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DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE AND FOREIGN RELATIONS. 



the points involved in its decision, without which it is 

 impossible that justice can be duly or satisfactorily done. 

 After discussion, the tribunal decided to proceed 

 with the case of the Florida at the next meeting, ac- 

 cording to the programme of Mr. Stampfti. 



The tribunal then adjourned until Wednesday, 

 the 17th inst., at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PEOTOCOL XI. 



Record of t7ie Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, 

 at the Eleventh Conference, held at Geneva, in Switzer- 

 land, on the llth of July, 18T2. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two 

 governments. 



On the proposal of Sir Alexander Cockburn, it was 

 decided that the written opinions or statements read 

 by the arbitrators to the tribunal should be printed, 

 and distributed to the arbitrators and to the agents 

 and counsel of the two Governments. 



The tribunal then proceeded with the considera- 

 tion of the case of the Florida. 



The conference was adjourned until Friday, the 

 19th inst., at one o'clock in the afternoon. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PEOTOCOL XII. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Twelfth Conference, held at Geneva, in Switzer- 

 land, on the 19th of July, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



The tribunal continued with the consideration of 

 the case of the Florida. 



The tribunal decided that the meetings should, for 

 the present, be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wed- 

 nesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. 



The conference then adjourned until Monday, the 

 22d inst., at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PEOTOCOL XIII. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Thirteenth Conference, held at Geneva, in Swit- 

 zerland, on the 22<2 of July, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



The tribunal continued with the consideration of 

 the case of the Florida. 



Sir Alexander Cockburn, as one of the arbitrators, 

 proposed to the tribunal under the fifth article of the 

 Treaty of Washington, to call for the assistance of 

 counsel upon the effect of the term of " due dili- 

 gence," and as to the principles of international law 

 applicable to the case under the terms of that article. 



After deliberation, a majority of the tribunal de- 



cided that it does not at present require the assist- 

 ance of the agents and counsel upon the point pro- 

 posed by Sir Alexander Cockburn ; but that it re- 

 serves the right of requiring that assistance on any 

 point, if necessary, according to the fifth article of 

 the treaty. 



The tribunal also decided to consider at the next 

 conference the case of the Alabama, and the ques- 

 tions of " due diligence," and the ett'ect of a com- 

 mission in connection with that vessel. 



The conference was adjourned until Thursday, the 

 25th inst., at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PEOTOCOL XIV. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration at 

 the Fourteenth Conference, held at Geneva, in Switzer- 

 land, on the 25& of July, 1872, 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



On the proposal of Baron d'ltajuba, as one of the 

 arbitrators, the tribunal decided to require a written 

 or printed statement or argument from the counsel of 

 Great Britain upon the following questions of law : 



1. The question of due diligence, generally con- 

 sidered ; 



2. The special question, as to the effect of the . 

 commissions of Confederate ships-of-war entering 

 British ports ; 



3. The special question, as to supplies of coal in 

 British ports to Confederate ships ; 



With the right to the other parly to reply either 

 orally or in writing, as the case may be. 



Baron d'ltajuba proposed that when a proposition 

 should be made to the tribunal, the discussion of 

 that proposition should always be put off to the 

 next following conference ; which was agreed to. 



The tribunal then proceeded with the case of the 

 Alabama. 



The tribunal also decided to consider at the next 

 conference the cases of the Sumter, Nashville, and 

 Chickamauga, successively. 



The conference was then adjourned until Monday, 

 the 29th inst., at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PEOTOCOL XV. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration at 

 the Fifteenth Conference, held at Geneva, in Switzer- 

 land, on the 2Sth of July, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, "and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



Lord Tenterden, agent of her Britannic Majesty, 

 announced that he had already delivered to the sec- 

 retary a written statement or argument from the 

 counsel of her Britannic Majesty, upon the three 

 questions of law required by the tribunal at the pre- 

 ceding conference. 



The tribunal then proceeded with the cases of the 

 vessels, the Sumter, the Nashville, and the Chicka- 

 mauga, as decided at the last meeting. 



The tribunal also decided to consider at the next 

 conference the cases of the Olustee or Tallahassee, 

 the Retribution, and the Tuscaloosa. 





