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The Treaty of Washington and the
English Difficulty.

The Treaty of Washington and the
English Difficulty.
Social desps;ches from Washington stat,
that Secretary Fish has prepared reply tt
the nole (ss i, is called in Diplomatic parlLnce'
/ Of Earl Granville to Genera! Schenck. L
is iutimtted that this important paper
which has beea carefully framed. CON-
! menoes 5y cordially rec procsting the wish tx
pressed by Ear. Granville for a lasting peace
/ between the great English speaking nations @
the earth It then 0riesy reviews the aegotI
tons, snd insists that the English goyernmen
hss al sloug plainly Understood that indirec
/ d.mssc5 must necessarily enter into the cas-
/ to be presented for arbitration that for Thu
reason it certainly could not have been turprist
to the British Government; that it WAS fairly
stated by the Secretary Of S,zte in the prelimin
sry discussions. sad that having gone thus fAi
We can neither Withdraw or amend our Gaze, mol
sacrifice the nations dignity by an assent to
Eaglt1i'a demand.
TIE London papers OF the sta inst. have beer
received By nal containing full reports Of tn,
proceedings in Parliament following the reading
Of the Queens speech or the 9th, including III,
speech Of D.i-esi Ia the House Of Commons sud
Mr. Gialstone's reply.
MR. GLAnsT5yE's srELCH
Mr.. Gladstone, in reply, said Our
object Is not 10 make It difficult, but es,Y for
the Government q the United States to meet us
and itiI obviously cur duty 70 stAte the case 70
the Government Of the United Stsies, and espe-
ciAy TO state II 10 the people Of this country in
the mi dest terms which Will suffice to convey 70
and Sssure the minds Ct the nation that We Do
not uudervalle lis momentous importance.
AT no time had We scceIed 10 an INSTRUMENT in
which these vast c.sims could he wsrrantAtly
produced against ". The right honorable gen
;.emsn les spoken Of their vastuels. and
mas tsii that they approximate to the tribute
which, after tsrgulnarv var, s victorious
army eEsct from gznguisheI country.
II is perfectly true Jhst the American case does
not STATE any figure Of the Indirect losset, but II
supplies d.is from which figures may be com
putel by no very elaborate process viii not
enter into these dsts now. but Is far as any
judgment car he formed upon them, and after
comparing them with official estimates which
ties Of the cost o. the accession war, the state
ment Of the ri ght honorable gentleman, bold as
II WAS with respect to the possible amount Of
those Claims for indirect Losses, was, il ny opin-
ion, within, and very considerably within, their
extreme limit He thought the government was
justified in mskiug the " large snd even eztrso--
binary concessions IN the Treaty Of sshing-
ton. The uecuaar cilcumttsnces, 80 out Of which
tae claim arote, the length q time thst had
elapsed, the enormous interests involved in the
settlement Of the controversy, but, above al, the
feeling OF the people Of England toward the peo-
pie Of America uA1e " conscious that il was
our daty to deal literally in this matter ; for,
though believe iJ Is the nature and disposition
Of this nation to be governed by justice in its
gotiations with every country, yet if there be
one country II The world to which, in neg0tia-
ton. tins country is willing to give more, and
from when it Is disposed 10 exact less, thst coun-
try il the United States Of America"
Ia reply 10 the question as 20 what time he be
came scqusiaiel with the American case, Mr..
Gladstone stated that be had had the book in
his possession only a fortnight, snd come Of his
colleagues only week.
