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Show By W. U. Telegraph. TIIK AL,IJAIII4 CLA1JIS IN PAR. L1AI1IEM'. London, 7. The subject of tho treaty of Washington and the claims of the American government for indirect damages, was again introduced in the commons to-day, and gave riso to another an-other exciting discussion. The member from Watcrford addressed the house at length, and said the Alabama question ques-tion was the most momentous one that liluilaud had been called to pass upon in a century. lie compared the state lawyers, who composed the American commission, with the novices who represented Kngland, and said the latter lat-ter had been as completely outwitted as if the said lawyers had planned the English case. Tho American commissioners commis-sioners had served their country well and achieved a triumph, and, he said, the trouble lay at home. The government govern-ment had armies which could not march and ships which were unscaworthy, and now they had a treaty which they could not stand upon. Otway, formerly under secretary of state ibr foreign affairs, blamed the government ibr all the trouble. lie thought, however, tho American government gov-ernment would- recede from its extreme demands, but said in case it did not, England having admitted the principle of indirect claims must be prepared tc meet the demands of the United States. Gladstone and several other incul' bers delended the action of the com missioners and of tho government, and said they hoped the American claim: for indirect damages would bo with drawn. |