No. 45.
Earl Granville to Sir F.
Thornton.
[From British Blue Book “North America,” No. 9, (1872,) p. 12.]
Sir: General Schenck, at an interview with me this day, read to me a statement, which he subsequently gave to me, and of which I inclose a copy, summing up what he regarded as the present position of the question between the two Governments of the claims for indirect losses.
I said, in reply, that I received this paper as another proof of the desire which General Schenck had so persistently shown, white strongly supporting the views of his Government, to maintain the Treaty of Washington. There were some passages in it upon which I might make observations, but I thought the letter, which I was about to send to him, would prove to be the most practical and satisfactory answer. He would [Page 501] not fail to remark the labors which Her Majesty’s Government had bestowed on an attempt to remove the obstacles to a satisfactory settlement of the misunderstanding which had arisen.
I am, &c.,