2G0 APPENDIX. 



to deliver in diiiilicnte to catli of tlic siiitl Aibitnitors nml to tlio ngciit of tlio 

 otlicr jmrt} ii written w juiiited urjjuiiiciit fallowing tiic points nnd referring to 

 the evidence uimiu wliieli his Go>crnnicnt relies; and llio Arbitrators may, if 

 tiiey <le>ire fiirilier elucidation vviiii regard to any jioint, reipiirc a written or 

 printed ^taten.cnt or ar;,'unienl, or oral arKuinent l>y conni'el upon it; but in such 

 ease tlic other I'arty shall he entitled fo reply cither orally or in writing, as the 

 case may he. 



AnTici.i; VI. 

 In docidin;^ tlic mailers suhmilted to the Arbitrators, they sliall he governed 

 hy the fillowing three rules, which are agreed upon hy the Iligli Contracting 

 Parties as rules to he taken as apjilicahic to the case, and hy wuch principles of 

 International l^aw not inconsistent therewith ns the Arbitrators shall determine 

 to have been ai)plicablc to the case. 



KULES. 



A neutral Govcrnmont is bound — 



First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or crpilpplng, 

 within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonalilo ground to believe is 

 intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at 

 j)eace ; and also to use liko diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdic- 

 tion of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel hav- 

 ing been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to war- 

 like use. 



{secondly, not to iiormit or sulVor cither belligerent to make use of its ports or 

 waters as the base of naval ojicralions against the other, or for the puri)osc of 

 the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of 

 men. 



Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all 

 persons within its jurisdiction, to i)rcvent any violation of the foregoing obliga- 

 tions and duties. 



llcr IJritannie .Afajesty has commanded her High Commissioners and I^leni- 

 potcntiaries to declare that Her Majesty's (lovcrnmcnt can not assent to the 

 foifgoing rules as a statement of principles of International Law which were 

 in force at the time when the claims mentioned in Article I. arose; but that 

 Her Majesty's GovciTinient, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the 

 friendly rclatiiuis between the two countries and of making satisfactory provis- 

 ion for the future, agrees that, in deciding the fpiesiions between the two coun- 

 tries arising out of thnsv' cl.iiiiis, the Arbitrators should assume that Her Maj- 

 csty'i (iovernmeni had under' ikcn to act upon the luinciplcs set forth in these 

 rules. 



/ n<l the High Contracting Parties agree to observe Mieso ndcs as botwocn 

 themselves in future, and to bring them to the knowledge of other maritime 

 Powers, and to invite them to acccdp to thciij. 



