
the Confederate cruisers, which are men
toned 10y name. y special Commission
Is TO be constituted to adJudlcatc these
claims, to consist OF five :memberS who
are TO BE- respectively nominated 10y III,
President OF the United States, Ill,
Queen of Great Britain, the Emperor o
Brazil, the King of Italy and the l'rc,i
dent of the Swi,S Federal Council. Ih,
provision for the adjudication Of til,
claims OF british subjects AGAINST tht
United States should not be mi>undcr
stood. The rights Of British subjects rc
siding at the South durin. the war O
the Rebellion are placed Oh the sam,
+ footing az the rights of British subject.
residing i'll France during the recent and
existing contests.
Earl Granville has decided that LEI
NIajesty's subjects residing in France
whose property has been destroyed dur
inc the war, cannot expect 10 be com
ncnsatcd ON the ,crounI of thcir hoine