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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898 - Arbitration (International law)
 

Contents

Mixed Commissions under Convention of June 30 July 12 1822 Page
2
THE GENEVA ARBITRATIONContinued
4
The Delagoa Bay RailwayContinued Page
5
Controversy with Genet 4409
6
The Alleged Seizure and Detention 1189
8
CONVENTION
9
Mr Fishs Instructions 1702
11
CONTRACT CLAIMSContinued
12
Provisions for Arbitration 1469
15
Joint Resolution of 1883 1663
18
CONVENTION WITH FRANCE OF JULY 4 1831 4447
31
Meaning of Term Property 4472
38
Origin of the Case 1807
42
CHAPTER LXIX
45
Instructions of 1751 1998
49
CONVENTION
51
Orders of December 12 1833 4584
52
Change in the Spanish Government 1040
55
General Arbitral Agreement 1287
58
INTEREST 4313
59
Request for Release 1809
60
The Naturalization Question 1041
61
CHAPTER LXXII
65
Reprisals on American Property 4452
66
Morriss Recall 4414
67
Further Correspondence 1704
68
Organization of the Commission 1046
73
Public Sessions 1473
81
APPENDIX I
82
Skipwiths Report 4414
83
CHAPTER XXXII
85
Convention of Arbitration 1709
88
Case of Cotesworth Powell 2050
90
Decree of January 4 1795 4414
92
Report to Congress 1669
97
The Vivanco Insurrection 1593
137
Mr Rices Report 1669
140
Mediation
146
Appointment of Commissioners 1710
147
Compensation of Maine and Massachusetts
151
Difference as to the Treaties of 1778 4429
152
Awards Inconclusive as to Private Interests 4506
154
Debate in the Senate 1099
155
Map used by American Commissioners in 1782
156
CHAPTER V
162
Provocations 1516
166
Free Navigation of Channels
170
Provisions as to the Commissioners 1293
171
Argument Against the Claim 1200
181
Claim of British Commissioner
182
Propositions of Compromise
188
Comments on the Settlement
194
CHAPTER XXVI
195
Convention between the United States and Venezuela of Decem
195
Grounds of American Territorial Claim
198
CONVENTION
199
Execution of the Convention 4432
200
An Erroneous Assumption 4455
201
Treatment of Prizes 4399
202
Ukase of 1821
204
Portugal and the United States February 26 1851 4791
207
Instructions of Mr Rives 4458
208
Fiftyfour Forty or Fight
210
Reference to the Court of Claims 1102
211
Opinion of AttorneyGeneral Black 1602
212
Provisions for Arbitration 1551
215
British Proposal for Marking Boundary
216
American Commissioners Views
220
British Commissioners Special Instructions
222
Proposal of Arbitration 996
226
Summary of Arguments 1606
227
British Agent
228
Commissioners Opinion on La Abra Claim 1327
229
Other Boundaries
235
Powers of Consuls 4400
237
PROCEDURE 2133
240
Rules
241
Case of Raborg 1613
243
Retrocession of Louisiana to France 4433
244
EAST AND WEST FLORIDA CLAIMS 4519
246
Argument of Companys Counsel 216
248
Duration of Companys Rights
252
Negotiation of a Convention 1216
254
Claims Included 4591
256
Discussion of Stipulations 997
257
Possessory Rights
260
Rejection of Compromise 221
263
United States Commissioners Opinion
266
Berlin Decree 4479
267
Convention of April 11 1839 1218
270
CHAPTER XXXVII
271
Provisions of Treaty of Peace
272
Commercial Discontents 4400
274
Refusal of a Rehearing 1329
277
American Commissioners
278
Question as to Finality of Awards
280
Organization of the Commission 1711
281
Practical Difficulties
286
Delays in the Exchange of Ratifications 4592
287
Final Meeting and Rupture
292
Mr Evartss Report 1334
296
Convention of January 8 1802
298
CHAPTER XXII
299
Order in Council January 8 1794
305
CASE OF THE MASONIC 1055
306
Course of Genet
311
Payment of Awards
317
First Meeting of Commissioners
320
POWER OF ARBITRATORS TO DETERMINE QUESTIONS AS TO THEIR
324
Loughboroughs Opinion
326
Action of the Treasury Department 4529
329
Question as to Exhausting Judicial Remedies
332
Opinion of Mr Johnson 1502
335
Appointment of Umpire 1224
336
Resumption in 1802
339
Case of the Springbok
344
