410 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



The Hon. George Gray, judge of the United States Cir- 

 cuit Court of Appeals. 



The Right Hon. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, doctor of law, 

 chief justice of Canada. 



Mr. Luis Maria Drago, doctor of law, former minister 

 of foreign affairs of the Argentine Republic. 



The presentation of the contentions, views, and claims 

 of the two nations was submitted to the court in printed 

 form before the formal opening, and was of a most elabo- 

 rate character. On behalf of the United States, the agent, 

 Hon. Chandler P. Anderson, prepared for the information 

 of the court six volumes embodying "The Case of the 

 United States," with two appendices, "The Counter Case 

 of the United States," with appendix, and "The Argument 

 of the United States," the series comprising over 2,500 

 printed pages. For Great Britain a similar duty devolved 

 on the agent, Hon. Allen B. Ayles worth, and the amount 

 of matter thus prepared was about equal to that for the 

 United States. 



The principal part of the proceedings was taken by the 

 oral argument, which consumed forty sessions and were 

 delivered by four of the counsel for Great Britain and four 

 for the United States. The concluding arguments were 

 by Sir William Robson, Attorney- General of Great Britain, 

 and Senator Elihu Root. The sessions were held in the 

 historical Hall of the Knights, and were open to the public. 



The most important matter submitted to the tribunal and 

 covered by the award was that represented by Question 1, 

 inasmuch as the sovereignty of Great Britain was involved 

 on one hand and the practical exercise of the fishing rights 

 by Americans on the other. The tribunal therefore went 

 most deeply into the controversy, and rendered an opinion 

 that was in a measure a compromise. 



The court decided (1) that the right of Great Britain 

 to make regulations without the consent of the United 

 States, as to the exercise of the liberty to take fish under 

 the treaty, in the form of municipal laws, ordinances, or 



