The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1872-03-02
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burne, accompanied by the Count
de Remusat, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, had an audience with M.
Theirs to-day, and presented to
His Exoellency Messrs. Gushing,
Eyarts and Waite, counsel Of the
United States before the Geneva
tribunal. BANCROFT Davis was I'M
able to be present on the occasion.
LONDON, Feb. 16.-The case sub
mitted to the Geneva Board Of Ar
bitration by the counsel Of Great
Britain in regard to the Alabama
claims has been laid before Parlia-
ment. It is divided into ten parts.
Part one remarks that no definite
or complete statement of Ameri-
can claims has ever been furnished.
The treaty of Washington and pre-
vious correspondence will supply:
however, the general definition if
demands made. Rule 20 Of article
6, of the treaty of Washington is
quoted as follows: "The neutral
Government is bound not to per-
NIT or suffer either belligerent to
make use of its ports or waters, as
a base of naval operations against
the other or for the purpose Of the
renewal or augmentation of mill
tary supplies or arms, or the re-
cruitment of men. This rule is in
terpreted as prohibiting the sup.
ply Of war-waging vessels from
neutral ports, but not as prohibit
DRY of the sale of arms or ammu-
milton in the ordinary course of
commerce. The claims submitted
are for damages growing out of the
acts of vessels respecting which
the United States allege that Great
Britain failed in their international
duty. The tribunal must deter
mine the question Of failure of du-
ty. If it decides that there has
been such failure, then it must
award a gross sum for damages, or
define the limit of liabilities for the
guidance Of the assessors Of said
damages.
The circumstances attending the
sailing of the steamers Alabama,
Florida and Shenandoah were ma
terially dissimilar, but Great Bri-
tain maintains that in respect to
none of them has she failed of the
international duty or obligation or
rendered herself justly liable.
Part 2 gives the history of the
civil war in the United States,
showing that the course of Eng
land and maritime powers was one
Of vigilant and scrupulous neu-
trality.
Part 3 makes q statement of the
inter national rights and duties OF
the laws of England bearing there
on and of the faithful performance
and execution thereof by Great.
Britain during the war. It also.
gives q detailed account of the &C.
ton of Minister Adams and Earl.
Russell prevent the departure of
the rebel cruisers. ..-
Part 4 shows the limits of the
power possessed by the British
Government to prevent such de.
partures. Parts 5, 6, z and 8 re-
spectively, present in detail the
facts relative to the steamers Flor
ida, Alabama, Georgia and She
nandoah. Part 8 sets forth that
the steamers Georgia and Shenan-
doah were never equipped for war
in the British Dominion, Her Ma
jesty's Government was only in
formed respecting these vessels
after their departure.
Of the Alabama and Flo!ida,
they did not receive their arma-
ment in the British dominions. The
peculiar circumstances Of the Ala
bama's escape are recited, and
England's yigilant endeavor to
prevent her sailing, as well as the
American failure in an attempt to
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