The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-05
JOHN BULL AROUSED !!
ENGLAND INDIGNANT At THE Il MERI
CINDEMANDS.
Brother Jonathan Must Backdown or
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Latest Accounts from Washington.
Especial to the New York world.l

LONDON, February 8.
Chief Justice Cockburn has officially coun
selled the cabinet that England must recedt
Immediately from the Treaty of, Washington
leaving America to decide between new
treaty or war. A council Is now discussing
the terms in which this resolution shall ap
pear in the Queens speech at the opening oi
Parliament.
RIO the Associated Press.l
LONDON, February 3.
The Times declares that it the American
claims are as represented, England must noti.
fy the Geneva arbltrators and the American
Government that the Efforts at arbitration
may as we'll cease.
The Daily Telegraph says negotiations to
that end have been opened, but the British re.
presentations were not received In friendly
manner.
LATER.-The Times declares that England
must Immediately give notice to the Geneva
arbitrators, and to the American Government,
If such action has not already been taken, that
if the American case Is reformed, the arbitra-
ton may yet be happily concluded.
The Washington View Of the Case.
WASHINGTON, February 4.
1t Is said, in official circles, that our gov.
ernment has no Information which excites
fears that the Geneva arbitration will fail of its
object, Observation-Disclosures recent comments
of the London papers respecting the American
statement of the csse before that tribunal.
Attention is called to the fact that, in commits
sionIng the British high commissioners, Queen
Victoria pledged her royal word that what
ever things should be transacted and con-
cluded by her high commissioners should be
agreed to, acknowledged and regarded by her
In the fullest manner, aud that she would
never suffer, either In whole or In part, any
person whomsoever to infringe the same, or
act contrary thereto so far as lay in her
power.
The treaty, 1t is known, provides that should
1t appear that Great Britain has failed to iul6l
any duty OF duties as to the so.called Alabama
depredatlons, and the arbitrators do not award
to the United States sum In gross, 1t Is agreed
that board of assessors shall be appointed to
ascertain what claims are valid and what
amounts shall be paid by Great Britain on ac-
count of the liability arising from such failure.
az ~ each vessel, according to the extent of
such liability as decided by the arbitrators.
It appears that at the conference here on
the 9th of March last the American commits
sloners claimed that Great Britain, by reason
of her failure in the proper observance of her
duties as neutral, had become Justly liable
for the acts OF the cruisers aud OF their tenders
That the claims for the loss and destruc-
ton of private property which had thus
far been presented amounted to about four
teen millions of dollars, without interest,
which amount was liable to ba greatly
increased by claims which had not then
been presented. That the cost to which
the government had been put in the pursuit
of the Confederate cruisers could easily be
ascertained by the certificates of the govern
ment accounting officers. That In the hope
of an amicable settlement no estimate was
made of the Indirect losses, without prejudice
however to the right of indemnidcation iI the
event ofno such settlement being made.