The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-29
TIE WASHINGTON TREATY.
TAs xnglish DEFENCE Of the Trsaty-The Grounds
ON Which It Is Dsfended-Iu Meaning
When Read in q Clear
and Unbiased Light.


author havino been one Of the Commission which
negotiated tue treaty.
1t was said, We think, by some gentlemen OF the
legal profession In The House OF Commons that II
don attorneys TO settle the reference Of the Ala
bama clai ms these Improved negotiators would
nave insisted on tue use oi words incapable OF mis-
CONSTRUCTION Or misrepresentation. me remark re-
minds US OF observations which sometimes pro
coed from an old lady VINO has nIred mouse IN
town. It was SO stupid OF her agent not TO spu-
late that she should choose the new cnintzes her
a she c4 % or e Sp 1ns
pay no rent uniess ~satl,ned Win her treat
menL II Is true mat Tue od iaay COMPLAINS
gentlemen 0f tie manner Vi ours; out DOlh alike
forget tnas TO al eeae are Two paaies and
not content 10 give. ne writings oil Americans
WHICH nave reached or been published In this cour.
try Indicate pretty clearly what IL WIS that the
Americans were not content TO give, and why.
There are evidently Two snades or opinion In the
United states. 10 one beiong those writers VINO
process themselves wholly asonIsned al the fuss
winch we make about .heir lndlrect claims. For
themselves they ADMIT that they never expected TO
get any tnng Ia salts action Of them All that Lney
hoped-ail tnat they continue To nope from them
- s0me assistance towards procuring "liDeral ana
iminediate'' settlement vi the claims pri-
vate citizens. As TINS Is me utmost that any person
conversant with inlerna lonal law possibly ex-
pect from such extravagant demands, TITS party
cannot be considered as peculiarly mode
rate, out compared with Others, they may he
viewed as the party Vi reason. Their influence Is
seen Ia the iact that, II we may trust memo
randum recently printed III this paper. the pro.
longation OF tne war mas never, till the production
OF toe American case, been te subject Of positive
the other smcn n cis,I has neen trraanoaS az os
Imminent; II has been Reserved as possible, 1t has
o,om I, nos nawar raan ~, 800 az sra
same influence, OF course, dictated the welI-known
ana in which ser rrasen,snr s.aci,. n,a ,noS 90
the loss and destruction oi private property and
stated-"ihIr n, me hone n an am,caSis
settlement no estimate was made OF the
tue riuht uI In, iemnil,catinn on thatr sc.n,nt
in the event on no such seiS.ment ns,no maIe !;
Hut we have aInuIe ey,ence NJ a n"var,nss nnsn.nn
in iifferent ,i,rect,on Mr. nn,"er ma Ipt thnua
who aunere 10 him really pe,ieve- ar fancy tnev
really believe or act az # they really pesvsd N
ibese gigantic Claims Anu their nove,ty their
magnitude, their SENSATIONAL caarac1er the occa.
Them bower at tne nst,nrs wnIc ara NAM NJ
sight ia America However lar the reasonabe
able even a! two Ioadc S so Us
as % sps S e
snnesimes hy rne sTnrd ..,,r,,,a, y sncn or tsnc5
Ie are r ne cnnd'oos wn,cn .t,auS ~ du1n.
are ns d1s nnm po
nnTsr which thaP mat rsosonana arranoamen1
nav hacnma ,p,noss,ni A. =, - so no "a %. ~
waynd vnmnar Ssn,inent ~ oc y ssntn "s IN IN
inc present case tne Unle3 Statel ~nysisnant ara
Of caurse sne ~sgs sna IN s"" @ t arc
nonsnfs Th,s The sra,e If To,, sne rt .,
stsaTs II nav o S he n' mn . was TUG Treaty
ment really aIowe Il w becone Uuf
Enrshmen are IN ,his mar or n,,,,a s,9 uv1
cnnmasmI Ihat va have ~ qu.. s @ NY
mn wa dcnnt whether tnev ara gsnsraiIv vnra , -,
the ,,ero, Snrce ~ roa m.y are aware OF
" our coaa an in 20 r c 1. W -, n NV me sengtn
Ana this hecanse hev ,em 81 most mn,vsrsaIv ~
c0ns1ue alone ana as Standing by Itself treaty
rraco,nr c,o,s -, Or a. .'"eion "
subject havo not taken The trouble to look up the
tras,v uhc" naars -, 'rD nr, s Z. MY ~ VIC
brourht 10 near on IL RON oterent ousrars and nI
wn'cS tna .,a, narf 80 a. 0i on" y. -.
on,Cve and ,,,.s.a p c s ts 1 wfae. "
tSa MON conra,nS nsr',es arrse ar" mo, WINS &C.,
vessas anu sue"erol,S 'is ~, e saa
casms sealI bs reiarred an ira,a no or r,r
ron y Now Ar n,nsI ma ohsarvad Thai tho cia,rrs
here raisr,e 70 srh,,rs,on sre nor aSe ne oas
cla,ms IN the sense that anv choncs 1 Inn 10
S!rra CLAIMS ~e"sreHv rnasv as 'sn' pue July
clsims that IS to say. the Class OF GAINS vn,cn "a
recognized and described under tnat name as be-
tween tne Two governinents' Ana the British
Claims an recognized and descr,bed have
been I'm fact claims Of American cit-
8ens aor tae caps s IN, anu ~, obstruction OF
Conrederate cruisers. 10 the excusion@we viii vii
even say TO the pointed excuslon-of claims for In
S sss s oy Inc
or course be proved within the limits OF an article:
indeed, It can hardly be tested satsfac lorly except
0y peruslng the correspondence or by the failure Of
the Americans 70 ulSproVe IL I'D answer 10 BRUSH
challenge. II It is true, we submit That the British
case 10 complete. But that Is intellectually
strengtnenea ny tue tensn article OF tne treaty,
lump sum In satisfaction Of ali damages board Of
h. .tntad "a
assessors Shall pe appoluteu, VINO shall near ana
decide upon "each separate claim and snail as
certain ana determine WnaI claims are valid
ana what amount UT amounts snail be paid
by Great Britain TO the Unlted states on nc
count OF the liaplty arising rom ner failure OF duty
as 10 eacn vessel" the amount OF sucn award being
payable at washington IN coin Ia twelve months
after the delivery vi each report" Even II the text
or the nrst article were really ambiguous IL IS su
GENTLY manifest we Imagine, tnat the assessors
were not intended ID apporuon between the Ala
oama, Florida, SHENANDOAH anu the rest OF the ex-
pelises OF protractng the civil war; or t. Impose on
Great Britain Inc duty vi paying two or three nun
dred millions at Washington IN coin WITHIN twelve
months alter notice O Its liability THIS being
state OF the argument Engisnmen may, we mink,
Dc called upon to examine TIE matter Narrowly for
themselves before they pronounce either that our