APPENDIX. 381. 



Columbia was declared in the wrong, and the decision has been 

 accepted. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND ZULULAND. 



In 1882, by the terms of Agreement entered into by Cetywayo 

 and the English Government for his restoration to Zululand, it was 

 agreed in Clauses VT. and X. that in all cases of dispute with any 

 Chief, People, or Government, a reference should be made to the 

 Arbitration of the British Government, through the British 

 Resident. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY. 



In 1883, by the Protocol to the Treaty of Commerce and Navi- 

 gation between Great Britain and Italy, signed 15th June, 1883, it 

 was mutually agreed that any controversies which may arise shall be 

 submitted to the decision of Commissioners of Arbitration. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND URUGUAY. 



In 1885, the two Governments of Great Britain and Uruguay, 

 " being desirous of maintaining and strengthening friendly relations, 

 and of promoting commercial intercourse," resolved to conclude a 

 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, and appointed 

 their respective Commissioners, W. G. Palgrave, British Minister to 

 Uruguay, and Dr. Manuel Herrera y Oles, Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, and on 13th November, 1885, the Treaty was signed 

 at Monte Video. 



Article XV. of the Treaty, embodied the principle of Arbitration* 

 set forth in three clauses, and stated in the exact words of the 

 Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and Italy, which was 

 negotiated i ith December, 1882, as follows : — 



1. "Any controversies which may arise respecting the interpretation or the 

 execution of the present Treaty, or the consequences of any violation thereof, 

 shall be submitted, when the means of settling them directly by amicable 

 agreement are exhausted, to the decision of Commissioners of Arbitration, and 

 that the result of such Arbitration shall be binding upon both Governments. " 



2. " The members of such Commissions shall be selected by the two Govern- 

 ments by common consent, failing which, each of the parties shall nominate an 

 Arbitrator, or an equal number of Arbitrators, and the Arbitrators thus appointed 

 shall elect an Umpire," 



3. " The procedure of the Arbitration shall in each case be determined by the 

 Contracting Parties, failing which, the Commission of Arbitration shall b^ itself 

 entitled to determine it beforehand," 



GERMANY AND SPAIN. 



In 1885, Germany and Spain agreed to refer to the Arbitration of 

 His Holiness the Pope, a dispute respecting the Caroline and Pelew 



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