40 NOETH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES AEBITRATION. 



Second Peace Conference were held, I have to thank, above all. His 

 Excellency the Minister of Waterstaat, for having placed these com- 

 fortable rooms at our disposal ; and I have to thank also the Secretary 

 General and the First Secretary of this Court for having completed, 

 in so short a time, the preparations necessary for our accommodation. 

 I v^^ill now beg the Secretary General to read the telegram which 

 the Court at its first meeting, sent to Her Majesty, the Queen of the 

 Netherlands, and the message by which Her Majesty deigned to 

 answer. 



22 The Secretary general then read, in both i^'rench and 

 English, the following telegram: 



A Sa Majeste la Reine des Pays-Bas, 



Palais^ Amsterdam. 

 Le President et les Membres du Tribunal pour juger le differend 

 entre les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et la Grande Bretagne au sujet des 

 pecheries atlantiques deposent aux pieds de Votre Majeste leurs hom- 

 mages bien respectueux, ainsi que les voeux les plus sinceres qu'ils 

 forment pour Son bonheur et Son Auguste Famille. 

 (signe) President: 



H. Lammasch. 

 Membres du Tribunal: 



De Savornin Lohmatt, 

 G. Gray. 



Sir Ch. Fitzpatrick. 

 L. M. Drago. 



[Translation.] 



To Her Majesty the Queen or the Netherlands. 



Palace^ Amsterdam. 

 The President and the Members of the Tribunal for deciding the 

 question pending between the United States of America and Great 

 Britain in the matter of the Atlantic Coast Fisheries lay at Your 

 Majesty's feet their respectful hom.age and the sincerest good wishes 

 which they formulate for the happiness of Your Majesty and Your 

 August Family. 



(signed) President: 



H. Lammasch. 

 Members of the Tribunal: 



De Savornin Lohman. 

 G. Gray. 



Sir Ch. Fitzpatrick. 

 L. M. Drago. 



23 In reply the Tribunal of Arbitration has been honoured 

 by the following telegram : 



Au Tribunal arbitral reuni a La Haye. Het Loo. 



Tres sensible aux voeux que le President et les Membres du Tribu- 

 nal arbitral forment pour Moi et Ma Maison, Je leur donne I'assu- 

 rance de Mon interet et de Ma vive sympathie pour leur tache. 



(signe) Wilhelmina. 



