42 THE TREATY OF WASIIDCGTOX. 



peace and war, of the most trivial causes and tlie 

 most al)sard illusions. 



On the present occasion, London appears to have 

 Leen shaken and tossed by the intense fear of Great 

 Britain being in turn called upon to pay some indefi- 

 nite milliards of war iudenmity to the United States. 



DISCUSSION HETWKEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS. 



The British Government was very slow to take 

 this iiifccnon of popidar fear and commotion. Tho 

 Ameiic'in Case was duly filed on the 15th of Decern- 

 ])QV. jMany copies of it were in the hands of tho 

 British jNlinisters in a few days thereafter. We do 

 not hear of any particular disturbance of mind on 

 the part of the ^linisters until the beginning of Feb- 

 ruary, that is, the lapse of six or seven weeks, when 

 the American ^Minister, General Schenck, telegraphed 

 to ^Ir. Fish as follows: " London journals all demand 

 that the United States shall withdraw claims for in- 

 direct damages, as not within intention of treaty. 

 Jfitu'.sfrf/ ahiDnoV To which jNIi". Fish responded 

 by telegra])h as follows: "There must be no with- 

 drawal af any part of the claim presented. Counsel 

 Avill argue the case as prej^ared, unless they show to 

 this Government reasons for a change. The alai'iu 

 you speak of does not reach us. AVe arc perfectly 

 calm and content to await the award, and do not an- 

 ticipate repudiation of the Treaty by the other side." 

 And in these two telegrams we have the history of 

 the whole interval of time prior to the next meeting 

 of the Tribunal. Newspapers in England lashed 



