10 NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



His Excellency, Jonkheer A. F. de Savomin Lohman, doctor of 

 law. Minister of State, former Minister of the Interior, member of 

 the Second Chamber oi the Netherlands; 



The Hon. George Gray, judge of the United States Circuit Court 

 of Appeals; 



The Right Hon. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, doctor of law, Chief 

 Justice of Canada ; 



Mr. Luis Maria Drago, doctor of law, former Minister of Foreign 

 Affairs of the Argentine Eepublic. 



The names of the agents and of the counsel appearing before the 

 tribunal on each side are set forth in the protocol of its first meeting, 

 a copy of which is hereto annexed. 



Pursuant to the provisions of the special agreement, the printed 

 case of each Government, together with copies of the evidence upon 

 which it relied, was served upon the other within the period of 

 seven months after the exchange of ratifications confirming the agree- 

 ment, such service being made on the 4th day of October. 1909, the 

 last day of such period ; and on each side a countercase in answer to 

 the case was served upon the other side on the 21st day of February 

 last, to which date the period for the service of such countercase 

 was extended by mutual consent. So also a printed argument on 

 each side was delivered to the other on the 16th day of May last, in 

 accordance with an arrangement agreed upon for the mutual con- 

 venience of both parties, which slightly modified the terms of the 

 special agreement in that respect. Copies of these cases, counter- 

 cases and arguments were also delivered to the members of the 

 tribunal in accordance with the requirements of the special agreement. 



The determination of the true intent and meaning of Article I of 

 the treaty of 1818 with reference to the questions submitted for the 

 decision of the tribunal, required an examination not only of the 

 language of the treaty, but also of the events leading up to its nego- 

 tiation and signature and of the actions taken by either Government 

 since the date of the treaty having a bearing upon its interpretation. 

 The evidence presented in support of the contentions of the United 

 States upon these questions, therefore, covered the entire period from 

 the date of the special agreement submitting these questions to arbi- 

 tration back to the treaty of peace of 1783, at the close of the Revolu- 

 tion, and some features of the controversy necessitated the introduc- 

 tion of a considerable amount of evidence even prior to that date. 



The case of the United States, which was prepared by the agent, 

 presented the contentions of the United States in the form of a brief 

 on the facts, reviewing chronologically the course of events leading 

 up to the treaty of 1818 and the subsequent governmental actions 

 on each side having a bearing upon its interpretation, and was based 

 upon documentary evidence presented in the appendix to the case 

 of the United States, which comprised upwards of 1,300 printed 



