Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-23
THE DAILY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY APRIL o.

dent dlilgsnt aud vlgilant watehfuiness, IN orlsr
70 prevent evil dispoeod persons from violating
rent fower tas Nj. Adams was IN The eye Of tho
British Qaoinot b required, amer the receipt
Of official information as to the nature and char
rSp repre- - msRs ON SompSIpsd q Tor
not making, representations Of fact TO the neu.
trail 0oyornmenl except 10 tho manner 10 which
apply me prepcsi.IouJ Mt. Adams being mott.
nod BY the British Government that, In order TO
secure ofloial action on complaint 81 con.
templatod violation Of British neutrality BY tho
Insurgents, he mast furnish proof Of tho fact
sufnclont 10 warrant conviction for violation Of
the foreign enlistment act, could not DO charged
making representations embodIlnV a lesser dc.
is Is Tie Unitod states do not understand that
being prepared Tor esaising or carrying on war"
were Ia all cases followed by q seizure Of the
vessels when = suniclent prim4 ydcle evidence
under ia nj exactly tho contrary 70 have been
the case; that until the opinion Of the law ON.
GERS OF the Crown, given on the nth day Of July,
branches Of Her Maisstys Government held
| that Il was necessary not only TO establish
preparation for cruising or carrying on war; but
| a british port, In order to justify seizure, and
that this prevailing opinion was Afterwards suB-
talnod In eiIoot by The courts q Eugland In tho
| Alabama case, which Is still the unresorved Iu
doial construction OF tho hot Of 1910.
rs. On page 50 Is given what purpor,s To be
an explanation Ot tho meaning Of the words
| registry" aud clearance" and OF tho duties
Vi tue ofleers employed 70 register ships, and
| Of the ofneora Of the customs 10 rcspeot To
clearance The acts Of Parliament prescribe
| tho duties, and comforting the powers are not
/ specially rrlorrol 10, let tho Unltod States nm.
| derstan1 then 10 DO the Merchant Shipping
Act" 1854, ~ AMI ~ Wet! Gap iOtl anil the
| Illusions Consolidation Act" 1855, tie and u
| Wet; Cap 1911 with their several amendments.
These acts In tho opening the United states
| onuier more extended powers upon the otiicers
| Ot Her MAlesty's UOvernms Mt than 10 stated In
| the British case, and they, therefore, ask the
attention OF the tribunal 70 the acts themselves,
| extracts from which are admitted herewith.
Part four 81 the British case assumes 10 state
certain considerations proper 10 DO kept In Wow
by tho Arbltrators In reference 70 the case OF Tho
| Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah.
The United states have already made Il clear
both In their case and In this paper, that they
| regarl many OF these statements as not proper
snoe 70 any Of these vssssls. Without repeat
| lngthelr Views on this subject, they oonnnC
| themselves 10 calling attention 10 great error
into which the arbitrator may DO led, In oonse
| quence Of tho use OF inaccurate or careless Ian,
Eunge in the closing paragraph In this state
III there stated that "olaims for the Inter
ference Of her Maiesty's Government IN the case
| OF these and other vessels were based, according
TO the statement OF Mr.. Adams, In his letter I,
Earl Russell, dated 9TH Of October, 1891, on owl.
A. BY nun e sPP drS S e n
anything beyond It."
Tho statement continues at some length
giving 10 detail the views Of the Government
but, owing TO the crowded state Of our columns
the omission Of the balance Ia imperative.