Letter

Annex., June

Author
Tenterden
Date
June 15, 1872
Type
Letter
Language
English

Annex.

The undersigned agent of Her Britannic Majesty is instructed by Her Majesty’s government to state to Count Sclopis, the arbitrator named by His Majesty the King of Italy, that they regret to be under the necessity of informing the arbitrators that the difference between Her Majesty’s government and the Government of the United States, referred to in the note which the undersigned had the honor to address to Count Sclopis when presenting the British counter case on the 15th of April last, has not yet been removed.

Her Majesty’s government have, however, been engaged in negotiations with the Government of the United States, which have continued down to the present time, for the solution of the difficulty which has thus arisen; and they do not abandon the hope that, if further time were given lor that purpose, such a solution might be practicable.

Under these circumstances, the course which Her Majesty’s government would respectfully request the tribunal to take is to adjourn the present meeting for such a period as may enable a supplementary convention to be still concluded and ratified between the high contracting parties.

Having lodged the present application, the undersigned is instructed to withhold the written or printed argument which the undersigned, as agent of Her Majesty, is directed to put in under the 5th article of the treaty, although that argument has been duly prepared and is in the hands of the undersigned.

The undersigned is further directed to say that Her Majesty’s government (while they would consider the tribunal to have full power to proceed at the end of the period of adjournment, if the difference between the high contracting parties should then have been removed, notwithstanding the non-delivery on this day of the argument by the undersigned) continue, while requesting this adjournment, to reserve all Her Majesty’s rights, in the event of an agreement not being finally arrived at, in the same manner as was expressed in the note addressed by the undersigned to Count Sclopis on the 15th of April.

The undersigned has the honor to renew to Count Sclopis the assurance of his highest consideration.

TENTERDEN.

Geneva, June 15, 1872.

Notes
1. A similar note was addressed to each of the arbitrators.
Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.
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