127/342 i _et seq._; belief of the South in cotton as a weapon of diplomacy, 2-3, 4, 5 Southern orders for destruction of, ii. 16, 17 _note_[4]; effect of, on British officials, 17 Cowley, Lord, British Ambassador in Paris, i. 88; reports French agreement with British policy on Southern belligerent rights, 88; in the Declaration of Paris negotiations, 88, 143, 156, 157, 158, 162, 167; conversations with Thouvenel in Bunch affair, 189; disturbed at French evasion of direct support, 189, 192, 201 _note_[1]; in _Trent_ affair fears war with America, 214; communications on Southern Ports Bill, 247 _and note_[2]; view of French attitude on Southern Ports Bill, 247; on French policy in Mexico, 260, 261 _note_; ii. 46; quoted, on Thouvenel's view on mediation in Feb., 1862 ... |