THE ALABAMA-CLAIMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1162, 19 April 1872, Page 2

THE ALABAMA- CLAIMS.

The great anxiety of the month has ■been the attitude of the; Bntish;Go#<|rnment in relatiou to the American demands upon us. The" British 1 "Press has been nearly unanimous in maintainingthat we cannot for a moment consent to submit to arbitration at all those indirect claims which our . statesmen supposed to be waived by the.tre.aly, and it seems to be fully understood' that tbe ! Government concur in this /view.' 1 •• T;:: Public opinion jn Germany strongly coudemna the-tTnited States*for i claiming indemnification for indirect damages. ■ In the Queen's Speech w& £indlthu| subject dismissed m a few words. W&at is. said,'- howeVer," is pithily' put'- :— " Gases have been laid; before? the arbitrators on behalf of each, p&riy.to the treaty. In the case so submitted, on behalf of the United States, large claims have' been 1 included, which are understood votf my part not to be within the province of the arbitrators. On- inls I: subject f »»I ' have-'causedarfriendly-communication-to be made-to tiie»Government of the United/States.'' . A_ good ..deal.of talk was indulged in here at the.time about the outtp report of Queen's speeph published in tKe American pape.rs. The explanation is found itfthe following paragraph, published in an English* paper :— "'On' Tuesday morning New; Yorkers werej congratulating; them-:, selves that they were reading the Queen's speech before it, was. delivered,,. The fact is" that the manager of , the New. York -Associated; Press had. telegraphed. a parody of ■ the speech published in; the' Pall Mall Gazette on' Monday evening, believing it to be a genuine document, and well worth the -L 260 which' the message There was some danger of mischiefSiti the United StatesJ seeing : tnat this s -fictitious speech expressed the hope that we should not have to pay the 1 ' Government of Washington a larger indemnity than the.. French. had to. r pay the .Government off Berlin. This sentence must havepiizzled jbhe..!.cute.TanJcees, and perhaps have made theni suspect ,the, authenticity of "tKe"*clo7^ cument which" nad 'beeu ' cabled ' at such a cost. If it did not, then hopes must have been excited which, by this time, have been sadly dashed." -»/; """