27G AITENDIX. 



nml vcrificntidn of tlicir respective powers, wliicli were found duly autlicnticntcd, 

 the Tril)iiiml of Ailiitnitiou wns (k'( lured duly orj^anizcd. 



'J'lie AkciiIs niuued liy eacii of ilic High Contracting rnrties, by virtue of the 

 sonic Second Article, to wit : 



i'oT Her Uritanuic Mjijcsly : 



Cliiirles Stuiirt Auhrey, Lord Tenterden, n I'ecr of the United Kingdom, 

 Coinpanicn of the Most Ilonorulile Order of iho Bath, Assistant Under- 

 Secretary of State for Foreign AU'airs; ^ 



And for the United States of Aniericu: 

 John C. Hancroft Davi^, I'.siiuirc; 

 whose powers were found likewise duly nutiionticafed, then delivered to each of 

 tlio Arliitrators tlie printed Case prepared liy each of the two I'arlies, nccoinpa- 

 iiieil by the docnineuts, the olllcial conesjioudciue, and other CNidenco on which 

 each relied, in conformity with the terms of the 'I'ldrd Article of the siiid Treaty. 



In virtue of the decision i.ia'lc hy the Trilamal at its first fcssion, the Coun- 

 ter-rase, and addiii.iual docimicnts, correspondence, and evidence, referred to in 

 Article IV. of the. saiil Treaty, were delivered liy the respeclivn /\gcnts of tho 

 two I'artics to tho Secretary of the Trihuiinl on the l.'tli of j\pril, 1H72, at tho 

 Chamhcr of ('(inference, at the Hotel de \'illo of (ieneva. 



The Triliuual, in accordance w iih tho vole of adjournment jmssed at their 

 second session, held on the lOth of Dcccmher, 1871, rcassenihled at (ieticva on 

 the l.'ith of June, 1H72; and the Agent of each of flic I'arties duly delivered to 

 ojich of tho Arbitrators and to the Agent of the other I'arty the printed Argii- 

 mcMt referred to in Article IV'. of llio said Treaty, 



Tlie'l'ribuual having ^ince fully taken into their consideration tho Treaty, and 

 also the rases, counter-cases, documents, evidence, and arguments, and likewise 

 nil otlier communications n.ade to tlicin by tho two I'artics during tho progress 

 of their sittings, ami hnving impartially examined llin sumo. 



Has arri\ed at the decision embodied in the present Award: 



VVhcreas, having regard to the Sixth and Seventh Articles of the said Treaty, 

 tho Arbitrators are bound under tho terms of tho wiid Sixth Article, "in decid- 

 ing the matters submitted to them, to bo governed by t'lC three ]{ules therein 

 specified, and by such jirinciples of International Law not inconsistent tlicro- 

 with as the Arbitrators shall determine to have been applicable to tho case;" 



And whereas the "duo diligence" referred to in the first and third of tho 

 said Hulcs ought to bo exercise<l by neutral fiovcrnments in exact proportion 

 to tlio ri!<ks to wliich cither of ilio belligerents may bo exposed from a failure to 

 fulliU the (ibiigations of neutrality on their part ; 



And whereas ilio circumstances out of which tho facfH constituting tho sub- 

 ject-matter (.^■ the present controversy arose were of a nature to call for tho 

 exercise on tho part «)f Her Uritanuic Majesty's (Joverument of all [lossililo so- 

 licitude for tho observance of tho rights and the duties involved in the I'roc.a- 

 malion of Neutrality issued l>y Her Majesty on the l.'ith day of Mav, IHCI ; 



And whcrciis the clVects of n violation of neutrality committed by moans of 



