Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-11

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The difference IN amount bstween the
claims that the United states commits
| siOners have imported into their case, and
/ those that the English government will
submit to arbitration, Is simply enor
nous. England denies that she did not
use due diligence in preventing ths es-
cape from her ports of Confederate cruis-
eFE--Which IL ths grsYsmBn Of the charge
against her--snd Il is this question, and
the consequent losses sustained by
American citizens through the destruc
ton OF their vessels and csrgOss, that she
Is w,liiug TO leave 10 the decision of the
Genevg court Of srbitratoEs. The entire
amount of these claims would not, 1t is
estimated, much exceed three millions of
pounds startling, Rnd this sum, il has re-
psstedly been declared, she Is willing to
pay Ii tho award goes against her, To-
stead, however, Of holding England sim
ply liable for the destruction Ofthe Amer
ican merchant vessels on the hig seas, the
United States PIT in number of other
claims, which run ap re sum total of
damages from about fifteen millions of
dollars 70 = s1m which has been roughly
attstnassd to exceed the whole cost of the
BIanc0. .<9erman war. Damages are
eIldmsd fGr losses and injuries incurred
By sesmenkop board the vessels destroyed,
for naval expenditures in pursuit of Con-
federafe cruisers for losses sustained bV
ship owners through the transfer OF their
vessels TO foreign Gags, for the extra
premiums paid on account OF war risks,
and, finally, for all th0 cost OF the war
after the battle Of Gettysburg.
u seems, therefore, IL the United States
government Is really In earnest in Its de.
nclds, and is determined 10 press them,
that serious complications must inevita-
bly, ensue, unless the ETbitrstors at Gene
va should refuse to entertain the claims
to which objection Is made, as not cOIaing
within the terms fthe treaty, and, there
fore. ''nOs within their province"
From the Cologne Germany Gazettsl
Think little on the magnitude of the
sum comprised under the six hesds emu
mersted. It is at least as much, II not
more, than France must pay 70 Germany
for her foiled aggression, but she con
sented to pay only when her armies were
everywhere Og0rthrOWn, her Emperor
taken prisoner her capital captured, her
stronReet fOrtresses fallen, great part of
her territory In hostile occupation, hsr
resources and her prOspscts nearly de- 4
stroyed-in short, when there no longer
remained 10 her hope OF change for the
better.
From the London Court Journal.l
The Alabama affair Is q sWindle from be- 4
ginning 10 en0s In6ro Is not bna0OW OF i
Pretext for the claim Of the United States. |
IL was well known, Et the time that the |
Alabama was about to leave the shores OF
England, ,thst the United States represent
stlVS would not give sny official request
iof tho arrest OF the vessel, though pressed i
70 90 10 Until the eleventh hour, and one i
would nall fancy that, In his Diplomatic
torecestlngi ne saw the eomplications that
might arise oy his procrastination. At tha
very last moment he said to the adnoinis-
trstion, "StOp heTl" and thew ala thejr
best, but Il was too late; the agent tbat ,.cs.
sent TO Wales got there In time 10 saa the
vessel steam down the Irish Chsnnel and i
she showed such lively pair OF heels - /
pursuit that that was made hopeless. The
best was done in good faith toward the
United states that could be. The whole
thing has besn, we repeat, "tsy on" of /
perfectly American type. The nature of /
the attempt is further manifested In the
endeavor 20 include the deeds of number
of other vessels, mere Confederate block
ade-runnerss
From the Allgeneine tGermanl zeltung]
The tribute which Germany draws
from France after 6 complete victory is
inst gnihoznt compared with the eompep-
sati0n that the American government de. |
mands in virtue OF treaty which enthu.
asasts describe Is the inauguration Of a |
new sra OF peace and friendship. The
most hostile and contemptuOus dispatches