142 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



actually filed with the Secretary or otherwise placed 

 in the archives of the Tribunal. 



Now, in the early pages of his " Keasons ," he im- 

 putes to Mr. Staempili the having said " that there is 

 no such thing as international law, and that conse- 

 quently we [tJie Arbitrators] are to proceed inde- 

 pendently of any such law," and " according to some 

 intuitive perception of right and wroug or speculative 

 notions, etc." 



The imputation is calumnious. No such statement 

 appears in any of the printed opinions of Mr.St^mpfli; 

 no such declaration \vas ever made by him orally at 

 any of the Conferences. The declaration of Sir Al- 

 exander in this respect is but a sample of the rash- 

 ness and inaccuracy of representation ^vhich pervade 

 the " Reasons." 



What Mr. Stoempfli says on the general subject of 

 " international law," in so far as regards the matters 

 before the Tribunal, is as follows : 



" Principes geiieraux de droit. 



"Dans ses considerants juridiqucs, le Tribunal doit se guider 

 par les j^rincipcs suivants: — 



" 1. En premier lieu, par les ti'ois Ueglcs posees dans rArtielc 

 VI, dii Traitc, lequel porte que, — et cetera. 



• • • • • • 



" D'apres le Traite ces trois Regies prevalent sur les principes 

 que I'on pourrait deduire du droit des gens liistorique et dc la 

 science. 



" 2. Le droit des gens liistorique, ou bien la pratique du droit 

 des gens, ainsi que la science ct les autoritc's scientitiques, 

 peuvent etre consideres conirae droit subsidiaire, en tant que 

 les principes a appliquer sont generalcment reconnus et ne sont 

 point sujets a controverse, ni en desaceord avcc les trois llegles 



