Campaign notes and party shifts amid education debates abroad
The piece surveys upcoming parliamentary sessions with Disraeli and Akroyd shifting loyalties and plans for outdoor Lancashire meetings. It covers education reform debates, the Lords stance on church schools, and reactions to the Manchester Conference alongside French and Prussian political developments.
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Disraeli
Lancashire
Ommons
Strutt
North Derbyshire
Colman
Norwich
Akroyd
Ripley
Bradford
Powell
Manchester
Lord Salisbury
Earl Russell
Lord Russell
League
Queen’s Hotel
Colonies
Sand
American Claims Under The Washington Treaty
The author cautions that both nations overstate the treaty gains and warns that strategic maneuvering by diplomats jurists and politicians may undermine the envisaged neutral settlement by an international arbitral body. The piece revisits prior concerns about the American case and the treaty’s perceived aims.
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International Tribunal of Arbitration
England faces American claims over Alabama damages
The piece critiques the American position on compensation under the Washington Treaty for damages from Alabama era actions. It argues the United States seeks expansive, perhaps inflated, consequential damages and questions British reception and the likelihood of arbitration yielding a fair outcome. It warns that if Washington pushes such claims, neutrality could be undermined and peace jeopardized.
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Alabama
England
United Kingdom
The
Times
New York Times
Geneva
Tribunal of Arbitration
United States
Grant
Congress
Washington
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W. Griffith
Wich
Knatchbull-Hugessen
Education League
Marquis of Salisbury
Knatchbull- Hugessen
Wales
Lord Lawrence
Admiralty
National Assembly
M. Thiers
France
Count de Chambord
Prussia
Falk
Herr Midler
Berlin
Prince Bismark