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there being none of this class of claims in the case of the merchantships." To what extent this statement is incorrect is at once apparent on looking at the United States tables themselves. Moreover, it seems difficult to reconcile the statement that these claims have really been carefully examined on behalf of the United States Government, with the fact of the presentation to the Tribunal of some of the very extravagant claims enumerated in the British Report, such as a claim of $7,000 by a harpooner for personal injuries, which are in no way indicated or described; a claim of $15,000 by the master of the Louisiana, for interruption of business-neither of which claims is to be found verified by any affidavit whatever; a claim of $10,000 by a passenger, for loss of office of consul; a claim by Ebenezer Nye, the master of the Abigail, for more than $17,000, for personal effects, &c.; claims by masters and mates of vessels, (over and above their demands for personal effects,) of $20,000 and $10,000, for the loss of wages, and many other similarly exorbitant claims, which are more specifically referred to in the British Reports.

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his information to the British Government regarding the Florida..
his information to the British Government regarding the Alabama
his instructions to the Consul at Liverpool regarding the same
his information to the British Government regarding the Georgia
his representations to Lord Russell, August 15, 1861..

his information to the British Government regarding the Shenandoah.

his representation to the British Government concerning the Sumter..
his note of November, 1862.

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Mr. Adams gives information concerning..

reference of his information to the Law Officers of the Crown.

they advise inquiry, and that the Consul at Liverpool should communicate
directly with the Customs Officers at Liverpool.

report of Commissioner of Customs regarding the vessel.

the Consul furnishes the Collector with proof of the character of.

the Collector declines to act

...

the Consul furnishes further proof to the Collector..

the Solicitor of the Commissioner of the Customs finds the proofs insuf-
ficient

proof submitted to Her Majesty's Government through the Treasury,
(July 22,) and through the Foreign Office, (July 22).

additional proof through the Treasury, (July 23).

additional proof through the Foreign Office, (July 24).

additional proof through the Customs authorities, (July 25).

Her Majesty's Government promise to keep watch on the vessel
the Law Officers of the Crown recommend the seizure.

escape of

failure of Great Britain to use due diligence to prevent her departure.

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inefficiency of the subsequent proceedings

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armament of, from the Bahama at Angra Bay..

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arrives at Martinique, and coals from the Agrippina

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destroys the Hatteras..

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lands prisoners and repairs at Jamaica

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is refused permission to coal at Bahia, and is excluded from Brazilian
ports for violation of sovereignty of Brazil.......

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career of the Alabama till her destruction by the Kearsarge.

reasons why Great Britain is responsible for her acts...

reasons why Great Britain is not responsible for the acts of, as set forth

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in the British Argument...

her armament defended by Great Britain.

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Alabama claims, (see Grant, President:)

origin of the term....

the term well known in 1866.

how defined by the American Joint High Commissioners..

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Amicable settlement. (See Treaty of Washington.)
Animus:

unfriendly, of Great Britain toward the United States established..
its relevancy to the issues before the Tribunal
Lord Westbury's views concerning..

Mr. Bernard Montague's views concerning.
Earl Russell's views concerning
statements in the British Case regarding.
Arbitration, (see Tribunal of Arbitration :)
scope of, (see Indirect Claims:)...
refused by Lord Russell..

treaties, the place of war

Archer, the:

a tender of the Florida..

Argument of the United States..

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210, 218

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prepared by the official counsel of the United States

Argument of Great Britain...

its nature....

Armed vessels:

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the dispatch of, from neutral ports illegal

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their armament from neutral ports defended by Great Britain..

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Arms:

Asylum:

doctrine of, considered by Mr. Evarts...

Award:

character and effect of.

purchase of, not forbidden by international law, (note)..

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459

15,16

Azuni:

definition of neutrality...

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Bad faith:

B.

in a Government necessary to be proved in order to sustain a charge of
injurious negligence..

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unfriendly action at Nassau regarding the Florida in 1862..

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in case of violation of neutrality by, the remedy is against the vessel.
British view as to these points...

not recognized politically; the vessel of, does not enjoy privilege of ex-
territoriality....

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153

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Belligerent power:

exercised by United States of right in suppressing insurrection....
non-acquiescence in such exercise by another power is intervention...
Belligerent rights:

in case of rebel hostilities belong to the sovereign of right, to the rebel by
sufferance..

conferring them on the rebels by Great Britain was intervention.

Bernard, Mr. Montague, (see Animus :)

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carried on under British flag with toleration of British Government..

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thanks the United States in the name of Her Bretanic Majesty for their
course toward the Fenians....

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Bullock, J. D. :

insurgent agent, his contracts for vessels in England...

Burden of proof:

after proof of hostile acts on neutral territory, burden on the neutral to
show due diligence to prevent..

thrown upon claimants by the Commission under Jay's Treaty, (1794).
attempt of the United States to shift in this controversy.
Mr. Waite's views concerning..

Cairns, Lord:

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his views as to the duty of seizing suspected vessels..
thinks the indirect claims are in the Treaty.

Calvo:

reference to, concerning neutrality, (note).
his views regarding the powers of arbitration.

Canada:

case of, cited..

Canning, Mr.:

his views regarding the performance by the United States of their duties as
neutrals...

Cases:

of the two Governments delivered December 15, 1871...
admissions of the British regarding relevancy of animus.

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his views regarding the course of Her Majesty's Government.....
Cockburn, Sir Alexander:

his opinion regarding the Georgia in 1864....

Commissions:

effect of on offending cruisers...

Sir R. Palmer's views regarding..

Mr. Evarts's views regarding....

rules of international law respecting..

Confederate agencies:

their establishment in Great Britain defended and justified.............
Constitutional disabilities, (see International Law :)

no answer to a charge of violation of an international duty......
examination of the alleged constitutional disability of Great Britain....
Contraband of war, (see Sale :)

systematically covered by British flag....

a vessel specially adapted for war is regarded, in international law..
limitations of right to deal in, according to Mr. Evarts.

Counter Case:

of the two Governments delivered April 15, 1872, with proofs.................
Crimean War:

indefensible course of Great Britain during.....

Cuba, (See Spain :)

Cushing, Mr.:

his argument in reply to Sir Roundell Palmer....

his observations on the recruitments for the Shenandoah..

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