New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-23
O f FICI A L.
TREATIES AND PRoCLAMATIoNs.

, Claims, fisheries navigation OF the 81
Lawrence, etc, American lumber on tn
May 8, 1871; notifications exchanged Jun
IL, 1877 proclaimed July 4, 1871.
Whereas, treaty between the Unite,
States of America and Her Majesty tn
Queen of the United Kingdom of Grea
Britain and Ireland concerning the settle
ment of all causes of difference between tn,
two countries, was concluded and signed a
Washington by the high commissioners ant
plenipotentiaPies 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 Hel
; 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 theiI
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, 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;
appointed as her high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries, the Right Honorable
George Frederick Samuel, Earl de Grey and
! Earl of RipOn, Viscount GOderich, Baron
Grantham, a 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 Maiesty's
IL D,s;x ot'
| 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
Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary 10 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 Moun-
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 I.
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
authorized her high commissioners and
plenipotentiaries4 to express in friendly
spirit, the regret felt by Her Majestys gov
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 ad- |
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 a 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- /
guested 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 arbitrators emitting or declining or
ceasing to act as such, the President of the I
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
5he President of the Swiss Confederation,
,r His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. to
name an arbitrator either to fill the original
appointment or in the place of one who NAV
nave died, be absent, or incapacitated, or
who may omit, decline. or from anv 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
n arbitrators.
ARTICLE II.
The arbitrator shall meet at Geneva.
at the earliest convenient dav
!
'roceed impartially and carefully to exam
ne and decide all questions that shall
'e laid before them on the part Of the gov
tnments of the United States and Her
Britannia Majesty, respectively. All cues
ions considered by the tribunal, including
he final award. shall be decided by ma
GRITTY of all the arbitratOrs.
Each of the high contracting parties shall
lso name one person to attend the tribunal
$ 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 palties, accompanied by the documents,
be official correspondence, and other evil !
ence on which each relies, shall be de- T,
vered in duplicate to each of the arbitra-
Drs and to the agent of the other party as ,
Don as may be after the organization of the | {
rl0unal, but within period not exceeding !
TX months from the date of the exchange
the notifications of this treaty. 7
ARTICLE ".
Within four months after the delivery on J
oth SIDES OF the written or printed case a
ther party may, in like manner, deliver a
duplicate to each of said arbitrators. Y
nj to the agent OF the other party, coun-
II case ana additional documents, cor q
,spondence and evidence in reply to the i
ise, documents, correspondence and evil [
enee SO presented by the other party. r
The arbitrators may, however, extend the
me for delivering such counter case, doc
ments, correspondence and evidence u
hen, in their judgment, it becomes neces. IL
Try, i'll consequence of the distance of the t.
ace from which the evidence to be pre-
nted is to be procured. c
Ii in the case submitted to the, arbitrator
ther party shall have specified OF alluded 81
any report or document in its own ex- IL
usiYe pOssession without annexino a cnnr | b