Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
Tnreign intelligence.

Catacazy arrived at Liverpool on the
3lsi ult
| Baron Won Offenburg, late Consul-Gen
eral at Bucharest, has been appointed
Russian Minister TO the United States.
| The late Minister, Catacazy, is attached
to the Foreign Office at St. Petersburg
/ A London dispatch of the 1st. says
4! Theirs is reported TO have said, in re-
| cent conversation with General Billatt :
II am sincerely in favor of moderate
Republic. and have long thought it pos
| sible, but now see that / was mistaken ;
that the Republic cannot exist, even with
my aid. am compelled TO seek the hap
piness of the country elsewhere"
The French Assembly, on the 2d, by an
overwhelming majority, passed the bill
authorizing the Government to notify
England and Belgium of the termination
of the commercial treaties between
France and those countries.
The French Assembly on the I'd voted
adversely on the motion for the return of
the Assembly and Government to Paris.
The London Obsercer of the 4th states
that the British Government had sent a
dispatch to Washington Withdrawing
from its agreement to submit the Alabama
claims to arbitration before the Geneva
Board, if the liability of England for in
direct damages remained an open ques-
ton The dispatch is couched in friend
ly terms, and gives expression to AN ear
nest desire on the part of Her Majesty's
Government to carry out all the provi-
sions of the Treaty of Washington.
A London dispatch Of the 9Th says the
tone of the press on the Alabama claims
had slightly moderated. The Times feared
that the attempt to solve the Alabama diff
fculty might prove abortive, and hoped
the failure would not excite bitter feelings
in America.
The British Parliament opened on the
9th. In her speech the Queen thus al
ludes 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 ar
bitrators on behalf Of each party 10 the Treaty.
In the case so submitted by the United States.
large claims are included which are under
stood, on my part, not to be within the
have caused a friendly communication to be made
to the Government Of the United States The
Emperor Of Germany has undertaken TO arbitrate
on the San Juan water boundary, and the cases OF
the two Governments have been presented to his
Imperial Majesty, The Commission to sit in
Washington has been appointed and Is in session
The provision OF the treaty which require the con-
sent Of the Parliament of the Dominion OF Canada
awaits its assembling.
Disraeli called the attention of the
House to this paragraph, and animadvert-
ed at some length upon the Treaty of
Washington, for faults of which he
blamed the Foreign Secretary, Earl Gran
vile, and the Premier, Gladstone. He
thought the Royal speech was signally
unsatisfactory, and showed, in his opin-
ion, that the Government still lacked the
proper appreciation of the gravity of the
question at issue between England and
tho United States. The American claims
were greater than those which would fol
low total conquest They were prcpos-
ferrous and impractical, and, if admitted,
would be fatal to the power and honor OF
England Yet, said Disraeli, sneeringly,
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 exam
Pile to be followed by other nations hence
10. ~ mt
"is ready to explain everything in con-
nection with the treaty, but it will not
admit that it has unwittingly made
mistake. The paragraph in the
speech is the only fair and unmistak-
able Interpretation of the treaty. He
could, if he SO desired, refer to the pre-
postcrous character of the American de-
mands, which, of itself, proved their alb
surdity, for they were such that no peo-
pie 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 friendly
manner.
The Captain General of Cuba says he
has recently made a journey through the
disafected districts of the island, and de-
clsres that from personal observation he
is certain that the instruction will be
ended by March or April He makes a
requisition for 1000 fresh troops from
Spain, with which he promises to bring
the war to q triumphant conclusion.
The subject of the Treaty of Washing
ton and claims Of the American Govern
ment for indirect damages was again in
troduced in the House of Commons on
the 18th, and gave rise to another exciting
discussion. Ralph Osborne, member for
Waterford City, addressed the House at
length, and. in the course of his remarks,
said the Alabama question was the most
momentous one England had been called
to pass upon within century. He com
pared the astute lawyers who composed
the American Commission with the
novices who represented England, and
said the latter had been completely
outwitted off" said he LAWYERS had