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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.] 00152
AltABIA. [August 14.]
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CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 3.
No. 1.
Foreign Office to Treasury.
Sir, Foreign Office^ August 14, 1905.
WITH reference to the letters from this Department of the 31st July, 1903, and
the 23rd February, 1905, and to your letters of the 1st March and the 18th July last,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to state, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, that the Muscat Arbitration Tribunal met
at The Hague on the 25th July last and delivered its Award on the 8th instant.
The three Arbitrators chosen to officiate on this occasion, under the Anglo-French
Compromise of the 13th October, 1904. were Mr. Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of
the United States of America, as British Arbitrator; M. Savornin Lohman, ex -Minister
of the Interior at The Hague and Member of the Dutch Second Chamber, as French
Arbitrator; and Professor Lammasch, Member of the Austrian Upper Chamber, selected
by the King of Italy to act as Umpire.
His Majesty's Grovernment and the French Government decided that, in accordance
with recent precedents, each of the three Arbitrators should receive for their services a
fee of 1,000/., and that Messrs. Lammasch and Fuller should be reimbursed for any
expenses of locomotion or maintenance incurred by them in connection with the
arbitration. In the case of M. Lohman, who resides at The Hague, this latter provision
was unnecessary.
Messrs. Lammasch and Fuller were accordingly requested to furnish an estimate
of their expenses. It was not, however, possible for them to do so until a decision had
been reached as to how long the proceedings would last, and this point was on]y
definitely determined during their final discussions. It was not, therefore, until Monday
last, the 7th instant, that Lord Lansdowne received information from the British Agent
on the arbitration, that Mr. Fuller estimated his expenses at 500/., and M.'Lammasch
placed his at 200/.
It is customary that the Arbitrators' fees, &c., should be paid in to the Secretary-
General of the International Tribunal on the morning of the day on which the final
Award is delivered. This was fixed for the following afternoon, that of the 8th instant,
and it therefore became necessary to authorize His Majesty's Minister at The Hague •
by telegraph to pay into Court the British share of the sum involyed. A similar
authority was telegraphed to the French Minister at The Hague by the French Govern
ment, and the total sum necessary, viz., 3,500/., was paid over to tl^e Court on the
Sth August by the British and French Ministers acting simultaneously. A receipt was
given by the Secretary-General for the British share, viz., 46,250 fr. (1,850/.).
I am to express the hope that the Lords Commissioners will grant their sanction to
this expenditure.
Their Lordships are aware from the correspondence which passed in February last,
that in addition to the 250/. granted to Mr. W. F. Craies for preparing the British Case,
it is necessary to provide further remuneration for his services in drawing up the British
Counter Case and Argument. These documents were prepared with much skill and to
the entire satisfaction of His Majesty's Government. Lord Lansdowne would suggest,
for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners, that Mr. Craies should receive an
inclusive fee of 100 guineas for the preparation of the Counter Case, and of 150 guineas
for preparing the Argument. I am to request that, if their Lordships agree, sanction
may be given to the payment to Mr. Craies of the sum of 250 guineas at as early a
date as possible.
I am. &c.
(Signed) F. H. VILLIEES.
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