172 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
The Commander of the cruizer may, if the case appears to him sufficiently serious to justify the step, 
take the offending boat into a port of the nation to which the fisherman belongs. 
He may even take on board the cruizer a part of the crew of the fishing boat, in order to hand 
them over to the authorities of her nation. 
Art. XXXI. The formal statement referred to in the preceding Article shall be drawn up in the 
language of the Commander of the cruizer, and according to the forms in use in his country. The 
accused and the witnesses shall be entitled to add, or to have added to such statement, in their own 
language, any observations or evidence which they may think suitable. Such declarations must be 
duly signed. 
Art. XXXII. Resistance to the direction of Commanders of cruizers charged with the police of the 
fisheries, or of those who act under their orders, shall, without taking into account the nationality of 
the cruiser, be considered as resistance to the authority of the nation of the fishing boat. 
Arr. XXXIII. When the act alleged is not of a serious character, but has, nevertheless, caused 
damage to any fisherman, the Commanders of cruizers shall be at liberty, should the parties concerned 
agree to it, to arbitrate at sea between them, and to fix the compensation to be paid. Where one of 
the parties is not in a position to settle the matter at once, the Commanders shall cause the parties con 
cerned to sign in duplicate a formal document specifying the compensation to be paid. 
One copy of this document shall remain on board the cruiser and the other shall be handed to the 
master of the boat to which the compensation is due, in order that he may, if necessary, be able to make 
use of it before the Courts of the country to which the debtor belongs. 
Where, on the contrary, the parties do not consent to arbitration, the Commanders shall act in 
accordance with the provisions of Article XXX. 
Art. XXXIV. The prosecution for offences against or contraventions of the present Convention 
shall be instituted by, or in the name of, the State. 
Art. XXXV. The High Contracting Parties engage to propose to their respective Legislatures any 
measures which may be necessary for insuring the execution of the present Convention, and particularly 
for the punishment by either fine or imprisonment, or by both, of persons who may contravene the 
provisions of Articles VI to XXIII, inclusive. 
Art. XXXVI. In all cases of assault committed, or of willful damage or loss inflicted, by fishermen 
of one of the contracting countries upon fishermen of the other nationality, the Courts of the country 
to which the boats of the offenders belong shall be empowered to try them. 
The same rule shall apply with regard to offences against and contraventions of the present Con- 
vention. 
Art. XXXVII. The proceedings and trial in cases of infraction of the provisions of the present 
Convention shall take place as summarily as the Laws and Regulations in force will permit. 
ArT. XXXVIII. The present Convention shall be ratified. The ratifications shall be exchanged 
in London as soon as possible. 
Art. XXXIX. The present Convention shall come into operation from and after a day to be fixed 
upon by the two High Contractin~ Parties after it shall have been notified by the Danish Government 
that measures have been passed in respect of the Farée Islands and Iceland, by which freedom of navi- 
gation and anchorage within the territorial waters of the said islands is accorded to British fishermen 
(vide Article II, paragraph 3). The Convention shall continue in force until the expiration of two years 
from notice by either party for its termination. 
The High Contracting Parties, however, reserve to themselves the power to make, by mutual con- 
sent, any modification in the Convention which experience shall have shown to be desirable, provided 
it is not inconsistent with the principles upon which the Convention is based. 
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Any other Government, the subjects of which carry on fishery in the ocean 
surrounding the Farée Islands and Iceland, may adhere to the present Convention. The adhesion 
shall be notified to one of the Governments at Copenhagen or at London, respectively. Such notifi- 
cation shall be communicated to the other signatory Power. 
In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and have affixed 
thereto their seals. 
Done at London, in two copies, June 24, 1901. 
