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MESSAGE

FROM THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

TRANSMITTING

A report from the Secretary of State, with the British case, and papers which accompanied it.

APRIL 24, 1872.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

JUNE 3, 1872.- *

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Ordered that 3,000 extra copies be printed: 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate and 2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives.

To the House of Representatives of the United States :

In answer to a resolution of the 22d instant, I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the British case, and papers which accompanied it.

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1872.

U. S. GRANT.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 24, 1872.

The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, requesting the President (if not inconsistent with the public interests) to communicate to that House the case presented by the British government under the Washington treaty, with accompanying papers, has the honor to lay before the President the documents called for by the resolution.

Respectfully submitted.

HAMILTON FISH.

The PRESIDENT.

List of accompaniments.

Case presented on the part of the government of Her Britannic Majesty to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, constituted under Article I of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty.

Appendix to the same, Volumes I, II, III, IV.

CASE

PRESENTED ON THE PART OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY

TO THE

TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION,

CONSTITUTED

UNDER ARTICLE I OF THE TREATY CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON ON THE 8TH MAY, 1871, BETWEEN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY

AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

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The case now presented to the arbitrators on the part of the government of Her
Britannic Majesty comprehends a statement of the facts which that government
regards as material to a just adjudication on the claims of the United States, and of
some general propositions on which it intends to rely, believing them to be in accord-
ance with the principles of international law and the practice of nations.

THE CONTENTS OF THE CASE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

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THE APPENDIX TO THE CASE CONSISTS OF FOUR VOLUMES, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH

ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Vol. I.

Correspondence relating to the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah.
(See vol. I, pages 217 to 1002, of this edition.)

Vol. II. Correspondence relating to the Sumter, Nashville, Georgiana, Phantom,
Southerner, Alexandra, and other vessels respecting which representations
were made by the Government of the United States to that of Her Bri-
tannic Majesty during the civil war. (See vol. II of this edition.)

Vol. III. Papers relating to the commencement of the civil war; proclamations and
regulations issued by the governments of Great Britain and other coun-
tries during that war; the neutrality laws of the United States and of
Great Britain; judgments delivered by the British Court of Exchequer
and by the Supreme Court of the United States; correspondence between
the Government of the United States and the governments of Spain and
Portugal relative to the fitting out of privateers in the ports of the first-
named country; and the report of the royal commission appointed to
inquire into the character, working, and effect of the British laws for the
enforcement of neutrality. (See vol. III, pages 1 to 395, of this edition.)
Vol. IV. General correspondence on the “Alabama claims," presented to Parliament.
(See rol. III, pages 397 to 965, of this edition.)

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