ISO THE TKEATY OF WASHINGTON. 



States of old: siicli is their cloctriDe now, iieitber 

 more nor less by reason of our negotiation witli Great 

 Britain. 



SALE OF ARMS NOT AFFECTED BY THE TREATY OR THE 



AWARD. 



Some persons Lave supposed that the Treaty affects 

 the question of the sale of arms or munitions of war 

 to a Belligerent. That is an error. Wherever, as be- 

 tween the parties to the Treaty, the sale of arms was 

 lawful before, it is lawful now ; wherever it is unlaw- 

 ful now, it was unlawful before. That is a question 

 to which the action of the German Embassador in 

 Great Britain durino; the late war between France 

 and Germany has drawn the attention of all Europe, 

 and which is certain to acquire importance in any 

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

 Treaty of Washington, and did not come before the 

 Tribunal of Geneva. 



QUESTION OF SUPPLIES OF COAL. 



One specific ol)jection to the Rules of the Treaty, 

 and only one, of any apparent force, has passed under 

 my observation, that of the Austrian statesman, Count 

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

 Kule, relative to coaling and refitting in neutral i^orts^ 

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

 possession of neutral stations in all parts of the world, 

 a palj)able advantage over other States, which have 

 not the same facilities at command." 



This ol)jection is one of apprehension, rather than 



