The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-19
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
The Charge Of ''Unfriendliness' England Sus-
poets the Honor Of the Arbitrators- Her
aid Foreshadowing the Supplemental
Probable Duration of the Negotiations.

WASHINGTON, June Is, 1872
The following statements regarding the pending
differences between the United States and Great
Britain before the Geneva Tribunal have been
obtained from an authoritative source:-
The real motive OF the opposition of Great Britain
to the fulment of the provisions OF the treaty did
not arise so much from the chapter relative to con-
sequential damages as from that portion
RELATING TO s'UNFRIENDLINEss.n
The American being In the hands OF the
British public long ago last April was at first
discussed with amazement. and subsequently re-
ceved the disapprOval of certain prominent organs
of public opinion, including the Saturday Reuiec.
To this time no declaration had been made against
the position of the United States regarding conse-
quential damages of formal or threatening char
acter; but the British Ministry now found it
necessary to seek some Objectionable point in the
treaty for the purpose OF meeting the popular camor
against the chapter on "unfriendliness" With this
object in view, they began the correspondence
relative to the question OF consequential damages,
the Interior motive OF which to dispose OF or
abrogate the charge OF 'unfrendliness" They
agreed thar from the treaty the chapter regard
ing consequential damages would necessarily result
In the
FINAL OBLITERATIoN OF THE CHARGE
acts which led to those consequential damages.
The political influences at work in Great Britain to
accomplish this result, and which compelled the
British Ministry to seek reason, an opportunity.
to meet and overcome the popular clamor against
the charge OF unfriendliness may be discovered in
the threatened tenure of the Ministry, which was
responsible for the negotiation of the treaty. APP
parently the British Ministry awoke 10 a
knowledge Of the fact that the American case,
as then made up, had within 1t every
EVIDENCE OF FINAL SUCCESS.
The relations Of the United States with those gov
ernments from which the members of the Board of
Arbitration were selected had been infinitely set
forth for the purpose OF showing that the United
States had, under any and all circumstances, pre-
served consistent OF the strictest neutral
ity wherever and whenever wars had occurred,
pending which this government was called upon to
act as neutral. The shrewdncss or diplomacy of
thus abiding to the relations between the United
States and the governments which furnished the
controlling members OF the Board OF Arbitration
will be apparent to any one and no doubt con-
WINGED Great Britain that
HER CASE WAS IN JEOPARDY.
As early as last December Great Britain attempted,
In an informal manner, to obtain an organization
OF the Board In fact from the time that the Amer
lean case presented until last Saturday. per-
haps a few days before, the evident desire of Great
Britain has been either to postpone the final adju-
dicaton of the case, or to so change the terms OF
the treaty as to Obviate
THE ALMOST CERTAIN RESULT
OF the arbitration in favor OF the United states
The public, and especially the readers of the
HERALD, are fully aware Of the points embraced in
the correspondence which led to the suggestion Of
the supplementary article. Every step and each
successive idea advanced by either side in this
respondcnce was made the subject of mature con-
sderatOn by the American government, and re-
ceiyed the approval OF the President and his entire
Cabinet. The exact character Of the terms OF that
supple mentary article were published in an
editorial article in the HERALD OF April % last the
following extract from which is sufficient to show
their entire meaning
GAS the Old clog in the treaty becomes more firmly
fixed specific nostrums to remove it may be ex
pected TO be plcntifully prescribed The latest OF
these, a solemn agreement on England's part not
to demand, in case Of future war, any consequent
tial damages for Alabamic acts committed by Amer
lean citizens, is capital way Of asking England
how she would like to put herself in our
place in the matter. IL Is to be feared that
there is a cool irony In the proposition
This proposition was not embodied in the sup
Elemental article, as proposed by Granville and
submitted to our Senate; but the foregoing ex-
tract contains the substance OF the Senate
amendments to that article. moments renec-
ton will show that such proposition did not
remove or overcome the charge OF "unfriendl-
ness" but In fact, renewed it with a vigor that
made 1t more Objectionable than before. Hence it
was that the British Ministry objected
to Its ratification, or rather refused to accept It,
They had failed in their informal efforts towards
reorganization Of the Board Of Arbitration and in
their efforts to remove the objectionable clause In