The Portland daily press., 1872-06-12
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BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
The Geneva Arbitration Discussed

LONDON June lin the House of Commons
to day Mr.. Gladstone made statement of the
present condition of Alabama negotiations
The main point was that proposal had been
made to the United States for postponement
of the meeting of the Board of Arbitration at
Geneva for eight months. This information
had already been anticipated by late cable des-
patches to the English press from America,
which state that the letter of Earl Granville,
making the proposition there, had been pub
lished in full.
Bernat Osborne asked whether the despatch
purporting to be from Earl Granville proposing
an adjournment of the Geneva tribunal was
genuine. He considered it humilating and un-
dignifed.
Mr.. Gladstone replied that the despatch was
genuine, and he defended the proposition it
contained as honorable to both countries
Disrael strongly opposed leaving the question
open for eight months, particularly while a
heated Presidential contest was i'm progress in
the United States. This country had been kept
too long in the dark. He believed the policy of
the government would end in disaster and dis
| grace.
Messrs. Gordon and Bentinick, Lord Var
mouth, Sir g. s. Jenkinson, Mr.. Watney and
others severely criticised the government ex !.
pressing want of confidence in its future pro-
ceedings.
Mr.. Gladstone defended the action of the gov
eminent at great length, and closed with the
declaration that it would be crime to deviate
hairs breadth from the original position.
statement He sod thst nn Sats,ra aIo o, iii \.
became clear that the British and American
| governments would fail for the want of time to
come to an agreement with regard to the sup
raIatad Soialu ~ tha hoorrr. it .ueli
IN have in tIo fnt''ro TTs AroUnar. o";I
cred the En%Sb ohiao,inns h1nos;t;, GonsI4,
had consented to the idea of an adjournment of
of the d;ficujtes Tosmorrn ,hn Pr;t;s,
and renresentat;vos ynr,Id start of Ea,,a @
| - NH 10 J;on;e "a 81 o,,. ~ "0H0'"' ioi
IL Mou 1 oe uignlneu ana courteous.
House was accustomed to SURPRISES on this sinh.
| iect. He supposed an EIGHT months' adionrn-
| ment was made in the hone of Something tnrn
| ing up and helping the government out of the
| predicament
Granville said he must hesitate to accept Lord
Cairns criticisms because of the inaccuracy of
his speech.
Ihe Marquis OF Salisbury believed the Amer
leans were urging as strongly as ever their indi-
rect claims. England had failed to maintain
her position. Ae felt there was ground for dis
trust. Parliament had subsisted too long on
| scraps OF information supplied through the cor
ruption or lndiscretion of American officials.
| The House wanted to know what the terms on
which England consented to proceed with the
| arbitration.
Earl Kimberley, Colonial Secretary, replied
that neither taunts nor ingenuity could altertA
|
The Earl OF Derby objected to personalities in
the debates. He asked why did England pro-
pose an adjournment of the arbitration, and
why for so long time. The country had read
| the news with surprise and regret.
Earl Granville said the adjournment was
made to the date when Parliament and Congress
would be both in session He did not see any
thing alarming.
Earl Grey considered the government censur-
able. He declared England ought to withdraw
| from the treaty unless indirect claims were
Withdrawn. Loud cheers followed this decla-
ration.
Inc boundary.
Capt Cameron is gazetted as surveyor of the
boundary line between the United States and
the Dominion of Canada. rrf-s
| The Rritisb Press on the Uuteru.,;ou,,
| Race.
| The citv nress comments az follows on tho i'm.
The Times saws that the s;mnle foot 10 ,bo+
the Americans have NOT vet learned or tbav
have lost the true style of rowing. The wonder
is that they were able to make as gallant an
| effort with such defective method. We hope
the Americans will learn how to row, then they
may put our oarsmen to severer tests.
The Post says that the result of the race
Americans. The latter were inferior in physique
and style; they had everything their own way
choice OF water was. given them, delays were
conceded and absence OF coxswains agreed to;
N oJ io"0A wv S0AoheS ~ hu,e
more than the Londoners, they were easily out
stripped; The result convinces us that the Eng
lish style IS the best now practiced. 1t fears
that the American press Will exaggerate the
importance OF the unfortunate foul which the
Atrantas mad towards the close OF the race:
Inc DAILY telegraph says: Tins race illus
orases our national eaersy, staMart strengtn
ana logged aonerehce 10 the ways we deem BEST
which hold their own against the dash and dar
he1ono to the Saxon racc which ;s tbo nnlw omf
that has the nerve and nlnclr to nreservs The
manly snorts When the tah.s are tnrned and
orr friends across the water win a v;ctnrv W.
shall REGARD If as an Engi;sh tr;nmnb w
The Standard declares that q more hollow af
| fair was never witnessed The Americans were
not good enough to win an ordinary country re-
gatta. The effect will be to prevent the recur
renee of international matches for some years
The moral to be drawn is that American oars.
men must learn tine first principal elements be-