ISO THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



States of old: such is their doctrine now, neither 

 more nor less by reason of our negotiation with Great 

 Britain. 



SALE OF ARMS NOT AFFECTED BY THE TREATY OR THE 



AWARD. 



Some persons have supposed that the Treaty affects 

 the question of the sale of arms or munitions of war 

 to a Belligerent. That is an error. Wherever, as be 

 tween the parties to the Treaty, the sale of arms was 

 lawful before, it is lawful now ; wherever it is unlaw 

 ful now, it was unlawful before. That is a question 

 to which the action of the German Embassador in 

 Great Britain during the late war between France, 

 and Germany has drawn the attention of all Europe, 

 and which is certain to acquire importance in any 

 future great war ; |)ut it is not touched, in fact, by the 

 Treaty of Washington, and did not come before the 

 Tribunal of Geneva. 



QUESTION OF SUPPLIES OF COAL. 



One specific objection to the Rules of the Treaty, 

 and only one, of any apparent force, has passed under 

 iny observation, that of the Austrian statesman, Count 

 von Beust : the suggestion, namely, as to the second 

 Rule, relative to coaling and refitting in neutral ports, 

 which, it is alleged, &quot; gives to England, through her 

 possession of neutral stations in all parts of the world, 

 a palpable advantage over other States, which have 

 not the same facilities at command.&quot; 



This objection is one of apprehension, rather than 



