134 REPLY OF UNITED STATES. 



aii dam ages It is further insisted, on the part of the United 



claimed excessive. ' x 



States, that the value of each and all the vessels 

 so seized, mentioned in the schedule of claims, 

 and the detailed accounts in relation thereto, are 

 grossly exaggerated, and that, in fact, the values 

 of these vessels and their respective outfits were 

 far below the amounts stated and claimed; and 

 the damages claimed are in all respects excessive, 1 

 aside from those which, as stated above, are 

 wholly untenable. 

 Questions sui)- The United States do not deem it necessary to 



nutted under Ar- J 



tide viii. state in detail wherein the valuations and dam- 



ages claimed are excessive and exaggerated, or 

 submit proofs in relation thereto, further than by 

 the analysis of said claims found in the Appen- 

 dix to this their Counter Case, at page 339, for the 

 reason that the " questions of fact involved in the 

 claim" of either of the parties to the Treaty 

 against the other, to be submitted to the Tribu- 

 nal of Arbitration under the provisions of Article 

 VIII, should, as this Article is understood by the 

 United States, have relation only to such facts as 

 tend to fix the liability of one party to the other, 

 and do not include facts which only relate to the 

 amounts of such claims. 



•Tables showing values of vessels seized, etc., post pp. 339-340. 

 Report British Commissioners, pp. 205, 210, and 211. 



