Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-15

luCj NONSNulhCh w hObhy
land and Belgium of the terminal ion of the
Commercial treaties between France and
those countries.
The London Observer of the 4th states
that the British Government had sent q dis
patch to Washington withdrawing from its
agreemeiit to submit the Alabama claims to
arbitration before the Gevena Board, if the
liability of England for indirect damages re-
manned an open question. The dispatch is
couched in friendly terms, and gives express
sion to nm earnest desire on the part Of Her
Majesty's Government to carry out all the
provisions of the Treaty of Washington.
A London dispatch of the 5th says the tone
of the preAs on the Alabama claims had
slightly moderated. The Times feared that
the attempt t5 solve the Alabama difficulty
might prove abortive, and hoped the failure
would not excite bitter feelings in America.
The British Parliament opened on the 9th.
In Ber speGch the queen thus alludes to the
Alabama claims question:
' The arbitrators appointed pursuant to the
Treaty Of Washington, for the purpose of amicably
settling the Alabama claims, have held their first
meeting in Geneva Cases were laid before the
arbitrators on behalf Of each party To the Treaty.
In the ease 30 Submitted by the United States,
large claims included which are under
stood, my part, not to be within the
province of the arbitrators On this subject I
have caused friendly communication to be made
to the Government of the United States. The
Emperor of Germany has undertaken to arbtrate
on the San Juan water boundary, and the cases OF
Imperial Majesty The Commission to sit in
Washington has been appointed and is in session.
The provision of the treaty, which requires the
consent Of the Parliament of the Dominion of
Canafla awaits its assembling,
Disraeli called the attention of the House
to this paragraph, and animadverted at some
length upon the Treaty of Washington, for
faults of which he blamed the Foreign Sec
retary, Earl Granville, and the Premier,
Gladstone. He thought the ROYAL speech
was signally unsatisfactory, and showed, in
his opinion, that the Government still lacked
the proper appreciation of the gravity of
the question at issue between England and
the United States. The American claims
were greater than those which would fol-
low total conquest. They were prepos-
terous and impractical, and, if admitted,
would be fatal to the power and honor of
England. Yes, said Disraeli, sneeringiy,
the whole subject is disposed Of in one
brief paragraph of the Royal speech.
Gladstone replied that the Treaty of
Washington itself shows that England is
ready to make every concession, short of
national honor, to establish friendly rela-
tions with America, and to set an example
to be followed by other nations henceforth
The Government, said the Premier, ''is ready
to explain everything in connection with the
treaty, but it will not admit that it has un-
willingly made a mistake. The paragraph
in the speech is the OILY fair and unmistak-
able Interpretation of the treaty. He could,
if he so desired, refer to the pre-
posterous character of the American de-
mands, which, of itself, proved their absurd
ity, for they were such that no people in the
last extremity of war, or In the lowest depths
of national misfortune, with the spirit of the
people of England in their hearts, could ever
submit to-" Mr.. Gladstone concluded by
saying the Government would maintain the
position it had taken, firmly, though in a
friendly manner.
The subject of the Treaty of Washington
and claims of the American Government for
indirect damages was again introduced in
the House of Commons on the 7th, and gave
rise to another exciting discussion. Ralph
Osborne, member for Waterford City, ad-
dressed the House ct length, and, in the
course of his remarks, said the Alabama
question was the most momentous one En-
gland had been called to pass upon within a
century. He compared the astute lawyers
who composed the American Commission
with the novices who represented England,
and said the latter had been completely
outwitted. eff" said he, ''lawyers had plan
ned the English case, we could escape with
the payment of &c, 5000, ,OOO." IThe Ameri-
can Commissioners had served their coun-
try well, and achieved a triumph. Os-
born, continuing, said the trouble lay at
home. The Government had armies which
could not march, and ships which were un-
seaworthy, and now they had treaty which
they could not stand upon.
Speaker Dennison has resigned the Speak.
ership of the House of Commons, on account
of ill health.
A Madrid dispatch of the 7th says two
thousand troops, asked for by Valmaseda,
had sailed from Cadiz for Cuba.
The Augsburg AHgemainc Zeitung says that
the attempt of England to forestall the
European judgment, and gain an opinion in
her favor, is as foolish as it is unjust. The
Zeitung contrasts the silence and moderation
of the American press with the ill-considered
clamor of the English. The Vienna Nieu
F5eie Press says that England assumes to be
a party and judge at one and the same
time.
ALondon dispatch of the Sth says the ex
citement over the Alabama claims was una
bated. Speeches in Parliament served tC
keep the public mind agitated. There wa:
anxiety as to the manner in which the Cabi
net at Washington would receive the repre-
sentations of the Government Of Great Bri
tain. On Change business for the momen
was demoralized. The market for American
securities opened fiat, with a marked decline
in all quotations after the opening hour
The London press, although still moderate
found fault with Gladstone for defending tn
| treaty, and maintained that Parliament wa
unanimously in favor of rejecting the Ameri
| can demands.
! new company, which proposes to lay
| telegraph cable direct to New York, has beel
registered in London. One of the feature
ofits prospectus is promise to fix the tolls OIL
dispatches at twenty shillings per ten words
Minister Washburne is about to return t.
the United States from Paris, on temporar
leave of absence. Secretary Hoffman vii
act as Charge d d'Afaires during his absence.
THE NEW WORLD.