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Britain in order that the further action required by that 

 award may be taken for the decision of the above question. 

 "The provision is as follows: 



7. 



The unanimous decision of the two national Commission- 

 ers, or the majority decision of the Umpire and one Com- 

 missioner, shall be final and binding. 



QUESTION II. 



Have the inhabitants of the United States, while exer- 

 cising the liberties referred to in said Article, a right to 

 employ as members of the fishing crews of their vessels 

 persons not inhabitants of the United States? 



In regard to this question the United States claim in sub- 

 stance : 



1. That the liberty assured to their inhabitants by the 



Treaty plainly includes the right to use all the 

 means customary or appropriate for fishing upon 

 the sea, not only ships and nets and boats, but 

 crews to handle the ships and the nets and the 

 boats; 



2. That no right to control or limit the means which these 



inhabitants shall use in fishing can be admitted un- 

 less it is provided in the terms of the Treaty and 

 no right to question the nationality or inhabitancy 

 of the crews employed is contained in the terms of 

 the Treaty. 



And Great Britain claims: 



1. That the Treaty confers the liberty to inhabitants of 

 the United States exclusively; 



