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Show LUy W. U. Tlvjr1,li.J TIIK GENEVA CO. fF.KK X C E.- J Londoii, 2. The newspapers teem j with hostile comments and fal&c reports ! ; in regard to the case of the United States which has been published with reference to the Ahbanui claims. The statement of the English case has not been published. The Atlrertt'scr asserts that chief justice Cockburn, one of the arbitrators, will withdraw, and that the government will repudiate tho treaty of Washington; and a correspondent, advocating this courso, suggests tho repudiation re-pudiation ol'Hho treaty of Ghent by the United Slates as a precedent. The J)aihf iWft'ssays that the claims of the United States lor indirect damage has j been declared out of the question, and I that tliis view is backed by the scnti-Iment scnti-Iment of the country. It is not known j that any action has been taken by the I government on the subject. |