Immunities of Commissioners
347
CHAPTER XXVIII
350
Remonstrances 4550
358
Mixed Commissions under Convention of June 30 July 12 1822
363
Rules of Procedure 4437
371
Provisions of the Convention 1615
380
Mr Wheatons Mission 4553
386
Proceedings of Commission 1000
389
CHAPTER XII
391
CONVENTION OF JANUARY 24 1849 4609
392
Commissioners Report 1555
394
Declination of Mr Van Buren
397
Pecuniary Results of the Commission 1319
400
Private Counsel
404
Mr E A Hopkins 1502
405
Legislation 4609
409
Case of the Cresle
410
CASE OF THE COLONEL LLOYD ASPINWALL 1007
413
Reports to the Umpire 1230
414
List of Claims Before the Commission
416
Convention of 1857 1361
417
Arrest and Imprisonment 1815
418
Unfinished Business and its Cause 1232
420
Course of Genet on his Arrival 4406
421
Arbitration as to Damages 1013
422
CHAPTER XIII
426
Hearings 1716
430
Views of United States Commissioner and Surveyor
433
What Coasts were and were not to be examined
439
Wreck of the Canada 1733
440
Records of the Commission 1557
443
INDEMNITY UNDER THE FLORIDA TREATY 4487
444
Text of the Umpires Award
449
Text of the Umpires AwardContinued Page No 4 Pinnette
460
Cardigan
461
Souris
462
Crapaud
463
Stanley
464
Pierre Jacques
465
Enmore
466
The Miramichi
467
Questions to be Arbitrated 1819
468
The Buctouche
471
The River Pictou in the Province of Nova Scotia
481
The Pawcatuck River the Boundary between the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island
482
The Rivers Vernon Orwell Seal Cardigan Fortune Souris Tryon Winter Hunter Stanley Ellis Pierre Jacques Percival Enmore and Haldiman in Prince ...
483
The Murray River in Prince Edward Island
484
The Foxley River in Prince Edward Island
485
The River Des Habitans in the Island of Cape Breton Province of Nova Scotia
486
The River Hudson in the State of New York United States
487
The Rivers Saint John and Minganm on the North Coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the River Jupiter in the Island of Anticosti Province of Ca...
488
The River Fox in the Island of Anticosti Province of Canada
489
The Rivers Grand Bonaventure and Grand Casca Pediac Province of Canada and River Caraquette Province of New Brunswick
490
The Rivers Susquehanna North East Elk and Sassafras
491
Chester River
492
Patuxent River
493
Seizure of the Montijo 1421
496
Baron Roennes Reports 1238
498
Lord Stanleys Proposal
499
Pinckneys Instructions 4488
502
Mr Sewards Satisfaction
506
CHAPTER XXXIV
507
Negotiations of 1782
509
Instructions to Motley
512
Spanish Blockades 4488
515
Organization of the Commission 1616
517
Withdrawal of Negotiations from London
519
Diplomatic Protests 1056
524
Mr Sumners Memorandum
525
Lord Granvilles Response
531
Procedure of the Commission
537
Agreement as to the Alabama Claims
543
Secretaries and Agents 1617
545
Provisions as to Alabama Claims
547
Final Report 1619
552
Other Subjects Included
553
Opening of the Arbitration
559
Announcement by Mr Staempfli 648
560
Suspension of Diplomatic Relations 4493
561
Liability of Belligerents 1243
562
Trent Case
565
Charges of Mismanagement 1105
568
The Three Rules
572
Agreement of Arbitration 1735
576
Position of Spain 4534
577
The Rappahannock
578
Hospitalities to the Confederates
582
Case of the Alexandra
586
Representations to Colombia 1422
588
Award 1742
589
The British Case
593
AGREEMENT OF FEBRUARY 12 1871 1019
595
International Rights and Duties
598
Action in France 4466
601
The Spanish Volunteers 1020
602
Contraband and Blockade Running
604
Meaning of Due Diligence
610
Limits of Neutral Duty
616
Use of Neutral Territory as Base of Operations 1119
618
Decrees as to Infidencia 1021
619
Hospitalities to Confederates
622
CHAPTER LXVII
623
Decree of January 3 1808 4494
624
Statements of American Commissioners
628
Terms of the Submission 1749
631
Draft of Articles
634
Demands for Redress 1032
638
Lord Tenterdens Suggestion
641
Various Demands of the Company 1507
