Arizona republican., 1915-08-04

CT Zamora in the present war, of which
 the British court declared:
 The nations of the world need not I be apprehenSive that orderS-in in council that emanate from the government of 1 this country are in such violation of | the acknowledged laws of the nations | that it is conceivable our prize tribu-
 nals, holding the law of the nations in | reverence, would feel called upon to disregard or refuse obedience to the provisions of such orders"
 l Sir Edward then points out that the 1 legality of orders in council or meas | ures taken under them, have not yet 1 been brought to a decision of the prize
 court but reminds the United States l that it is open to any United States 1 citizen whose claim is before the prize 1 court to contend that any order-in-
 council which may affect his claim is 1 inconsistent with the principles of in
 ternational law and therefore not bind | ing upon the court. If the prize court l declines to accept his contentious, if | after such decision has been upheld on appeal by the judicial committee, his
 majesty's privy council and the gov l ernment of the United States consider | V | the decision is incorrect and infringes 1 on the rights of their citizens, it is | open to them the claim that should be
 subjected to review by an international 1 tribunal.
 l The celebrated MatamOroS cases OI 1 the civil war were then cited to show l that the supreme court of the United ! States held it had the right to reverse | tho dnCiSinnc nf rtS and that there was no doubt of the Jurisdiction | of an international tribunal to review
 the decisions of the prize courts of the ! United States where the parties them
 selves aggrieveA had prosecuted ap peals to the court of last resort | If the United States will be dissatis- | fled with decisions of the British prize I courts as sustained by the privy coun- ] cil, the British government is prepared 1 to concert with the United States, "in
 order to decide upon the best way of applying the principle to the situation | which has then arisen"
 London to Publish Notes 1 LONDON. Aug. 3-The recent dplo- l matic correspondence between London
 and Washington concerning delays to American commerce and Great Bri- ! tain's order-in council will be pub 1 lished here tomorrow morning.
 i The foreign office explains that all i phases of the controversy between the 1 United States and Great Britain, ex- l cept that with cotton, are covered in l the British notes and that when a de- | cision is arrived at on the cotton sit
 uation it is probable a note on this subject will be sent to Washington | No question at the present time is l giving the government here more veX- ations than cotton. The government has already indicated that it's decision
 not to treat a staple as contraband is
 not irrevocable but it is not convinced
 that the proposed alternatives might
 not cause more trouble and friction than l the present system of detaining cotton
 suspected of having an enemy country | for it's destination.
 1 The correspondence concerning the | seizure of the American steamer Ma ches. while bound from Rotterdam to
 the United States with a cargo of Bel gian and German goods has already | brought forward positive results, as ! several consignments originating in Belgium which were aboard that 1 steamer have been released and handed over to American claimants.
 Official circles here are not optimis- | tic that the Bitish replies will end the 1 shipping controversy but it is felt the negotiations have not come to impasse, as the government expressed it's will lingnesS to submit the differences be- tween it and the United States to ar btration if an agreement is found to be impossible.