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the chief points in the long controversies be 

 tween the two governments. The character 

 of the tribunal s answers is a conclusive ref 

 utation of the charges, made throughout the 

 century of conflict by hotheads on each side, 

 that its rights were so clear as to leave delib 

 erate aggression the only explanation of the 

 acts of the other side. On practically every 

 point the judgment of the tribunal was so 

 framed as to recognize merit in the contention 

 of each side. 



The decision on all the issues was accepted 

 with perfect good temper by all parties. It was 

 decided that Canada and Newfoundland had 

 the right to make reasonable regulations for the 

 fishing on the shores to which the Americans 

 had access by treaty; but in case of dispute 

 as to what was reasonable, neither of the gov 

 ernments concerned, but an impartial tribunal, 

 must have the authority to answer the ques 

 tion. It was decided that Americans fishing 

 on the treaty shores might hire natives to aid 

 in the work, but that the natives so employed 

 did not thereby gain immunity from the laws 

 of the jurisdiction, or, in terms of the concrete 

 situation involved: the American fishermen had 

 the right to man their ships with Newfound- 



