72 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



&quot; We are of opinion that the announcement this day made 

 by the Tribunal must be received by the United States as de 

 terminative of its judgment on the question of public law in 

 volved, as to which the United States have insisted on taking 

 the opinion of the Tribunal. &quot;We advise, therefore, that it 

 should be submitted to, as precluding the propriety of further 

 insisting upon the claims covered by this declaration of the 

 Tribunal, and that the United States, with a view of maintain 

 ing the due course of the arbitration on the other claims with 

 out adjournment, should announce to the Tribunal that the 

 said claims covered by its opinion will not be further insisted 

 upon before the Tribunal by the United States, and may be 

 excluded from all consideration by the Tribunal in making its 

 award.&quot; 



In response, the Secretary of State communicated 

 the determination of the President, as follows : 



&quot; I have laid your telegrams before the President, who di 

 rects me to say that he accepts the declaration of the Tribunal 

 as its judgment upon a question of public law, which he had 

 felt that the interests of both Governments required should 

 be decided, and for the determination of which he had felt it 

 important to present the claims referred to for the purpose of 

 taking the opinion of the Tribunal. 



&quot; This is the attainment of an end which this Government 

 had in view in the putting forth of those claims. We had no 

 desire for a pecuniary award, but desired an expression by the 

 Tribunal as to the liability of a neutral for claims of that char 

 acter. The President, therefore, further accepts the opinion 

 and advice of the Counsel as set forth above, and authorizes\ 

 the announcement to the Tribunal that he accepts their decla-4 

 ration as determinative of their judgment upon the important 

 question of public law as to which he had felt it his duty to 

 seek the expression of their opinion ; and that, in accordance 

 with such judgment and opinion, from henceforth he regards 

 the claims set forth in the Case presented on the part of the 

 United States for loss in the transfer of the American commer 

 cial marine to the British flag, the enhanced payment of insur 

 ance, and the prolongation of the war, and the addition of a 



