"التحكيم في قضية مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. محكمة التحكيم الدائمة في لاهاي. السماح برفع الأعلام الفرنسية على مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. القضية بالنيابة عن الحكومة البريطانية". [و‎‎٢‎٠] (٢٠٨/٤٨)

MUSCAT DHOWS ARBITRATION.
ARGUMENT
ON BEHALF OP THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY.
PREFACE.
THE Tribunal is now in possession of the
Cases and Counter-Cases containing the state
ments of the Parties to the present controversy,
and of the facts and documents upon which the
Parties base their respective contentions.
The object of the present Argument will be to
lay before the Tribunal, as briefly as is consistent
with clearness, what in the view of His Majesty's
Government are the proper conclusions to be
drawn, with respect to the matter included in the
" Compromis," from the statements and documents
submitted, and to indicate the irrelevancy, for the
solution of the questions in controversy, of a very
great portion of the contents of the French
" Memoire " and " Contre-Memoire."
It is to be observed at the outset that France,
by adopting the role of defendant in a case in
which she is claiming immunity and exceptional
treatment for Arabs in the dominions of their
natural Sovereign, has reserved for the " Contre-
Memoire " a great part of her own affirmative
case, and that the " Contre-M^moire," like the
" Memoire," is very largely taken up by state
ments with reference to Great Britain which have
nothing to do with the points in dispute,, and
serve only to distract the attention of the Arbi
trators from the points really at issue.
It appears to His Majesty's Government that
the relevant matters of fact involved in the Case
fall within a very small compass, and that for
the solution of questions mainly, if not solely, of
a juridical character, it is unnecessary and im
proper to enter into speculations or to make
allegations as to the diplomatic action or political
situation of either of the two Governments con
cerned. His Majesty's Government submit that
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