New-York tribune., 1872-07-03
rHE TREATY oF WASEfNGToN.

TIE MEETING AT GENEVA-sFGRECI OF THE
PROCEEDKGs-INTERSLEw WITH COUNT
SCLOPIS.
IProM REGULAR CoRRRSPoxDH;NP OF THg rRrBUNB
GENEVA, June 1j.-Hhc exIHeSs train from
Paris 20 Geneva Thursday night crowded with
dip.omatsts and lawyers and journalists. and many
others, including fancy, sCGe stock jobbers, who
less interested in tbc result Of today's meeting
Before eyirc sLn mary of Any conversations with dif
ferent the Court of ArbItt5ion let ty
words ~ cut what took place at the town hall here
this morning The hour Of meeting gas fixed for II
o'clock, and h5if hour before that hour some 10
ueInbeTs The press assoubled in 1he antecham
her ontsde the Slie deS EayiGaes in room adjoining
cghich the Tribunal holds its sittiBcs. The arrange
for the reception II membcrs Of the Tribunal
precisey the same GA flynler occasions. ~
about O'Clock the coInsI came drop
pIng ny LORD Tcnordcu, the British agent,
the last arrive, al about quarter past twelve.
A e.s minutes sferwrd, VI. Fd,rot, the Secretary of
tho Court, out and informed hat iB reply 70
demand ioI admission which had been msde 10y the
press. Count sclopls PresideSt having consulted his
.eouesgues, regretted to have hat for the
pres stress heing laid l.esc words CON
cctcd with The press could he admitted bur that IT,
a future ,ime We could tolerated. sgc should be duly
Informed yhic meant that the Tribunal had deterin-
intd 10 continue the attempt 10 preserve secrecy,
which has always hitherto resulted The truth leak
M bin b hit ana producing just the result which
~ ,Ougnf 10 bee avoided by closing the doors OF the
NQnTt Nl pTejudcng the public nina BY only half the
frIth hcug auOwn sometimes resiQ:s the very OPP
Jos,'o o. iae truth being circulated in oonsequ uenee
B,Eoser, ths being so, there nothing for t but
20 endcy obtain what information could from
tbose ,. tseRt, which naturally very little. as the
remarks Of Gen. ScheDck and Lord Granville on
ts eLte VTise" OF the press have made all concerned
very cautious indeed in their dealings with the Fonrth
EsiAse. Hsyug since consulted one OF the United
the question, ne IL his most 6e
cdei opui0n that right wrong, there h very little
chance indeed OF the press being admitted either 10 the
sitting Af tomorrow 10 any subsequent sitting Some
idea appears 10 peTa That oral arguments be re
qurcd by the Tribunals but although it true that
article Of the Treaty permits of their being cva
ordinations Of certain points should the ArbitratOrs
0ure such oral ~ guments, am Informed on excellent
authority ulat suppOsing always that The whole
afair dOes not fan TO the ground Mondaytho Court
is all Ikely require such arguments on account OF
The difficulty Of language. II is quite true that all the
tYs Inbers q h. Tribunal understand more or less III
gsh bat the majority OF them would not care 10 hear H
pOkcn rapidly, ana % have delicate questions
a .scnssed iH q foreign tongue. French, whieh ID
well understood by a five Arbitrator lis out the ques
ten. SIR Roundc Palmer net speak2g word OF n, and
Er Iyalfs understanding u bnpericcy, Gen. Cushing
snesks French vel and duenuy. but be alone docs
si,, the council Oh either side There is little doubC
that .aoud the Arbitration continue, most Of the busl
ness v5l done IN writing. With regadio what passed
today little is known, for al connected Vth the Arb
iratOu are silent tire grave That there was little
more tha4 formal business transacted, IS cef 0m the
,itiing having Ouy lasted hour for "s every ihng
,ad "a translated by M FayrO into French tDefesMuch
aclay and cOunderable time lost
SuAGqy Junc I6.-I fortunate enough 10 obtain
q quarter hours conversation with Count heioph
this morning of whicl give the most interesting pag
saees After some expressions OF regret on the part u
the that he sbOsld have been yesterday compelled
~ r fuse the press admission 10 the meeting he sad
neTe are. Monsieur, two points about which y0n uusI