To Disraeli's complaint that the Queens
speech was ambiguous, Mr. Gladstone tsii
We have advised the Queen in her speech 10
ttAie that 80 ia the case 70 submitted on behalf
Of the United States large claims have been in
cludei which sre understood on my part not TO
be within the province o. arbitration" And
that is not only our understanding, but l be-
leve il is the understanding Of every ratonsi
mind who has thought on the subject. will
not enter into the Arguments upon that subject
We think thSt there sIe ar cles 10 the treaty
which afford great force IL favor OF that inter
probation for which We claim more direct and
paramount authority. We don admit thst the
language Of the frst srtice, even if il were
taken by itself, would bear the construction
which il mas teen endesyored 10 attach 10 it,
We contest thst point, Of course reserying il 20
ourselves 10 tsll back upon thit appeal msn
must be Insare, nsU0n must be insane, 10
suppose thai we should admit impossible claims
Of this character in pesceful arbitration which.
not even in the last extremity Of VAT, not even
in the loWest depths Of misfortune, people
with a spark Of spirit, with a hundredth part Of
the traditions and courage Of the people Of this
country, would consent, at the point Of desth, to
sdmit Loud cheers This If an argument /
founded, / grant, upon probability, founded /.
upon assumption. Itiss simple demonstration /
Of an sbsurdity, as We think it to be Il ia
well known principle that you are never TO As
Hnme abs0lufe inf-tus;i1n, shsoute insanity, on /
The rart Of negotiations when there is rational I
construction which vii exempt them from thst |
barge.
Notwithstanding this subject, the Premier
inds reason to hope for 81 smicsble settlement Of
he difficulty through the course the American
government msy tske in the matter His con
,luding words ara rs follows:
We have not stated what our course is to be
n the event Of contingencies which have not yet
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rite, but We Wish the tribunal BY which this
question viii be tried to be tribunal Of reason.
nd We have much to rely upon. We have to
ely OF the disposition which we believe TO pre-
all on the part Of the United States toward the
eople Of England. There are, 10 doubt, ditie-
ent methods Of procedure prevailing on the
Their eide Of the Atlantic from those which pre-
El on this eide ; different hsbts, different
sages the growth Of institutions, the circum-
tAnces in which every free nsiion vii develop
self in the form most congenisl to itself but
-meric.ns, II we think they are pressing US
Ardly on an occasion Ike this, have given US
igns and tokens Of friendship which cannot be
mistaken. | look with the utmost confidence Z
j the issue Of all the inquiry thst may be made,
the character Of The Judgment that will he
iven on the opinions that are here declared by
2, that the claim msje on the part Of the United
,Ates or the understanding on the part Of the
own OF Great Britain is not within the province
the arbljrStors | hope the honorable gentle
an will be disposed TO think that abe Govern
ent has no, been unwise in limiting themselves
richly to the declaration. We reserve to our
Ives Al absolute opinion. We may point out {
the government Of the United Ststes that their
aims are claims Of character that no one with
s eyes open-no nstiou in possession Of its
nses- can possibly admit, even il the last
source. But we do thSt simply for argument,
nply to throw light or the character of the ne
ustions. We have gone no further with the ?
lited StsJes, nor shall We, when the proper
ne comes, than raise the question as a matter
right, 10 be argued, 10 be discussed, to be dis
tied between friends in friendly spirit 1t is
friendly spirit that the Treaty Of Washing
Z WAS framed it is in a friendly spirit that
e Notifying impediment, IS The right honor
lie gentleman justly calls il, will be met and
countered by US; it is in friendly spirit that
2 shall undertake TO argue it, sad it is in
endly spirit thAt We confidently believe that 7
2 shall be net ; but under no circumstances, !
lst. shall We allow ourselves to forget our
cred paramount duty TO our country. o.
The famine IN Persis continues. Dispatches
pm Teher.n say that many persons are dying
cry day, and there Is no prospect Of relief. 7
lie fact certainly deserves more than the stten- I
n the people Of this country have given it. P
1t seems remarkable, " says the Ereaiag Post !.
a forcibls paragraph, " that 20 little symp.-
y hss been shown for this miserable people by
e civilized world. That an entire nation should =
grsduslly swept from the esrth. its cities de-
pulAtsd and its fields left empty, almost with
I aitrnctinr Tie attentnn Of Christian r.no-lai in