28 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



earliest moment possible, signs became visible of 

 tlie siuiruiar want of discretion and trood sense of 

 the "enfani terrible," ostentatiously ^j/'o^-to/cy/ "Lord 

 Cliief Justice of En^rland;' whom the r>ritish Govern- 

 ment liad placed on the Tribunal. 



The vernacular tongue of Count Sclopis was Ital- 

 ian ; tliat of the Baron d'ltnjulju, Portuguese; and 

 that of Mr. Sticmplli, (lerman. Count Sclopis spoke 

 and read English, and ]\Ir. Stiemplli read it. All the 

 Arbitrators, liowever, were well acquainted with 

 French; and it was in tliis language that they com- 

 municated with one another, whether in social inter- 

 course or in tlu' discussions of the Tribunal. Thus, 

 Ave had befoi-e lis a Tribunal, the member^ of which 

 did not either of them make use of his own language 

 in their conunon Inisiness; but met, all of them, on 

 the neutral ground of the common diplomatic lan- 

 guage of Europe. 



In this connection it was that the United States 

 enjoyed their first advantage. Our Government did * 

 not need to wait \uitil the organization of the Trilni- 

 nal to know in what language its proceedings would 

 be conducted ; and, in prevision of this fact, it ordered 

 the American "Case" to be translated from the En- 

 glish into French, so as to be presented simultaneous- 

 ly in both languages at the meeting of the Tribu- 

 nal : the exigency for which was not anticipated, 

 or, if anticipated, was uot provided for, by the Brit- 

 ish Govermnent. 



The American " Case " and documents are contain- 

 ed in eiirht volumes octavo, which consist in all of 



