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prescribed in the first and the third of the Rules established by the Sixth Arti- 
cle of the Treaty of Washington. 
And whereas, with respect to the vessel called the Florida, it results from 
all the facts relative to the construction 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, that Her Majesty’s Government has failed to use 
due diligence to fulfill the duties of neutrality ; 
And whereas it likewise results from all the facts relative 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 armament with the co-operation of the British vessel Prince 
Affred at Green Cay, that there was negligence on the part of the British Colo- 
nial Authorities ; 
And whereas, 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 whereas 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 Con- 
federate port of Mobile, and of its stay there during four months, extinguish the 
responsibility previously to that time incurred by Great Britain: 
For these reasons, 
The ‘Tribunal, by a majority of four voices to one, is of opinion, 
That Great Britain has in this case failed, by omission, to fulfill the duties 
prescribed in the first, in the second, and in the third of the Rules established 
by Article VI. of the Treaty of Washington. 
And whereas, with respect to the vessel called the Shenandoah, it results from 
all the facts relative to the departure from London of the merchant vessel the 
Sea King, and to the transformation of that ship into a Confederate cruiser 
under the name of the Shenandoah, near the island of Madeira, that the Gov- 
ernment of Her Britannic Majesty is not chargeable with any failure, down to 
that date, in the use of due diligence to fulfill the duties of neutrality ; 
But whereas it results from all the facts connected with the stay of the Shen- 
andoah at Melbourne, and especially with the augmentation which the British 
Government itself admits to have been clandestinely effected of her foree by the 
enlistment of men within that port, that there was negligence on the part of the 
Authorities at that place: 
For these reasons, 
The Tribunal is unanimously of opinion, 
That Great Britain has not failed, by any act or omission, to fulfill any of 
the duties prescribed by the Rules of Article VI. in the Treaty of Washington, 
or by the principles of International Law not inconsistent therewith, in respect 
