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The Alabama Treaty.
Indirect Claims Not WIthdrawn.

LONDON, June 26.-Dispatches from Geneva
TO the London papers state that the tribunallwill
meet again at IL O'Clock on Thursday morning.
The American representatives in consequence
of the confusion of cipher dispatches, misappre-
hended the intention of President Grant and
Secretary Fish, who did not definitely withdraw
the claims for indirect damages. The majority
of the board Of arbitrator are uniayorable TO
the longer adjournment of the tribunal than
fortnight.
The English representatives will leave Geneva
on Friday, and it is therefore supposed that an
important decision will be given by the board
ON Thursday.
The Daily News to lay says that America
agrees TO being non suited in her case before
the board of arbitration, so far as indirect
claims are concerned.
GENEVA, June 25.-[ EIerald's special The
tribunal assembled to-day at four O'Clock, and
after an hours session adjourned until Thurs
day forenoon. The meeting was TO have taken
place at two O'Clock, but owing to the nom
arrival of Sir Alexander COckburn, was deferred
until four O'Clock. All were present, and the ad
journment last Wednesday until tomorrow was
made on the understanding that if the dispatch
arrived from Washington at an earlier date the
court would be Immediately convened. The dis
patch having arrived accordingly, the court was
summoned; but the meeting was late the
days proceedings were limited to formal pre-
Sentation of papers, and an agreement was
made to discuss them fully on Thursday.
Apparently there has not been as correct an
understanding between the United States gov
ernment and their agent here as is required in
matter so delicate and important, and this
misunderstanding has probably caused rose
colored view to be taken of the future of the
treaty. Perhaps this has been caused by badly
translated cipher dispatches and consequent
mistaken views at Geneva respecting what was
intended at Washington. Certainly not because
President Grant has Withdrawn the indirect
claims. In fact, consequence of the muddled
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| be sent by way of Brest. A summary OF the
position is that the United States withdraws
nothing of its claims. Both parties are fairly
| before the tribunal. England however, pers lists
| in her demand for long adjournment but it
| it may, however, be received as certain that
| long adjournment will not be granted. l am
positive that the majority of the srbtrators will
| vote against the adjournment for longer Pc
| riod than fortnight.
A Geneva correspondent, under date of June
| q, says that the impression there is that the
| British government has aScertaned that judg-
| ment will be given by the court of arbitration
| i'll favor of the United States on all the various
| counts.
| WASHINGTON, June 26.-When information
was received last week that the Geneva tribunal
had decided that the claims for indirect damages
| could not come before the arbitrator, the gen.
| tlemen occupying high official positions here
| considered that this was i'll effect a settle ment
| of the question and terminated the pending ne
| g0fIatlOnS relative to the additional article to
| the treaty of Washington This view, however,
| was based on the supposition that the decision,
| TO be formally announced at a subsequent meet
| ing, will be in accordance with the repeatedly
| declared position of this government, namely ::
| That these claims would not be withdrawn, and
| that they were presented. not as claims for
| which specific demand was made, but as loss
| eS and iajuries consequent upon the acts COM
| planned of, and necessarily to be taken into
| equitable consideration in the settlement
| and adjudication of all differences submitted to
| the tribunal. In the diplomatic language ased
| i'll the discussion of what was equitable in the
| premises, the United States sincerely and with
| out reservation surrender to the arbitrament
| designated by the treaty. The additional article
to the treaty of Washington, as just published,
is imperfect, the following paragraph having
been accidentally omitted, namely:
Whereas, the government of the United
| States has commended that said indirect claims
were included in the treaty." &c.
The following is the vote on the adoption of
the amended article
YEAs-Acorn. Anthony, Bayard Foreman, Buck
| Cragin, Ferry of Connecticut, Ferry of Michigan,
Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hamilton OF
| Maryland, Hamin Harlan, Hill, Hitchcock, john
ston, Kellogg, Logan, Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, OF
Vermont, Morton, Norwood, Nye, Patterson, Pome-
roy, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Schurz, Scott
Sherman, Stockton, Vickers West, Wilson, Win.
dom and Wright-43
Nays-Casserly, Corbett, Davis of West Virginia
Edmunds, Hamilton of Texas, Kelley Sumner and
| Tipton-S.
Absent or not voting-Ames, Blair Brownlow
Carpenter, Cole Conkling Cooper, Davis of Ken
| lucky, FentOn, GOldthwaite, Howe, Lewis, Osborn,
| Rice, Robertson salisbury, Sawyer, Spencer,
Spragne, Stephenson, Stewart Thurman and Trum-
| bulI-23