PROTOCOLS OF THE ARBITRATION. 57 



At 3.55 p. m. the Tribunal adjourned until Tuesday, July 2Gth, at 

 10 a. m. 

 Done at The Hague, July 25th, 1910. 

 The President: 



IjAMMASCH. 



The Secretary general: 



MiCHIELS VAN VeRDUYNEN. 



The Secretaries: 



ROELL. 



Charles D. White. 

 George Young. 



81 Protocol XXX. 



Meeting of Tuesday , July 26th, 1910. 



The Tribunal assembled at 10 a. m. 



The Right Honourable Sir William Snowdon Robson continued 

 his Argument on behalf of Great Britain. 



At 12.05 the Tribunal took a recess. 



The Tribunal reassembled at 2 p. m., when, pursuant to the request 

 on the part of the Tribunal which is incorporated in the Protocol of 

 July 19th, the Right Honourable Sir William Snowdon Robson said, 

 with regard to the particulars of objection which had been delivered 

 by Great Britain complaining of the executive act of the United 

 States Government in sending warships to the territorial waters in 

 question, that it would be unnecessary to trouble the Tribunal for 

 any judgment upon that particular executive act in view of the rec- 

 ognized motives of the United States in taking this action and of the 

 relations maintained by their representatives with ttie local au- 

 thorities. 



The Honourable Elihu Root presented to the Members of the Tri- 

 bunal printed copies of a Statement of specific provisions of certain 

 legislative and executive acts of Newfoundland and Canada called 

 to the attention of the Tribunal by the United States for action pur- 

 suant to Articles II and III of the Special Agreement of January 

 27th, 1909, copies of which Statement were also put at the disposal 

 of the other Party. 



He further said in rej^ly to the last clause of the aforesaid request 

 of the Tribunal, which is in these words: "If the counsel of the 

 respective Parties desire to submit to the Tribunal, either orally or in 

 writing, any view or suggestions in regard to the subject matter of 

 Article IV of the Special Agreement, they will be heard or received 

 at the convenience of counsel," that the United States have under 

 consideration the question, whether it would be practicable to 



82 make any suggestion of any value upon that subject in advance 

 of the Award. Any rules which may be formulated by the 



