104: THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



event the Arbitrators could not in reason or decency 

 have commenced their deliberations until the 1st of 

 September; they might well have taken, as they did 

 in fact take, three months to complete their delibera 

 tions; and thus the Arbitrators and the American 

 Counsel [but not the English] would have been de 

 tained at Geneva until the 1st of December, and there 

 fore would not have been able to reach their homes 

 until January. 



But the reargument proposed by Sir Roundell 

 Palmer was contrary to the Treaty, which in express 

 terms closes the rights of the two Governments as to 

 hearing, and admits further discussion on their part 

 only at the requisition of the Arbitrators, &quot; if they 

 desire further elucidation in regard to any point.&quot; 

 [Art. V.] Which manifestly intends, not reargument 

 of the cause, but solution of any doubt, which, after the 

 completion of the arguments, may occur to the Tri 

 bunal. No consent of Counsel could annul the stip 

 ulations of the Treaty. 



Of course, for reasons of right as well as expedien 

 cy, we declined to accede to the proposition of Sir 

 Roundell Palmer. 



Nevertheless, at the meeting of the 27th, immedi 

 ately after the conclusion of Count Sclopis s discourse, 

 Lord Tenterden presented a motion on the part of 

 Sir Roundell Palmer for leave to file a written argu 

 ment in answer to the Argument of the United States 

 delivered on the loth, and requesting adjournment 

 for that purpose until August. Sir Roundell Palmer 

 read a brief of the points he desired to argue, which 



