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Gréat 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 British Government failed to 
use due diligence to fulfill its duties: 
1. Because “it results from all the facts 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 with 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 Lorida, was nevertheless on several occasions freely 
admitted into the ports of British Colonies ;” and, 4. Because 
“the judicial acquittal of the Oreto at Nassau 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 Confeder: ate port of Mobile, and of its 
stay there during four mopths, 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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