PROTOCOLS. 53 



for the injiuies alleged to liave been sustained by the other or by its 

 citizens in connection with the claims presented and urged by it, and 

 that "they were solicitous that this subordinate question should not 

 interrupt or longer delay the submission and determination of the main 

 questions," the liigh contracting parties agreed that "either of them 

 might submit to the arbitrators any question of fact involved in said 

 claims and ask for a linding thereon, the question of the liability of 

 either Government upon the facts found to be the sul)ject of further 

 negotiation"; 



And whereas the President of the United States of America named 

 the Honorable John M. Harlan, Justice of the. Supreme Court of the 

 United vStates, and the Honorable John T. Morgan, Sen ii tor of the 

 United States, to be two of the said arbitrators, and Her Britannic INIaj- 

 esty named the Eight Honorable Lord Haiinen and Sir John Tiu)mpson, 

 JVIinister of Justice and Attorney-General for Canada, to be two of the 

 said arbitrators, and His Excellency the President of the French llepnb- 

 lic named the Baron Alphonse de Courcel, Senator, Ambassador of 

 France, to be one of the said arbitrators, and His Majesty the King of 

 Italy named the Marquis Fmilio Visconti Vcnosta, former Minister of 

 Foreign Aifairs and Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, to be one of the 

 said arbitratojs, and Plis IVTajesty the King of Sweden and Norway 

 named Mr. Gregers Gram, Minister of State, to be one of the said arbi- 

 trators; 



And whereas We, the said Arbitrators, so named and apiiointed, hav- 

 ing taken u])on ourselves tlie burden of the said arbitration, and having 

 duly met at Paris, ])ro(*eeded impartially and carefully to examine and 

 decide all the<|uestions submitted to us, the said arbitratm-s, under the 

 said treaty or laid before us as provided in the said treaty on the ])art 

 of the Governments of Her Britannic J\r;ijesty and the United States, 

 respectively: 



Now We, the said Arbitrators, having im|)artially and carefully exam- 

 ined the said <piestions, do in like manner, by this our award, decide 

 and determine the said questions in manner following, that is to say, 

 we decide and determine as to the live points mentioned in Article VI 

 as to which our Award is to embrace a distinct decision upon each of 

 them: 



As to the first of the said hve points. We, the said Arbitrators, do 

 decide and determine 



As to the second of the said tlve i)()ints, We, the said Arbitiators, do 

 decide and determine 



As to the third of the said five points, We, the said Arbitrators, do 

 decide and determine 



As to the fourth of the said five points. We, the said Arbitrators, do 

 decide and determine 



As to the fifth of the said five points, We, the said Arbitrators, do 

 decide and determine 



