22 OCTOBER 1870, Page 3

We have alluded elsewhere to the supplies of arms on

their way to France from America. The Government of the United States has decided, like our own, that a power which chooses to go to war—that is, to do a bad thing—has no right to prevent neutrals from trading—that is, from doing a good thing. It refuses, therefore, to interfere with the shipment of munitions, which are coming over in great quantities. This action of the American Government disposes of the idea that Count Bismarck will induce the Union to join him in a demand for compensation due from England both to America and Germany. Belgium, we believe, has stopped the sale of firearms to belligerents, but only under fora% majeure.