TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Case of the United States laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva... II. Unfriendly course pursued by Great Britain toward the United States from the outbreak to the close of the Insurrection..... 19 III. The duties which Great Britain as a neutral should have observed tow ard the United Statss 47 IV. Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutra 1.. V. Wherein Great Britain failed to perform its duties as a neutral. The Insurgent cruisers...... VI. The Tribunal should award a sum in gross to the United States. 89 125 185 Case presented on the part of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to the Tribunal..... I. Statement of the matter referred to the Arbitrators as it is understood by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty...... II. Statement of events which attended and followed the commencement of the civil war, and of the course pursued in relation to it.by Great Britain and other Maritime Powers III. Statement on International Rights and Duties; on the powers which were possessed by Her Britannic Majesty's Government of preventing unlawful equipments, and the manner and circumstances in and under which these powers were exercised during the war.. 205 207 211 236 IV. Considerations proper to be kept in view by the Arbitrators in reference to the cases of the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah........ 272 Counter Case of the United States presented to the Tribunal................... 415 Additional documents, correspondence, and evidence accompanying Counter 443 Correspondence relative to the monitors Catawba and Oneota at New Orleans 714 725 Correspondence relative to the Spanish gun-boats at New York. 732 Cuban correspondence, 1866-1871 Correspondence relative to the Hornet. 759 827 THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, LAID BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, CONVENED AT GENEVA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Geneva Present Page. Page. Meeting of the Joint High Commission at Washington What the United States will attempt to establish II. THE UNFRIENDLY COURSE PURSUED BY GREAT BRITAIN TOWARD THE UNITED STATES FROM THE OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF THE INSURREC- Lord John Russell and the insurgent commissioners discuss the recog- 51 26 Communication with the French government... 52 27 When the President's proclamation was received by Great Britain...... |