ALABAMA CLAIMS.* %& 



risdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as 

 above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole- or 

 in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use. 



&quot; Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make 

 use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against 

 the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation 

 of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. 



&quot; Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and wa 

 ters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent 

 any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.&quot; 



Great Britain, it is added in the Treaty by way of 

 explanation, can not assent to the foregoing rules as 

 a statement of principles of international law which 

 were actually in force at the time when the claims in 

 question arose ; but, in order to evince her desire of 

 strengthening the friendly relations between the two 

 countries, and of making satisfactory provision for the 

 future, she agrees that, in deciding the questions aris 

 ing out of such claims, the Arbitrator should assume 

 that she had undertaken to act upon the principles 

 set forth in these rules. 



And the Parties proceed to stipulate to observe i 

 these rules as between themselves in the future, and 

 to bring them to the knowledge of other maritime* 

 Powers, and to invite the latter to accede thereto. 



In respect of procedure, the Treaty provides that , 

 each of the two Parties shall name one person to at- 

 tend the Tribunal as its agent or representative; 

 that the written or printed case of each of the twoi 

 Parties, accompanied by the documents, the official 

 correspondence, and other evidence on which each 

 relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the 



