HONORABLE ARBITRATOR, MR. T. M. C. ASSER, IN THE ARBITRATION AGREED UPON BY THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN STATES OF AMERICA, PARTY CLAIMANT, AND THE IMPERIAL TIVE TO THE ARREST AND SEIZURE OF THE AMER- ICAN VESSELS "CAPE HORN PIGEON," "JAMES AND "KATE AND ANNA." HERBERT H. D. PEIRCE, COUNSEL FOR THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1902. WHALING AND SEALING CLAIMS AGAINST RUSSIA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, TRANSMITTING A DISPATCH FROM HERBERT H. D. PEIRCE, AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE MATTER OF THE WHALING AND SEALING CLAIMS AGAINST RUSSIA. DECEMBER 12, 1901.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 13, 1901. SIR: I have the honor to inclose copy of a dispatch from Mr. Herbert H. D. Peirce, counsel and agent for the United States in the matter of the whaling and sealing claims against Russia, transmitting a translation into English of the memorandum presenting the claims to the arbitrator. The package containing a letter and the translation was forwarded to you under separate cover. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. H. C. LODGE, JOHN HAY. United States Senate. EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a translation into English of the memorandum presenting the claims of the owners, officers, and crews of the Cape Horn Pigeon, the James Hamilton Lewis, the C. II. White, and the Kate and Anna to the arbitrator at the Hague. If the Department sees no objection to it. I would be glad to have this translation delivered to the Hon. H. C. Lodge, United States Senator from Massachusetts, with a view to its being printed, through his good offices, as a public document. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, HERBERT H. D. PEIRCE, Coruuse' and Agent for United States Government. Hon. JOHN Ear. Secretary of State. Washingtm. D. C. A l'Honorable Arbitre, M. T. M. C. ASSER, Conseil du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères du Royaume des PaysBas, etc., dans l'arbitrage convenu d'après les notes échangées entre les représentants des deux hautes puissances contractantes, dûment autorisés à cet effet, en date du 3 septembre, 1900, pour régler les différends entre le Gouvernement des États-Unis d'Amérique, partie demanderesse, et le Gouvernement Impérial de Russie, partie défenderesse, relatifs aux arrêts et saisies des vaisseaux Américains " Cape Horn Pigeon,' James Hamilton Lewis," "C. H. White, et "Kate and Anna." 66 PROTOCOL. MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES. (Premier Département.) Le Gouvernement Impérial de Russie et le Gouvernement des États-Unis d'Amérique s'étant mis d'accord pour inviter M. Asser, membre du Conseil d'Etat des Pays-Bas, à prononcer comme Arbitre dans le différend relatif aux affaires des schooners "James Hamilton Lewis," "C. H. White," "Kate and Anna," leurs armateurs, propriétaires, officiers, et équipages, arrêtés ou saisis par des croiseurs Russes sous prévention de s'être livrés à la chasse illicite des phoques à fourrure, et à l'affaire du navire baleinier "Cape Horn Pigeon," ses armateurs, pro priétaires, officiers, et équipage, arrêté ou saisi par un vaisseau To the Honorable Arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. ASSER, Counselor of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, etc., in the arbitration agreed in the notes exchanged between the representatives of the two high contracting powers, duly authorized to that effect, dated September 3, 1900, to adjust the differences between the Government of the United States of America, party claimant, and the Imperial Government of Russia, party defendant, relative to the arrest and seizure of the American vessels the Cape Horn Pigeon," the "James Hamilton Lewis," the "C. H. White," and the "Kate and Anna." PROTOCOL. The Government of the United States of America and the Imperial Government of Russia, having agreed to invite Mr. Asser, Member of the Council of State of the Netherlands to act as Arbitrator in connection with the claim of the schooners "James Hamilton Lewis," "C. H. White," "Kate and Anna," their charterers, owners, officers and crews, arising out of their detention or seizure by Russian cruisers on the charge of having been illegally engaged in fur-seal fishing and the claim of the whaling bark the whaling bark "Cape Horn Pigeon," her charterers, owners, officers and crew arising out of her detention or seizure by a Russian vessel, the undersigned Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America, having been duly authorized thereto, has the honor to make hereby the following declaration, 3 |