Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-22
The Geneva Arbitration.

GENEVA, Aug. S.-The Board met to-day
at half-past IL, and after a session of two
and a half hours adjourned to Wednesday
next. Several of the arbitrators and coun-
sci are suffering from indisposition caused
by excessive. toll and disagreeable weather.
The object of the court in adjourning for SO
for especial study of a number of the points
involved in the cases which have come be
fore them. 1t is confidently hoped the la
bors of the Tribunal will be brought to a
satisfactory conclusion by the 18th of Sep
TENDER.
GENEVA, Aug. 9.-Wm. NJ. Evarts goes to
Paris to-day, but will return before the re-
assembling of the Arbitrators, next Wednes-
day. Caleb Cushing and Mr.. Waite will
visit Chamouni during the adjournment of
the Court. 1t is supposed that the Ameri-
can representatives have completed their
case. The English agents and counsel are
employing themselves during the recess in
preparing their reply thereto. The Arbitra-
tors, counsel, and other gentlemen connect
ed with the Tribunal, dined together at the
Hotel Des Bergers, to-day.
GENEVA, Aug. 10.-A Queens messenger,
bearing dispatches supposed to be of little
Importance, left here to-day for London.
There is nothing new regarding the action
of the Tribunal.
GENEVA, Aug. 12.-Mr. Cohen, an English
barrister, who prepared the case for the
Crown on the subject of the American claims
for less TO the mercantile marine of the
United States, has been summoned here
from London. This gives rise to the con-
lecture that a decision has been rendered
upon the general question of England's re-
sponsibility for the direct losses claimed by
America, and that Cohen is called in to as
sist in arguing upon the amount of damage
to be awarded.
In the debate in the Tribunal upon the
question of the use of due diligence by Great
Britain, Mr.. Cushing strongly urged the
point that the same diligence upon the part
of the British authorities which afterwarJ
served to detain the Confeder-te rams would
have been equelly effectual in preventing
the escape of the cruisers, had it been exer-
cised.
NEW York, Aug. IA special from Gem
eva says that the Tribunal of Arbitration
has required argument IN three points.
First, due diligence as a principle of law.
Second, what was the value of the commits
sion held by the Confederate cruisers, and
how far did the coaling of the cruisers in
English ports make England responsible
for their acts? These points have been
deliberately argued by Sir Roundoll Palmer
and Messrs. Evarts, Cushing, and Waite.
The fact that the Tribunal analyses the
cases, as is seen in these points, is strongly
favorable in its indication.
GENEVA, Aug. I3.-The Board of Arbitra-
ton has not yet settled in the main the
question whether the British Government
used due diligence to prevent the escape of
the rebel cruisers. The court is engaged in
examining, SUCCESSFULLY, the cases of these
vessels, to ascertain how far the general
charge of neglect on the part of Great Britain
may hold good with regard to each. It is to
assist in this investigation that Cohen has
been summoned to Geneva, as his knowledge
of the circumstances of each case is supposed
to invest him with the authority of an
expert.
NEW York, Aug. ia Geneva letter says
the American claim for damages by the
privateer Alabama is for the sum of about
$1,000, 200. The English papers i the case,
however, fixed the damages at S., 900, 900,
which, it is commended, is all that should be
paid, if indeed any guilt is to be laid TO
England at all.
GENEVA, Aug. 14-The sitting of the Board
of Arbitration opened to-day at 1890, and
at 3 p. m. the Court adjourned until noon to-
All the counsel were present.