70/71 312-324.] [Footnote 1039: Hansard, 3rd.Ser., CLXXIV, pp. _The Index_, naturally vicious in comment on the question of the Rams, summed up its approval of Derby's contentions: "Europe and America alike will inevitably believe that it was the threat of Mr.Adams, and nothing else, which induced the Foreign Secretary to retract his letter of the 1st September, and they will draw the necessary conclusion that the way to extort concessions from England is by bluster and menace." (Feb. 106.)] [Footnote 1040: Lairds brought suit for damages, but the case never reached a decision, for the vessels were purchased by the Government. |