New-York tribune., 1876-04-11
WASHINGTON.

w AOIl1INO OA>s
, pEREMPTORY REFUSAL TO ENGLAND
-,xrs A DECIDED COURSE IN REGARD TO
nrr,su DEMANDS IN THE wINsLow cAsE-A
ww oY TIE LAWRENCE AND wINsLow
CASES. -.,,rxr1
,u,,xcroy. April 10.--Secretary Fish mas
w., uoenon Charge d'Affares at London an Of
sen' Informing him that the United sta'es canho.
onv circumstances take cognizance Vi 'h' s.s
un' pr;,i.h Parliament Of 1870 touching eAuaui'ion
.,ia, .uo and peremptoriy refusing 10 give any AS
trcae', that winsow the Boston forger, shall
.,ad for apy crime except that for which eAtraur
.' a. asked controversy between the ohi'cu o,".'
1 creat Britain In regard to the terms OF tne te".
.,s a, the Ashburton Treaty. under which "inS' %.
.vtrsdition is asked has been going on a' ih'oi
.no last six years. On two different occasions 90
,,ons have been made to amend the ITCHY ". '. a.,
=. to make 1t cover crimes not now ehuin.i .,',.
aS !" -, Tho only oaenses to which TINS
treaty now applies murder, or assault and
,, murder piracy al son, robbery forgery anu
,,terance Of forged paper. The proposi''on o ~ :.
s,ons mentioned has been to ameho 'n' ,o"' y a.. ,,
re,ates to British North American .oon'o'' . 1,o
a, ,or several other crimes OF less I'npoi '"'0 nv
o,,ans,on Of our population ana 'na' Vi O"n'.a
n line has made it seem desirable 10 the repre-
oi'i"ne :, bo.b nations that criminals guilty
atatiya
. not enumerated above, and for which perhaps
:, - ,.au,d not be well to return offenders VINO nave
sooneS across the ocean. should DO srehoeiou ~'oi
.;ns acd from the United states TO Canaoa OF iroh
Cd. IN the United States. These negotiations were
nv the refusal of the United States to agree to
sondtion. imposed by this act OF Parliament OF ls|o
"a r.nresentatves of both nations have now gone on
.oar,v al, wears since its passage Internationally de-
' IT, and surrendering prisoners under this treaty.
be rst tine that the United states was asked 10 give
-. ,hot the prisoner should be tried except for
h oeuse for which he was eItradted, was in the case
,Iowrepce the New-York smuggler. When the sur
..dor q, lawrence demanded, 13 indictments were
London Sir Thomas Lewis selected one OF these,
sna recommended to the Home Office that the prisoner
aA- ,nad on that Tho agent of the United States,
~. hsd gone to London to bring Lawrence
go being unfamiliar with technicalitics, sup
o.sd that any surrender by which ne optaiheu pos
.,or NJ his prisoner sufficient. After Lawrence
ved in this country Mr.. Fishs attention was called
So ,s British Government to report that he was 20 DE
od %, other crimes than that for which he was extra
sa This objection was probably suggested by persons
s,h IN England and the United States who
we're interested in Lawrence's escape ana
the suppression Of the details OF MS crimes
when Sir Edward Thornton spoke to MT Flsh
n, regard to this the latter OF course decned 10
have any official negotiations on the suh)ecr Lawrence
had been araigned crime except that for which he
VI
Donorment to discuss Hypothetical questions. since
b answer was given the representatives OF the British
Government had nOthny more to say about the Law
renee case. ,
The indictments for which the extradition Of Winslow
IA asked are seven In number. BY the laws OF Great
Britain a criminal who is committed Tor cxtradlton
must be held 20 days. in order that any Irregularities In
the proceedings may be discovered After the expiration
Of this time he is held 60 days, and not surrendered
within that TIM may be released on writ OF habeas
corpus OF this last period 80 33 days have now ex
pred but sufficient time remains for the British Govern
msnt fully TO determine what action 1t will take on the
subject Fish in his note which is described by the
members Of the Foreign Affairs Committee OF the House
TO whom has been read very able and strong docu
,nent informs Mr. Hoffman that the United States can
mot Yield In any respect this natter that this Gov
ernment considers the refusal to return Wnsow without
conditions abrogaton Of the tenth article OF the
Treaty OF 1922 and that should refusal be persisted In
the President will hereafter refuse to surrender any per-
sop arrested In this country and accused OF having CON-
mi.ted crime IL. the British dominons.
Mr. Faulkner OF the House Committee on Foreign Ar
fairs called on the Secretary this morning TO inquire why
Che correspondence relating to this subject which had
been called for by resolution OF tho House had not been
forwarded Mr. Fish replied that his last note on inc
subject COPY OF which he showed to Mr. Faulkner, had
not yet reached London and that he was simply waiting
to hear OF its arrival before making Its contents
public In this country. Mr. fauiKner also HI
auired In regard to the correspondence relating
10 Col steinbergers mission 10 the Samoan Islands
Mr. Fish said that this correspondence Is OF very
volumnous character and that it is being prepared for
Congress rapidly possible. He also assured ar'
Faulkner that Col senberger the last tmo he vent to
the Samoan Islands, did not 60 in the capacity OF an
agent Of the United States, but entirely ON his own
private He does not In any resi- ect or degree
represent the United States and has authority what
from Government The United States Consul to
the Samoan Islands has inquired Of Mr. Fish In regard to
Btenbergers status, and has been Informed OF these
facts