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actually filed with the Secretary or otherwise placed 

 in the archives of the Tribunal. 



Now, in the early pages of his &quot; Keasons,&quot; he im 

 putes to Mr. Staempfli the having said &quot;that there is\ 

 no such thing as international law, and that conse-/ 

 quently we [the Arbitrators] are to proceed inde 

 pendently of any such law,&quot; and &quot; according to some 

 intuitive perception of right and wrong or speculative 

 notions, etc.&quot; 



The imputation is calumnious. No such statement 

 appears in any of the printed opinions of Mr. Stsempfli; 

 no such declaration was ever made by him orally at 

 any of the Conferences. The declaration of Sir Al 

 exander in this respect is but a sample of the rash 

 ness and inaccuracy of representation which pervade 

 the &quot; Keasons.&quot; 



What Mr. Stsempfli says on the general subject of 

 &quot; international law,&quot; in so far as regards the matters 

 before the Tribunal, is as follows : 



&quot; Principes generaux de droit. 



&quot;Dans ses considerants juridiques, le Tribunal doit se guider 

 par les principes suivants : 



&quot; 1. En premier lieu, par les trois Regies posees dans FArticle 

 VI. du Traite, lequel porte que, et cetera. 



&quot; D apres le Traite ces trois Regies prevalent sur les principes 

 que 1 on pourrait deduire du droit des gens historique et de la 

 science. 



&quot; 2. Le droit des gens historique, ou bien la pratique du droit 

 des gens, ainsi que la science et les autorites scientifiques, 

 peuvent etre consideres comme droit subsidiaire, en tant que 

 les principes a appliquer sont generalement reconnus et ne sont 

 point snjets i\ controverse, ni en disaccord avec les trois Regies 



