A LA HAM A CLAIMS. [si 



of laot. WluMi till! Unltocl States and Gi\!at r»ritaiii 

 sliall, ill (?()iili)rinity witli tlio Treaty, l)rliig tlu; new 

 IJules to tliu knowledge ot' other niaritinu! 1*oW(M's, 

 Hueli I\)wers will of course ])re.sent Ibr et»nsIderatiou 

 all |)i'0])er oltjeetions oi' (jualilieations to those Uides. 



Count von Heust goes on to speak ot' the declara- 

 tion n)ad(! l)y Austria, Prussia, and Italy in lb(W>, 

 which indicates that lie was considering the subject 

 in thc! relation or(Vy;//'/Y//;^///r/i'atlier than ot*siin])lo re- 

 fitting in neutral i)orts. 



J)ut the precise (juestion of the su]>ply of coal in 

 neutral jjorts is not prejudged l»y the 'iVeaty of 

 Washington, nor by the o])inions of the Tribunal of 

 Arbitration. The United States are (piitc; as much 

 interi'sted in having .iccess to suj)])lies of coal "at n(,'U- 

 tral stations in all ])arts of the world" as Austria, or 

 Prussia, or Italy; and we may ]>resume that Count 

 Scloj)isdid not fail to reflect on the interests of Italy 

 in this V)ehalf. 



One of the "Considerants" of the Award had fur 



its special object to prevent misconstruction of the 



second Ilule. AVe quote it as follows : 



"III order to iinp.irt to .any RUj>plios of coal .1 clirir.icter in- 

 oonsistcnt Mith the hccoihI Kulo, proliibiting the use of neu- 

 tral ports or w.atcrs Jis .1 b.asc of n.av.nl oper.ntions for .1 Ik'llig- 

 crent, it is necoss.iry iliat tlio said supplies sliouUl Lc connect- 

 ed witli special circumstances of time, of persons, of place, 

 ■which may combine to give tliem such character." 



Count Sclopis explains the force of the Decision as 



follows : 



"Quant a la question de I'ajiprovisionncment ct du charge- 

 ment dc charbon,jc no saurais la traiter que sous Ic point do 



