CONTENTS 



r. INTRODUCTION 



Introductory Remarks ix 



French Fisheries Rights in Newfoundland . xiii 



American Fishing Rights under the Treaty of 1783 .... xxvii 



Convention of 1818 ... . ... . xxxi 



Discussion of the Fisheries Question between Secretary Root 



AND Sir Edward Grey . . . xlii 



The Special Agreement of January 27, 1909 . . . xlvii 



Question One . . . . . liv 



Question Two . . . . xciv 



Question Three ci 



Question Four cvi 



Question Five . . . . cix 



Question Six ... j cxliii 



Question Seven cxlvi 



Conclusion . . . cl 



II. ARGUMENT OF THE HONORABLE ELIHU ROOT 



Introduction ... . . i 



Question One .... . . 2 



Question Five . 261 



Question Two . . .... 327 



Question Three 344 



Question Four . . 350 



Question Six ... 359 



Question Seven 365. 



Conclusion 374 



III. APPENDIX OF DOCUMENT 

 TREATIES 



Treaty of Utrecht, March 31 — AfeiL u, 1713, between France 



AND Great Britain . . . . . . . . . 375 



Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763, between France, Great Britain 



and Spain . . • 375 



Treaty of Versailles, September 3, 1783, between France and 



Great Britain . . . 376 



British Declaration, Accompanying the Treaty of Versailles . 377 



French Counter Declaration .... 377 

 Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783, between Great Britain and 



the United States . 378 



V 



