Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-13
THE ALABAMA WAR.CLOUD.
Won Bismarck as a Peace Maker.
Views Of Grant, and Gladstone.
The Churches Praying for Peace.
schenck to Granville.

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New YORK, Feb. IA special London
! dispatch says Minister Sehenck has com
municaDed to the English Government on
the recent language of Gladstone which
was deemed an imputation on the good
| faith of the United States. The note is re-
garded as proper assertion of the dignity
of this Government and will il is likely be
answered in the most friendly spirit, depre-
ciating any diplomatic application to the
/ words used in the heat Of debate.
Bismarck Turned Peacemaker.
Bismarck has offered TO the Governments
of Washinton and London his good Office;
in efiecting an agreement in relation to the
Alabama claims. The English Government
is anxious to avoid a misunderstanding
with the authorities at Washington and a
compromise hoped for at an early day.
Grant GratIhed-
A Washington dispatch says the Presi-
dent has expressed his qualification at the
| tenperateness of the American press on
the excited comments of the English Min
istry on our case before the Geneva Con-
ference. If the English government with
draws, he thinks the United States cannot
agree with honor to any new negotia-
tiOns.
MOderating.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE press this morn
ing in discussion of the Alabama question
advocates moderate course on the part of
the English government.
A Word from Gladstone.
Gladstone replying to question in the
House of Commons to-day stated that the
case of the American Government submit
ted to the Geneva board of arbitration had
not yet been printed, and it would there
fore be unjust to publish the document here
at present.
Views of the WOrkingmens
LONDON, Feb. Especial to the New
York WOrLd.-The conflict of opinion in
England on the Alabama Claims is increas-
ing.
A meeting of workingmen will soon be
held to oppose the course of the British
Government and demand an immediate set
Element of the claims, the sum paid to the
United States to be subsequently recovered
of the builders of the vessels which caused
the damages.
A party in Parliament is preparing to
move for the resignation of the present Min
istry, on the ground of its laundering inca
pacity, and for the formation of a Cabinet
which shall propose a settlement Of the
American claims on a new basis.
The American Advocates.
PARIS, Feb. 12.-Caleb Gushing, j.
Bancroft Davis, VIM. NJ. Evarts and Mr..
Waite have arrived in Paris, and are in
close consultation in regard to the business
before the Geneva board of arbitration.
German Sentiment.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-The Daily NslcS as
serts that public opinion in Germany is
strong in its condemnation Of the course
pursued by the United States Government
in connection with the Alabama claims.
EngIand's Fears.
VIENNA, Feb. 1.-THE PreSSe of this
CITY. in an article on the claims of America
before the arbitratOrs at Geneva, says Eng
land has probably learned that the opinion
of the Board will be unfavorable to the con-
duct of that nation during the war in Amer
lea, and fears the consequences of her
course towards the United States.
The San Juan Boundary.
BERLIN, Feb. l2.-Bancroft, the Amer
lean Minister, has completed his reply to
the British case on the San Juan boundary
question, and will Immediately submit it
to the Emperor William. A copy has been
dispatched to Washington.
England on Her Knees
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Prayers were offered
Yesterday in all the churches at Sheffield
for the prevention of war between England
and the United States.