New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-06
THE AMERICAN SUSPECTS.

RESULT OF DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
SECRETARY PRELINGHUYsEN's REPORT TO TIM
PREsIDEST-ALL THE AMERICANS EXCEPT THREE
RELEASED FROM PRISON OFFICIAL CORRE.
sPoNDENcE
WASHINGTON April 5--The President sent to the
Senate to-day the following report OF the Secretary
of State relating to the American citizens impris-
oned in Ireland Among tho documents transmit
ted with the Secretary's report dispatches from
Nr. Lowell and from the Consul at Cork, extracts
from which are given below:
To the President:
The Secretary of State, 10 whom has been referred
the resolution OF the Senate Of the 18th OF March
last directing that he Inquire and ascertain
whether citizens of the United States OF America
have been arres ed and are now held in coniine-
ment in reand,and II so for what length of time and
for what and If charged with crime what steps
If any, have been taken to secure speedy trial. and
II not charged with crime what steps, II any have
been taken TO their release and to report the
result to Congress at the earliest time practicable"
has the honor to report TO the President as folows
On the I'd day Of March, 1881, the Parliament OF
Great Britain enacted the act for the better pro-
lection Of persons and property in Ireland" In the
first section of this act it was enacted " that
Any person who has been declared by warrant OF tho
Lord Lieutenant to be reasonably suspected OF having at
guilty principal accessory Of hgh treason treason,
felony reasonable practices wherever committed, or
at any time since the soh day of september 1880 10
prescribed district being act Of violence or intmda-
tenance of law and order may be arrested any pariof
Ireland and legally detained during the continuance OF
this in such prison in Ireland may from time 10
time be directed by the LOrdeutenant without bah or
apeS nd G shan not be S Se IE ea Sy
every such warrant shall for the purpose OF this act 10
and OF the jurisdiction TO issue and execute such war
rant and OF the legality Of the arrest and detention OK
the person mentioned H. such warrant
No copy of the act being found in the Department
at the time of its passage on the 26th day OF May
last the then Secretary of State instructed Ar:
Lowell to obtain and forward authentic copies OF IL
at his earliest convenience.
MR.. BLAINE TO MR. LOWELL
Mr. Lowell complied with the instruction on tho
18th of June. But meanwhile the Department
seems to have obtained copy of the act as the
Secretary of State instructed Mr. Lowell as follows
on the I'd of June last:
Whatever the necessity be in the estimation OF
her Majesty for the existence and enforcement In Ire
enacted In respect to that country the Government
not view with unconcern the application OF tho
summary proceedings attendant upon the execu-
tOn OF these measures to nauralzed citizens OF tho
relations may render necessary their in Ireland
or any other part Of the United Kingdom whose dial
t rcvist R their native country II Amercan CITIZENS
while within British jurisdiction offend against British
the legal consequences OF their acts; but it must insist
upon the application to their cases OF those common
States to every who oends against its Laws,
ho Ts n to cm Which
the best safeguard to personal liberty aud the strongest
law Which might otherwise be practsed through
excessive zeal That an accused person SHALL i'm.
or offence upon which he is held and that he shall DO
offered opportunity for speedy trial before an I'm.
p PROSECUTION necessary alike to the projection Of
innocence and the ascertainment Of guilt
Mr. Lowell replied to this that "It will give mo
great pleasure to communicate to Lord Granville
the views you have so clearly and eloquently ex-
pressed as TO the injustice of some of the features OF
retroactive character But i would respectfully
suggest whether any steps would be gained toward
the speedy trial or release. of Walsh
self under which he was apprehended.
50 long as Lord Granville expressly declines to
make any distinction between British subjects and
American citizens in the application of this law
position which presume may be justified by preos-
dent under our diplomatic history"
RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS.
On the 31st of January last the House of Repre-
sentatves called for list of all American citizens
naturazed or native-born, under arrest or impris-
onment and especially such of said citizens may
have been arrested and imprisoned under the sus-
pension of the habeas corpus in Ireland and if not
incompatible with the public interest that the Sec.
retary of State communicate such information when
received to this House, together with all cOrre-
spondence now on file III the Department of State
relating TO any existing arrest and imprisonment
of citizens as aforesaid"
copy of this resolution was forwarded to Mr..
tracts from which form part OF the papers here
with transmitted.
1t appears from his return that the following ar
rests and imprisonments of persons claiming 10 be
American citizens were made after January /,
1881, namely: NJ. b. Fogarty, Michael Boyton,
Daniel McSweeny, Henry O3lahoney, James Z.
Daley, = McEnery, Dennis OConnor, Michael
Hart, Joseph Dalton.
In the course of the correspondence 1t appeared
that Bot1n was not an an Gt5T Sna
Mahonev's naturalization. On the Sd of March last
the Secretary of Stat" instructed Mr.. Lowell 70 use
all diligence In regard 10 the latc cases. especially
of Hart and McSweeny.
On the 4th of the same month Mr.. Lowell was
instructed to inform the British Government that
the President hoped that without discussing tho
applicabty of the Coercion act TO citizens OF tho
United States the Lord-L Lieutenant would be In
structed to exercise the discretionary powers re-
posed in him by the first section So far as TO order
speedy trials of all imprisoned American citizens.
On the 10Th of the same month Mr.. Lowell was
again instructed 10 call attention TO this subject
pear unreasonable, but would be relieved II he could
inform Congress that his request for speedy trials or
Americans had been complied with. On the 18th
of March Mr. Lowell was again Instructed TO say
that the President hoped that her Majesty's Cow
ernment would see its way To an early and fayOr-
able answer to bis request
In further response TO the resolution OF the Sem
ate the Secretary of State has the honor 10 trans
nit TO the President the papers described IN the
accompanying list and ~ say that the negotiations
which are still going on have so far reached con-
cusion that but three persons remain IN prison, aud
there is good reason 10 believe that results Will DO
reached satisfactory to both Governments Several
telegrams have passed between London and wash
ington during the recent pending negotiations
which il is not thought compatible with the public
interests disclose at present. Respectfully sub
mtted fREDERlCK l. fRELiNGHUlsEN
Department Of State, Washington, April ., 1882