643
New General Arguments Refused
647
Evidence 1750
648
Case of the Florida
649
Notice of Organization 4566
654
Effect of a Commission
655
Message of December 7 1835 4466
658
Administrative and Judicial Proceedings 1057
660
Arbitrators Expressions as to British Feeling
661
Payment of the Award
664
The Second Court
664
Ratification of the Treaty 4497
667
The Three Rules and the Award
670
Opening of the Pelletier Case 1751
677
An Incident of the Alabamas Escape
678
CHAPTER XXIII
683
Analysis of Claims
684
Rights and Liberties
685
Presentation of Claims 1423
688
Analysis of Awards 4468
690
Mutual Renunciations of Claims 4498
691
The Awards 1757
693
Hostilities at Fayal 1071
695
Cessation of Functions of French Commissioner 1138
696
The Award 1943
700
Origin of the Fund 4627
702
Navigation of the Orinoco 1696
706
Action of Colonial Authorities
713
Proceedings 1945
716
Claims Allowed 4628
717
XXV Treaty of Washington
719
Appointment of the Halifax Commissioners
725
Arrest and Imprisonment of Mr Santos 1579
729
Taking of Testimony
731
The Award 1964
732
New Claims Convention 1639
733
The Liberty to Land
737
Benefits of the Protective Service
738
CHAPTER XLVIII
740
British Reply
744
National Responsibility for State Acts 1439
746
Organization of the Commission 1640
747
Reply of Lord Salisbury
750
The Kellett Case 1862
751
CHAPTER XVII
755
RussoBritish Convention of 1825
762
Power of Commission to Determine its own Jurisdiction 1143
767
Mr Frenchs Letter of 1881
769
Mr Bayards Report 1793
774
Nonexecution of Orders of Release
775
Conclusion of a Convention 4581
776
Negotiations in London
781
Argentine Republic See Brazil and Paraguay
786
Negotiations at Washington
787
Lord Salisburys Argument on Questions of Right
793
The Claimant Company 1698
797
Colombia and Great Britain December 14 1872 4697
798
Conclusion of a Treaty of Arbitration
799
Constitution of the Tribunal of Arbitration
805
Forgery of Translations
814
HISTORICAL NOTES 4821
816
Question as to Embargoed Estates 1035
819
Representatives of the Argentine Republic and Brazil 1969
820
Counter Case of United States
821
Condemnation of Vessels 775
823
Printed Argument of Mr Carter the Nature of Law
827
Seizure of the San Fernando 1700
829
The Institution of Property
833
Mr Phelpss Written Argument
839
British Claim of Impressment
843
The Lawfulness of Taking Seals on the High Seas 818
849
CHAPTER XXV
853
The Duty of Protection and the Laws of the United States
856
Property in the Industry on the Pribilof Islands
864
Oral Argument of Sir Charles Russell
870
RENUNCIATION OR FORFEITURE OF THE RIGHT TO NATIONAL PRO
874
Novelty of Claim of United States
876
The Nature of the Seal
882
The Sealing Industry
889
Examination of the Authorities cited by the United States
895
The Argumentum ad Hominem the Pearl Fisheries
901
Question as to Procedure
907
Shorthand Reports
910
Instructions of Mr Webster 1085
911
Recognition of Russian Rights by Great Britain
916
The Question of Regulations
922
Ninth Article
928
Text of the Award
935
The Result of the Award
957
General Character of Claims 1244
959
Protest on behalf of the Claimants 1097
960
Plans for Permanent Arbitration
963
Terms of Settlement 4581
969

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Page 544 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 550 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 95 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 551 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 130 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 705 - British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island), and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 709 - Provided however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever.
Page 232 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
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