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Alabama Claims; Argument of the United States Delivered to the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva, June 15, 1872
Alabama Claims Argument of the United States Delivered to the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva June 15 1872 Author:United States General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: Dubuisson Subjects: United States Great Britain Alabama claims History / Europe / Great Britain Law / International Law / Military Political Science / International Relations / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the... more » original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Y. STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL FACTS PERTINENT TO THE ENQUIRY, BOTH OF A GENERAL NATURE, AND APPLICABLE TO EACH PARTICULAR CRUISER. The United States in their Case, which was delivered to the Tribunal of Arbitration on the 15th day of December last, presented evidence to establish the following facts : 1. That before the outbreak of the insurrection in the United States, Her Majesty's Government invited the Government of the French Emperor to act jointly with the British Government in the anticipated rising of the insurgents. 2. That before an armed collision had taken place, Her Majesty's Government determined to recognize the insurgents as belligerents, whenever the insurrection should break out. 3. That, in accordance with the previous invitation to the French Government, Her Majesty's Government announced its decision so to recognizo the insurgents, andinvited France to do the same, as soon as it heard of the outbreak of the insurrection, and before it had official information of the steps which the Government of the United States proposed to take for the suppression of the same. 4. That after the announcement of this decision was made, and before the Queen's Proclamation was issued in accordance therewith, the attention of Her Majesty's Government was called in both Houses of Parliament to results which it was supposed would follow the recognition of the insurgents as belligerents; vi...« less