142 Tin: trf.atv of Washington. 



actually filed with tlie Secretary or otherwise placed 

 in the archives of the Tribunal. 



Now, iu the early pages of his " Jvcasons," he im- 

 putes to ^[r. Stiuniptli the liaving said "that there is 

 110 such thing as international law, and that conse- 

 quently we I the Arljiti'ators] nrc io proceed indi;. 

 ])endently of any such law," and "according to some 

 intuitive perce])tion of right and wrong or speculative) 

 notions, etc." 



The imputation is calumnious. No such statement 

 a]»])ears in any of the printed opinions of ^Ir.Stiemj)ili; 

 no such declaration was ever made by him orally at 

 any of the Conferences. The declaration of Sir Al- 

 exander iu this respect is Init a sample of the rash- 

 ness and inaccuracy of i'e])resentatioii ^vhich pervade 

 the " Kcasou'*." 



What M .Sti\Mni)t]i says on the general subject of 

 "international la^^■," in so far as regards the matters 

 before the Tribunal, is as follows: 



"Principo8 Eje-m'raux <le droit. 



" Dans scs coiis'ulOranls jmidiqucs, Ic Tribunal doit sc guidcr 

 jiar Ics ))rinoipo3 Puivants: — 



" 1. Kii pri'Miicr lieu, ]iar Ic-s trois l»i'i;lo8 posers dans rArticlc 

 VI. dii Traiti', U'cjucl j)oitc que, — ct cetera. 



" D'apivs Ic Traiti' ces trois Ueixlcs pic-valcnt Piir k-s princii>os 

 que Ton iioiinait dcduirc du droit dcs gens liistorique et do la 

 science. 



" 2. Lo droit dcs gens liistorique, on bicn la j)rali([uo du droit 

 dcs gens, ainsl quo la sciencu et les autorites pcicntifiqucs, 

 )^euvent etrc consideres conuno droit Bubsidiaire, en tant que 

 les principes a appliquer sent generalerncnt rcconnus ct no sont 

 point sujcts a controversc, ni en dcsaccord avcc les trois Regies 



