New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-28
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- not signihed nor minated any
81, i5oa He believed there was no diner
&C. If opinion among the ar0itrators ana
,1onts Of the two governments thaG inc
treaty of Washington was an eHectu'1i O'i
.sai,;gst the revival Of indirect CLAIMS
This announcement was reeelFeo VIII
great cheers by the members. ~
In repIv to an interrOgatOry by MT.
xT1nto M. Gladstone said that the pro-
caedin0s of the tribunal OF ar0ltra-
tion on all other matters con-
1ected with the treaty OF washington
would, probably, be conducted ex5aictly
"a tbougb no controversy touching indirect
claims had ever arisen.
Earl Granville. in the House of Lords to-
,dav, made the following statement: The
hoard Of arbitration, under the treaty OF
Washington, met at Geneva on the fifteenth
instant. Tho agent of the United States pre-
sented a pointed argument, referring to the
Doints whereOn his government relied. The
English agent presented no argument, but
made a statement that, whereas dlherenees
still existed between the two governments,
ENGLAND asked for an adjournment of the
hoard. The United States agent was unable
to answer, and the tribunal adjourned until
the seventeenth, and again until the nine
feentb. the second time because the Ameri-
can representatives were still without in
struetiOns.
At the meeting on the nineteenth the ar
bitrators made statement on the questions
at issue between the two governments
carefully guarding themselves. The pUr-
Dort Of their statement is, that after careful
perusal of everything said by the represeu-
tatives Of the United States touching indi-
rect claims, the arbitratOrs have individual
" and collectively concluded that said
indirect claims do not constitute, upon prin-
ciples of international law, good fOunda-
ton for awards of damages between ma
tons, and should be wholly excluded from
consideration, and would have been, even if
no disagreement had arisen as to the com
potency of the tribunal to decide thereon.
The arbitratOrs informed the agents Of
both governments Of their decision. They
asked Lord Tenterden what observations
he had to make, and he replied none. A
similar question having been put to Mr..
Davis, the American agent, he said he had
no reply to make at present, and asked for
an adjournment until the twenty-sixth,
which was therefore agreed to by the arbi-
traitors, but the Americans received in
structiOns earlier than they expected, and
the board was informed on Tuesday last
that the United States would not further
insist on indirect claims before the tribunal,
and that they might be excluded from all
considerations.
At this point Earl Granville was inter
rupted with loud cheers from all parts or
the house. He c0ntinued-LOrd Tenterden
then asked for an adjournment of one day
TO allow him to obtain final instructions
from London. At the meeting of the board
to-day England, on the ratification of with
drawal of Indirect claims, withdrew her re-
quest for a long adjournment, and argu.
ment by counsel on details Of business be-
fore the tribunal is now proceeding. Earl
Granville, amid continued and hearty
cheering, concluded with the expression of
the hope that the relations of the two great
kindred nations would be haTmOnized and
strengthened by the treaty of Washington.
After tho excitement OccasiOned by the
statement of Earl Granville had subsidized,
Lord Cairns arose and congratulated the
House upon the favorable decision of the
tribunal of arbitration. Had it, said he,
been otherwise, the position Of the govern
ment would have been awkward
Earl Granville denied that there was any
ground for the insinuation INDUCED in by
Lord Cairns.
Lord Buckhurst announced that in view
of the statement which had just been made
by Earl Granville, he would withdraw the
notice he had heretofore given of his inten-
ton to question the government relative to
the adjournment Of the tribunal of arbitra-
ffou