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Great Britain, instead of being proceeded against, as it ought to 

 have been, in any and every port within British jurisdiction 

 in which it might have been found ;" 4. And because " the 

 Government of her Britannic Majesty can not justify itself for 

 a failure in due diligence on the plea of the insufficiency of the 

 legal means of action which it possessed." 



As to the Florida^ originally called Oreto^ the Tri- 

 bunal decides that the Britisli Government failed to 

 use due diligence to fulfill its duties : 



1, Because "it results from all the fticts relative to the con- 

 struction of the Oreto in the port of Liverpool, and to its issue 

 therefrom, which facts failed to induce the Authorities in Great 

 Britain to resort to measures adequate to prevent the violation 

 of the neutrality of that nation, notwithstanding the warnings 

 and repeated representations of the Agents of the United 

 States ;" 2. Because " it likewise results from all the facts rela- 

 tive to the stay of the Oreto at Nassau, to her issue from that 

 port, to her enlistment of men, to her supplies, and to her arma- 

 ment wuth the co-operation of the British vessel Prince Alfred 

 at Green Cay, that there was negligence on the part of the 

 British Colonial Authorities ;" 3. Because, " notwithstanding 

 the violation of the neutrality of Great Britain committed by 

 the Oreto, this same vessel, later known as the Confederate 

 cruiser Florida, was nevertheless on several occasions freely 

 admitted into the ports of British Colonies ;" and, 4. Because 

 "the judicial acquittal of the Oreto at I^assau can not relieve 

 Great Britain from the responsibility incurred by her under the 

 principles of international law ; nor can the fact of the entry 

 of the Florida into the Confederate port of Mobile, and of its 

 stay there during four months, extinguish the responsibility 

 previous to that time incurred by Great Britain." 



As to the Shenandoah, originally called the Sea 

 King, the Tribunal decides that the British Govern- 

 ment is not chargeable with any failure in the use of 

 due diligence to fulfill the duties of neutrality respect- 



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