(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sin.—In his well-known Lectures on Subjects Connected with Diplomacy (1868), the late Professor Montague Bernard, Pro- fessor of International Law in the University of Oxford, gives the following description of the "several distinct parts " of a Treaty of Peace when following upon a Congress "First there are the 'General Articles •—a declaration that peace is restored, and a douse or clauses of 'amnesty,' &c., Sc. . . . Secondly there are the provisions judged necessary to remove the causes out of which the war arose, with redress
of grievances, &c., . . . Thirdly there is the indemnity or satisfaction demanded by the stronger belligerent for the injury sustained for the cost of the war."—(Lcet urea, pp. 37.38.) If precedent is to be observed in the case of the present Conference, it would appear that claims for the cost of the war would come up automatically before the Conference, whether mentioned in the preliminaries and armistice or not.—I am,
Sir, &c., G. G. RAMSAY. 8 Howard Place, St. Andrews.
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