The Lincoln County herald., 1871-05-18
Our Ferelgn Relalleps.

A
Accorins to tie Asaty drawn sp By
The High Joius Comnissou 10 regard to
our relations with Great Britain, tho
claims Of the United States against THAT
4 power for injury On assosst fahs escape
of Confederate crphers from British
pore, are 70 DO oousidsssd By 1 tribunal
of assarbitrstors, one to 30 appointed BY
the United States, one by Great Britais,
and the other three each by designated
scversigss of Europe Or America. The
tribunal may either award damages 10
detsil or gross at its discretion, or IL may
refer this duty to 4 board OF assessors
sitting in the United States. and shall
report from time to time With payment
to be made accordingly. This means
that al least some Of The Alabama claims
are to be paid. and the treaty will, doabt.
less. be approved BY the Senate. But il
il not so likely 10 be ratified BY the
English parliament. In thsw House Of
Lords, on the 18th inst Lord Redesdals
argued that the Southern States, were
alone responsible for the, ,depradations Of
the Alabama and kindred ships, and that
that government could not legally have
detained the Alabama, for she was not
armed when she left British waters
Earl Lauderdale concurred 10 this view.
The treaty will be warmly discussed in
Parliament, aud will meet with some
strong opposition. ,.I
As regards the fisheries, tradition to
the liberty already secured to them BY
the treaty of 1918, the fishermen OF
the United States shall have the liberty
to take sea fish on the sea coast and shores
and the bays, hsrbors and creeks in the
providences Of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and
New Brunswick, and the colony Of Prince
Edward's Island, and islands adjacent,
without being restricted to any distance
from shore, with permission to land upon
such coast, shores and islands, and also
upon Magdalen islands, for the purpose
of drying their nets, and curing their
fish, subject, Of course, in this respect, to
local rights and private property. The
same liberty is granted to British subjects
on the eastern SEQ coast and shores Of the
United States north of the thirty ninth
parallel of latitude. This liberty is not
to include on either side shell fish or
salmon and shad fisheries or other fish
cries in rivers and mouths of rivera. II
is further agreed that fish oil and fish of
all kinds, except fish in the inland lakes
and rivers, and except fish preserved in
oil, the produce of the fisheries of the
United States. Of the Dominion of Canada
or Prince Edwards Island, shall be ad-
mitted into each country respectively free
of duty. r..... ... !. glse, d,
The various questions Of navigation
and commercial transit a.e disposed of
by declaring the navigation of the river
St. Lawrence, and the rivers Yucsn, (?)1
Porcupine and Stilline for ever free and
open to citizens or subjects of both
countries by providing for the equal
use Of the Welland and st. Lawrence and
other canals in the Dominion, on the one
hand, and of Lakes Michigan and St.
Clair fats and canal, on the other, and by
providing for the free transit of merchan-
disc to and fro, as we'll in British posses.
sions as in the United States and abolish
ing the provisional export duty on Amer
can lumber on the river st. John.
The northwestern boundary line ques-
ton is to be submitted to the Emperor
of Germany for settlement. The two
countries have been unable to settle this
question by joint surveys for finding the
true boundary line between them. This
question involves possession of the island
of San Juan. both poWcrs claiming il.