Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-17
KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
associated Press Reports.
THE GENEVA ADMIRATION
To RO<fRnnR m Ia nn.lnnne.

NKw York, June Ill Herald special l-6e-
neni is the subject nov before the tribalal and
viii occupy the arbitrators Monday and perhaps
longer. AS the purpose OF the session Mon lay Is
on both sides may be extended. Tor nothiag GA
the Alabams Negotiations has yet been distin-
gnisheo for brevity. Many delicate issues viii
s also Re rSlsed toI the Judges, who via not de-
termine hastily topics that In their natare re-
quire deliberate CONSIDERATION. Possibly thus
single subject may occupy several days. Rely
ulon me enqashnsd accuracy OF former
telegram that the English argument Vas not
presented Saturday. The proceedings, how
ever, possibly pregnant with great results, we're
meAgre IN point OF detail. Tue judges at al a
seml-elrcnisF desk, Count Scoops In the mid
die, az his lett Baron itsiu and Sir A lexander
Cockburn Al hts right NJ. Stempai aud Mr..
Aoams counsel, occupied square table IN
'front.', Lord TeDterden on one side, with his
counsel bebtad him, and Nc. Davis on the oppO-
site SIDE, with his counsel behind him.
me american argument Was presented In an
octave volume OF sin OF seven hundred pages
with a smaller supplementary volume prfrsfet
only m the English language, and the Amert-
can agent declared himself ready % prOceed
The Engilsh agent failed 20 comply With IN.
stipulated Formally Of presenting the psper,
and stISply asked fOr al adjournment In ord r
that the governments might have q further ~.
portunity 20 endesVor 20 reconcile their difs
ences on the one main point AZ issue lie .
not ask Tor an adjournment Tor any fixed !.
roo OF definite number OF months. t.
Americans answer that on reQues, OF an l.
tournment without the presentation OF the 4 "A
paper which II not according 60 the proceed frs
isld down IN the treaty, they Ind themselye "a
The presence OF an event Atty not cOntemnif a
oy their Instructions, and hope the tribunal
viii not decide without giving them An en-
tunity tcrefer the subject By telegraph q iha
United States government. lnasmuch a "a,
whole legal ground upon which the triba-si
stands II comparatively unexplored region
the exact charact and power OF the arbitrai.,rs
not being well defined. and the scope aud hmt
OF ber POWER being Undetermined, IL Wa
judged wise 20 accept this proposition, ana
Monday was liked a. the day upon which the
court would hear and the counsel present, m
ernments, their arguments upon the
point presented by the English agent
II thus becomes apparent that neither govern
gether % It's agents here, hut each keeps up such
constant communication BY telegraph that in
TACT the real agent for England u Earl Gran
strange that the governments thus keep their
agents here in tutelage when we contem plate
the monstrous absurdity that neither case Is ina
The hands Of the great lawyers that are here OF
both sides, but in the hands OF oficial under
lings, the third rate men OF departmental rou-
tine. As the English have uncomprOmisingly
adhered 70 the determination not % present
the papers, it Is but natural 20 suppose
that the Americans will adhere 20 this
view-thst the English are not properly I'm
court, and that they ask the court % wander
from its jurisdiction on q point for which the
treaty makes no provision. IL the English
insist that they are properly in court, Importance
will follow; for II they are In court they are
bound TO recognize the validity Of the judg-
ments, no matter on what point. Possibly,
therefore, they would suddenly hnd themselves
involved in position from which they cannot
escape without fragrant disregard 10 diplomatic
propriety and respect due 20 the tribunal. The
proceedings on Monday viii, however, depend
entirely on the latest dispatches from Earl
Granville TO the English agent. The Americans
are fully instructed In every step, but the Eng
lish are drifting, and IL is impossible 10 say with
what result, awaiting themselves OF every
chance 20 ascertain the temper Of the court,
and how far the Americans will 20 in cOnceding
the length OF time for al Adjournment.
From Geneva To-day.
HOPEFUL EXPECTATIONS OF THE RESULT.
GENEVA, June I7.-Count Sclopis, president
OF the tribunal Of arbitration, did not propose
an adjournment Of the tribunal on Saturday, az
il was reported he would do. The summary OF
the British argument was accompanied by a
protest, reservtng the right Of England 20 with
draw from the arbitration IL the negotiations
with the American government in relation TO
indirect claims fail 10 result satisfactorily %
the government Of the former country. The
proceedings before the tribunal Of arbitration
are carried on partly In EHglish and partly in
French. Hopeful expectation OF the result OF
the arbitration are raised.
THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON, June 1.-THE Official correspond
ence between the British and American gov
erBments i'm reference q the arbitration OF the
Alabama claims il published this morning.. It