ARGUMENT OF JOHN S. EWART. 1443 



In closing my remarks, Sirs, I venture to associate myself with Mr. 

 Roosevelt's language, and to express my agreement with both the 

 inclusive and exclusive limit which he assigned to arbitration treaties. 

 Probably it would be quite impossible to prevail upon the United 

 States to agree to submit a question touching its sovereignty to any 

 tribunal, however august. That Canada and Newfoundland have 

 assented to the submission of the present question to The Hague 

 Tribunal must be taken as an expression, not only of their desire to 

 further the cause of international arbitration, but of their great con- 

 fidence in the integrity and ability of the eminent men who have been 

 asked to adjudicate upon a matter so vitally associated with their 

 dignity and their self-respect. 



I cannot, Sirs, take my seat without giving expression to my most 

 sincere acknowledgment of the patience, attention, and courtesy with 

 which the members of the Tribunal have listened to what, I am afraid, 

 has been a very imperfect presentation of the views of the British 

 Government in connection with the important matters comprised in 

 the questions submitted to this Tribunal. 



[Thereupon, at 12.20 o'clock p. m., the Tribunal took a recess until 

 2.15 o'clock p. m.] 



872 AFTERNOON SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910, 2.15 P. M. 



THE PRESIDENT: I will ask the Secretary-General to read a com- 

 munication. 



THE SECRETARY-GENERAL: In pursuance of the provisions of arti- 

 cle 2 of the special agreement of the 27th January, 1909, both parties 

 have called the attention of the Tribunal to different legislative and 

 executive acts of the other party, for the purpose of asking the 

 Tribunal to point out in what respects, if any, they are inconsistent 

 with the true interpretation of the treaty. Without in any way ex- 

 pressing an opinion on any of the questions submitted to us, we be- 

 lieve that it would facilitate our work and expedite the final disposi- 

 tion of this case if the parties supplied us with a detailed statement 

 of the particular provisions of the statutes and regulations to which 

 they object, accompanied by an exposition of the grounds of such 

 objection. The objections of each party to be communicated to the 

 other. The objections should be made known to the Tribunal and 

 the adverse party within one week from this day, and the answer 

 of the adverse party within one week thereafter, so that the Tribunal, 

 before taking the questions submitted under advisement, may have 

 the benefit of a complete statement of the objections from each party, 

 with such answer as the other party may desire to make. In addition 

 to the written objections, the Tribunal would be pleased to receive 

 such further oral statements as either party may choose to make. 



