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States of old : huoIi is Ihuir docti'Iiio now, ucltlicr 

 luoro nor less by reason ot' our iiogotiatioii with Great 

 liritain. 



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Sonic ])oi'sons have sui)pose(l tliat tlie Treaty adeets 

 the (luestioii of the sale ot' anus or nninltioiis ot" ^var 

 to a iielligerent. That is an error. AVherevei', as be* 

 tween the j)arties to the Treaty, the sale of arms uas 

 lawful before, it is lawl'ul now; wherever it is unlaw- 

 ful now, it was \inlawfiil befoi'e. ^J'hat is a (juestion 

 to whieh the action of the (Jcnuan .lOnibassailor • in 

 (ii'cat Britain during' the late war bet^vecn hVaiieu 

 And (Jennany has (b'awn the attention of all Europe, 

 and ANhich is certain to ac(]uire iin])ortanco in any 

 future great war; but it is not touched, in fact, by the 

 Tivaty of AVashington, and did not coiuo before the 

 Tiibunal of Geneva. 



QUESTION OF Sri'l'LIES OF COAL. 



One Pi)ecific objection to the llules of the Treaty, 

 and only one, of any a]>i)arent force, has passed under 

 my observation, that of the Austrian statesman, Count 

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

 Ivule, relative to conVuuj and rofittiuij in neutral ports^ 

 which, it is alleged, " gives to England, through her 

 pes .;»ssion of neutral stations in all jiarts of the world, 

 a pali)able advantage over other States, which Lave 

 not the same facilities at command." 



This objection is one of apprehension, rather than 



