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each one of Lis opinions, to tlie contrary of the line 

 of reasoning followed by the British Arbitrator. 



Finally, in assenting to the Decision, tbe Viscount 

 of Itajuba remarked that, " -with regard to the supply 

 of coal, he is of opinion that every Government is 

 free to furnish to the Bellio'erents more or less of 

 that article." 



Thus, the tenor of the Decision of the Tribunal, 

 and the commentaries of the Arbitrators thereon, 

 combine to show that the second Rule can not have 

 the effect ascribed to it by Count von Beust. 



Besides which, the latter greatly errs in supposing 

 that the numerous naval stations possessed by Great 

 Britain in different parts of the globe give to her so 

 much advantage to the prejudice of other maritime 

 Powers. She pays dearly for such benefits as she 

 herself derives from those establishments, in the cost 

 of maintaining them, whether in peace or in war; 

 and if, w^hile in a state of neutrality herself, she re- 

 fuses hospitality to others [and she must do it to all, 

 if she does to one], she forces other Powers to ac- 

 quire similar establishments to be conducted with 

 equal exclusiveuess, or she is constrained to incur the 

 risk of the charge of partiality as between several 

 Belligerents. Hence, it is not for the interest of oth- 

 er Powers to overstretch the responsibilities of Great 

 Britain in this respect; and it is for her interest to 

 deal justly and impartially with such other Powers. 



Great Britain was not condemned by the Tribunal 

 because of the supply of coals to Confederate cruisers 

 in her Colonial ports, nor merely because those cruis- 



