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813-315 ; second letter of Mr. Adams, referred 

 to as an answer to Earl Clarendon, 315-319; 

 Southern emigration to Mexico, 319 ; Mexican 

 complicity with the rebels, 320 ; Dr. Gwin's 

 schemes, 320 ; the French occupation, 320, 321 ; 

 non-recognition of Maximilian, 321 ; the Charles 

 "Windsor extradition case, 322 ; opinion of Mr. 

 Justice Smith in relation to the St. Albans 

 raiders, 322, 323. 



VI. Letter 4 of Mr. Seward defining the 

 position of the United States in reference to 

 wars waged by foreign powers against Ameri- 

 can governments, 267; correspondence with 

 the French Government relative to Mexico, 

 268 ; protest against the embarkation of Aus- 

 trian troops for Mexico, 268 ; Mr. Seward to 

 Mr. Motley, 268 ; Mr. Motley to the Austrian 

 Government, 268 ; statement of the French 

 minister on the withdrawal of troops, 268 ; a 

 conversation between the American and French 

 ministers, 268 ; further statements, 268 ; proc- 

 lamation of President Johnson, 268 ; Mr. 

 Bigelow to Mr. Seward, 269 ; instructions to 

 Mr. Campbell, minister to Mexico, with Gen- 

 eral Sherman, 269; Mr. Bigelow to Mr. Sew- 

 ard relative to the withdrawal of troops, 270 ; 

 protest of Mr. Seward, 270 ; efforts of General 

 Santa Anna, 270 ; report of Mr. Seward on 

 the proceedings against Fenians, 270; letter 

 to Sir Frederick Bruce, 270. 



VII. Alabama claims, 267; Secretary Sew- 

 ard's letter to Mr. Adams, 267 ; Lord Stanley's 

 instructions to Sir Frederick Bruce on the 

 question of arbitration, 270 ; Secretary Sew- 

 ard's reply, 271 ; views of the British Govern- 

 ment on Mr. Seward's dispatch, 271 ; failure 

 of the proposal to arbitrate, 272 ; Mr. Seward's 

 dispatch to Mr. Adams, 272 ; Mr. Adams's re- 

 ply, 272 ; the Spanish-American war, 272 ; 

 propositions of Government at Washington to 

 South American states, 272 ; purchase of Dan- 

 ish West India islands, 272 ; France and Mexi- 

 co, 272; letter of Minister Dix to Secretary 

 Seward, 272. 



VIII. The Alabama claims in the House of 

 Commons, 215 ; speech of Shaw Lefevre, 215 ; 

 arbitration proposed, 215 ; speech of Lord 

 Stanley, 215; views of W. E. Forster, 215 ; re- 

 marks of J. S. Mill, 215 ; do. of Gladstone, 

 216; treaty negotiated by Reverdy Johnson, 

 216 ; reception of the Chinese embassy at 

 Washington, 217; treaty, 217; case of extradi- 

 tion in Northern New York, 217 ; opinion of 



Judge Hall, 217; English commission to in- 

 quire into the neutrality laws, 217; recom- 

 mendations, 218; negotiations relative to nat- 

 uralization, 218 ; trouble in Paraguay, 218. 



IX. Alabama claims, 221 ; position of the 

 Government on the Cuban question, 231 ; 

 American citizens murdered by Spanish au- 

 thorities, 222. 



X. China, 224 ; Corea, 224 ; piracy in Chi- 

 nese waters, 225 ; Tientsin riot, 225 ; France, 

 recognition of the republic, 226 ; Great Britain, 

 227; Alabama claims, 227; fisheries, 228; 

 Northwest boundary, 230 ; international coin- 

 age, 231 ; Japan, treatment of Christians, 231 ; 

 North Germany protection of Germans in 

 France, 232 ; rights of neutrals, 233 ; rights of 

 legation, 233, 235 ; Spanish America, commer- 

 cial relations with, 236 ; Spain, good offices of 

 United States toward, 236 ; claims of United 

 States citizens against, 237 ; execution of 

 Speakraan and Wyeth, 240 ; seizure of the 

 Lloyd Aspinwall, 240 ; naturalized citizens of 

 United States in Cuba, 241 ; emancipation in 

 Cuba, 242 ; Venezuela, claims against, 242. 



XI. Great Britain proposes a joint commis- 

 sion, 253 ; reply of Secretary Fish, 254; " Ala- 

 bama claims" included, 254; United States 

 Commissioners, 254; British Commissioners, 

 254, 255 ; letter of Secretary Fish to commis- 

 sioners, 255 ; meeting of commission, 255 ; full 

 power given by the President to commission- 

 ers, 255, 256 ; protocol and articles, 256-262 ; 

 exchange of ratifications, 263; note to Em- 

 peror of Brazil, 263 ; appointment of arbitra- 

 tors, 263 ; Charles Francis Adams, 263, 264. 



XII. The award of the Geneva Tribunal, 

 239 ; statement by J. 0. B. Davis to Secretary 

 Fish, 239-246 ; definition of the demands of 

 the United States against Great Britain, 239, 

 240 ; discussion thereon, 240 ; statement of 

 the case in behalf of the United States, 240 ; 

 line of argument, 240 ; eminent men con- 

 sulted in preparing the case, 241 ; criticisms 

 of the English press, 241 ; discussion by the 

 English press of our national claims, 241 ; ac- 

 tion of the British Government, 241 ; reassem- 

 bling of the tribunal, 242 ; rejection of the in- 

 direct claims, 242 ; statement of Count Sclopis, 

 242 ; questions argued before the tribunal, 

 242 ; votes as to the responsibility of Great 

 Britain, 242 ; action concerning the Florida, 

 242 ; the award, 242 ; remarks of Mr. Davis 

 upon the main points at issue, 243 ; due dili- 



