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events, and from the measures taken* by Spain in 

 Cuba. Lord John Russell stated in Parliament, on 

 the 4th of May following, that they were satisfactory 

 to England. 



Coincident with this arrangement between Eng- 

 land and Spain, there are two remarkable statements 

 made by British statesmen. On the occasion of the 

 rejection by the United States, of the proposition 

 made by England and France, to enter into a tripar- 

 tite treaty relative to Cuba, Lord John Russell 

 directs the British minister at Washington to say to 

 the American secretary of state : 



" Finally, while fully admitting the right of the 

 United States to reject the proposal made by Lord 

 Malmesbury, and Mons. de Turgot, Great Britain 

 must at once resume her entire liberty, and upon any 

 occasion that may call for it, be free to act either 

 singly or in conjunction with other powers, as to her 

 may seem fit." 



Lord Clarendon, while secretary for foreign 

 affairs, subsequently made in Parliament this cele- 

 brated announcement relative to the united policy 

 of England and France. 



" I will further add that the union between the 

 two governments has not been confined to the Eas- 



