The Case of the United States, to be Laid Before the Tribunal of Arbitration: To be Convened at Geneva Under the Provisions of the Treaty Between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, Concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871 |
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... hostile acts tolerated in British Possessions .... These facts throw suspicion upon the acts of British officials toward the insurgent cruisers ... 314 127 316 128 They show an abnegation of all diligence to prevent the acts com ...
... hostile acts tolerated in British Possessions .... These facts throw suspicion upon the acts of British officials toward the insurgent cruisers ... 314 127 316 128 They show an abnegation of all diligence to prevent the acts com ...
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... hostile operations against Great Britain , a new treaty was made , at the instance of the United States , by which all the difficulties were arranged satisfactorily to Great Britain , and at the same time so as to preserve the ...
... hostile operations against Great Britain , a new treaty was made , at the instance of the United States , by which all the difficulties were arranged satisfactorily to Great Britain , and at the same time so as to preserve the ...
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... hostile movement . In the following month they pro- claimed , through a State Convention , their purpose to secede from the Union , because the party about to come into power had " announced that the South shall be excluded from the ...
... hostile movement . In the following month they pro- claimed , through a State Convention , their purpose to secede from the Union , because the party about to come into power had " announced that the South shall be excluded from the ...
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... hostile to the United States . When the news of the bloodless attack upon Fort Sumter became known in Europe , Her Majesty's Government apparently assumed that 1 Vol . I , page 16 . 2 Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia , 1861 , page 137 . Mr ...
... hostile to the United States . When the news of the bloodless attack upon Fort Sumter became known in Europe , Her Majesty's Government apparently assumed that 1 Vol . I , page 16 . 2 Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia , 1861 , page 137 . Mr ...
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... hostility toward the United States . The arming continued with ostentatious publicity ; the warlike preparations went on , and the peremptory instructions to Lord Lyons were neither revoked nor in any sense modified . Contrast this ...
... hostility toward the United States . The arming continued with ostentatious publicity ; the warlike preparations went on , and the peremptory instructions to Lord Lyons were neither revoked nor in any sense modified . Contrast this ...
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Adams to Russell affidavit agents Alabama April armament armed arrived ask the Tribunal authorities Bahama bâtiments belligerent Bermuda blockade Britain British Government British port Bullock Captain captured cargo carry claims Colonial commander commerce commission complained Confederate construction Consul crew cruise cruisers Declaration of Paris dispatch Dudley to Seward due diligence duties Earl Russell England equipped ernment evidence fact fitted flag Florida Foreign Enlistment Act Fraser furnished Georgia Governor Gran Para guerre Heyliger hostile Huse injury instructions insurgents International Law January June jurisdiction law of nations Liverpool London Lord John Russell Lord Lyons Lord Russell Majesty's Government man-of-war March Melbourne ment Nassau Navy neutral neutre officers opinion Oreto persons prevent proof purpose received recognized repairs reported rules Russell's sail Sea King Secretary Shenandoah ship steamer Sumter supply of coal taken tion tons Treaty of Washington Trenholm Tribunal of Arbitration United vessel violation Waddell
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Page 14 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 14 - Government relies ; and the Arbitrators may, if they desire further elucidation with regard to any point, require a written or printed statement or argument, or oral argument by counsel upon it...
Page 14 - And the high contracting parties agree to observe these rules as between themselves in future, and to bring them to the knowledge of other maritime Powers and to invite them to accede to them.
Page 12 - Now, in order to remove and adjust all complaints and claims on the part of the United States, and to provide for the speedy settlement of such claims, which are not admitted by Her Britannic Majesty's Government, the High Contracting Parties agree that all the said claims, growing out of acts committed by the aforesaid vessels, and generically known as the 'Alabama Claims...
Page 89 - Plenipotentiaries to express, in a friendly spirit, the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels...
Page 15 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 95 - ... carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to the law or modern usage of nations, for the use or service of either of the said contending parties...
Page 50 - States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 30 - Foreigners residing in this country, as long as they reside here under the protection of this country, are considered in the light of British subjects, or rather subjects of her Majesty...
Page 12 - Brazil, as the case may be, may forthwith name another person to act as Arbitrator in the place and stead of the Arbitrator originally named by such Head of a State.