APPENDIX (G). 



Answer of Great Britain to the Statement of the United States as to 

 Statutes and Regulations to which objection is taken. 



Great Britain submits that the Statement of the United States is 

 not in compliance with the directions of the Tribunal given on the 

 19th July, 1910. 



It gives no exposition of the grounds of objection to the various 

 enactments referred to in the schedules, and, indeed, the statement 

 at the end of paragraph 4 that it is not to be inferred that the United 

 States would refuse to subject American fishermen to such regula- 

 tions if it were offered an opportunity of having a voice in them, 

 seems to imply that the United States considers the regulations 

 therein referred to as being in themselves reasonable. 



It is respectfully submitted that, in the absence of any specific 

 grounds of objection, these regulations must be taken to be reasonable. 



Great Britain further submits that all these regulations are in 

 themselves reasonable, and respectfully invites the Tribunal, in the 

 event of its answer to Question 1 being in favour of Great Britain, to 

 embody in the Award a statement to this effect. 



In the absence of all specific grounds of complaint, it is impossible 

 for Great Britain to do more than to state generally that all such 

 regulations are reasonable and proper. 



Great Britain submits that no ground has been laid for the request 

 put forward in paragraph 3 of the Statement, that some of these 

 provisions should be referred to a commission of expert specialists. 



The same considerations apply with regard to the enactments 

 referred to in paragraph 6 of the Statement of the United States. 



August 2, 1910. 



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