1427 APPENDIX (L). 



Correspondence "between the Agents of the United States and Great 

 Britain with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 



No. 1. To the President and Members of the Tribunal in the North 

 Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration. 



AUGUST 13, 1910. 



GENTLEMEN: Acting on behalf of the United States, pursuant to 

 article 62 of The Hague Convention for the specific settlement of 

 international disputes, I have the honor to call to your t attention a 

 question of importance, upon which it is necessary that the views of 

 my Government be made known to the Tribunal. 



I had expected that an opportunity would be afforded me, as the 

 agent of the United States, to inform the Tribunal whether or not I 

 had any further communication to make on behalf of my Govern- 

 ment to the Tribunal before the adjournment on Friday last. It ap- 

 pears, however, from the closing remarks of the President, that it is 

 expected that the agents will remain in communication with the 

 Tribunal in connection with its further proceedings, and the closing 

 of the oral argument on the seven questions specified in the special 

 agreement of the 27th January, 1909, does not concern the matter to 

 which I now refer. 



In any event, it is necessary, under the circumstances, that on be- 

 half of my Government a formal record be made by means of this 

 communication of its position in regard to the further proceedings 

 to be taken with reference to the special questions raised by the 

 answer of Great Britain in regard to the objections stated by the 

 United States to specific provisions of certain legislative and exec- 

 utive acts of Newfoundland and Canada called to the attention of 

 the Tribunal by the United States for action pursuant to articles 2 

 and 3 of the special agreement of the 27th January, 1909. 



At the session of 19th July last, as recorded in protocol 26 of the 

 proceedings, the Tribunal announced, referring to the provisions of 

 article 2 of the special agreement of the 27th January, 1909, that, 

 " it believes that it would facilitate its work and expedite the final 

 disposition of this Case if the parties supply the Tribunal with a 

 detailed statement of the particular provisions of the statutes and 

 regulations to which they object, accompanied by an exposition of 

 the grounds for such objection." 



In making this announcement it apparently was assumed by the 

 Tribunal that the United States had already called to the attention 

 of the Tribunal certain legislative and executive acts, and had al- 

 ready asked the Tribunal to point out in what respects, if any, they 

 were inconsistent with the true interpretation of the treaty. Up to 



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