TREATIES 377 



BRITISH DECLARATION ACCOMPANYING THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES i 



Declaration 



The King having entirely agreed with His Most Christian Majesty upon the articles 

 of the definitive treaty, will seek every means which shall not only insure the execu- 

 tion thereof, with his accustomed good faith and punctuality, but will besides give, 

 on his part, all possible efficacy to the principles which shall prevent even the least 

 foundation of dispute for the future. 



To this end, and in order that the fishermen of the two nations may not give cause 

 for daily quarrels. His Britannic Majesty wiU take the most positive measures for 

 preventing his subjects from interrupting, in any manner, by their competition, the 

 fishery of the French, during the temporary exercise of it which is granted to them 

 upon the coasts of the Island of Newfoimdland; and he will, for this purpose, cause 

 the fixed settlements, which shall be formed there, to be removed. His Britaimic 

 Majesty will give orders, that the French fishermen be not incommoded, in cutting 

 the wood necessary for the repair of their scaffolds, huts, and fishing vessels. 



The thirteenth article of the treaty of Utrecht, and the method of carrying on the 

 fishery which has at all times been acknowledged, shall be the plan upon which 

 the fishery shall be carried on there; it shall not be deviated from by either party; the 

 French fishermen building only their scaffolds, confining themselves to the repair of 

 their fishing vessels, and not wintering there; the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, 

 on their part, not molesting, in any manner, the French fishermen during their fishing, 

 nor injuring their scaffolds during their absence. 



The King of Great Britain, in ceding the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to 

 France, regards them as ceded for the purpose of serving as a real shelter to the French 

 fishermen, and in full confidence that these possessions will not become an object of 

 jealousy between the two nations; and that the fishery between the said islands, and 

 that of Newfoimdland shall be limited to the middle of the channel. . . . 



FRENCH COUNTER DECLARATION ACCOMPANYING SAME TREATY = 



The principles which have guided the King, in the whole course of the negotiations, 

 which preceded the re-establishment of peace, must have convinced the King of Great 

 Britain, that His Majesty has had no other design than to render it solid and lasting, 

 by preventing, as much as possible, in the four quarters of the world, every subject 

 of discussion and quarrel. The King of Great Britain undoubtedly places too much 

 . confidence in the uprightness of His Majesty's intentions, not to rely upon his constant 

 attention to prevent the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon from becoming an object 

 of jealousy between the two nations. 



As to the fishery on the coasts of Newfoundland, which has been the object of the 

 new arrangements settled by the two sovereigns upon this matter, it is sufficiently 

 ascertained by the fifth article of the treaty of peace signed this day, and by the 

 declaration likewise delivered to-day, by His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extra- 

 ordinary and Plenipotentiary; and His Majesty declares, that he is fully satisfied on 

 this head. 



In regard to the fiishery between the Island of Newfoundland and those of St. Pierre 

 and Miquelon, it is not to be carried on, by either party, but to the middle of the 

 channel; and His Majesty will give the most positive orders, that the French fisher- 



' Appendix, U. S. Case, p. 54; Appendix, British Case, p. 11. 

 'Appendix, U. S. Case, p. 56; Appendix, British Case, p. 13, 



