156 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



prevention of violation of neutrality in the ports of 

 sucli Neutral. That is to say, the parties to the 

 Treaty of Washington are estopped from claiming 

 comjiensation, one of the other, on account of the na- 

 tional injuries occasioned by any such breaches of 

 neutrality, not because they are indirect losses, — for 

 they are not, — but because they are national losses, 

 losses of the State as such. And each of us may, in 

 controversies on the same point with other nations, 

 ■allege the moral authority of tlie Tribunal of Geneva. 



But, w^hile national losses incurred by the Bellig- 

 erent as a State in consequence of such breaches of 

 neutrality are not to be made the subject of " com- 

 pensation or computation of damages," all private or 

 individual losses may be, under the qualifications and 

 limitations as to character and amount found by the 

 Tribunal, and which will be explained in treating of 

 that part of the Decision. 



These conclusions are the inevitable result of care- 

 ful comparison of the several claims with the several 

 decisions. True it is, the national claims of indem- 

 nit}^ for the cost of the pursuit of the Confederate 

 cruisers happened to come before the Tribunal asso- 

 ciated with strictly j)rivate claims, and the strictly 

 j^rivate claims on account of payment of extra war 

 premiums associated with national claims ; but these 

 are perfectly immaterial incidents, which do not in 

 any way affect appreciation of the opinions of the 

 Tribunal. 



Another subject of reflection suggests itself, in 

 comparing the respective decisions on national and 



