ALABAMA CLAIMS. G7 



1. "Tlic right under tlic Treaty to present lliem. 



2. "To have iheni disposed of and removed from Anther con- 

 trove rs\'. 



3. "To obtain a deeision either for or against the liability of 

 a neutral for claims of that description. 



4. "If the liability of a neutral for such claims is admitted 

 in the future, then to insist on payment by Great JJiitain for 

 those of the i)ast. 



T). "llavini; a case against (!roat lliilaiii to have the saiuo 

 principle ajjplied to it that may in the future be invoked against 

 the United States." 



Of tlicso considerations, the last four, it is oLvioiis, 

 ai't^ tlie complete jiistlficjition of the insertion of our 

 nutiontil claims in tbe Treaty and of tlieir presenta- 

 tion in tlie^Case." 



II(!nce the duty of the Agent and Counsel of the 

 United States, liaviiig eliarge oi the judicial investi- 

 gation pending before tlu; Triliunal of Arl)itrati<->n, 

 remained the same in the interval between l)ecend)er 

 ITitli, 1871, and June lotli, 1S7:2, wliatevcr diplomaiie 

 discussions or negotiations mi<2;ht be iroincr on Ijetween 

 the two Governments. Oiu' instructions were defi- 

 nite and peremi")tory, as the British Government well 

 understood, to prepare the Counter-Case for the Unit- 

 ed States, and tke final Argument, on the premises 

 of the Treaty as construed by the United States and 

 as explained in tlic American Case. Our Counter- 

 Case was prepared accordingly, as already stated, and 

 filed iu Encrlisli and in French before the Tribunal. 

 And in like manner we prepared our final Argument. 



This Argument, consisting of an octavo volinue of 

 495 pages, after discussing fully the various questions 

 of fact and of law involved iu the submission to arbi- 



