Excerpt from North Atlantic Coast Fisheries, Vol. 6 of 12: Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration Before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague It appears from an examination of the British Case that in addition to presenting the evidence on which Great Britain relies, in conform ity with the requirements of Article VI of the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, under which this arbitration is held, the Case also includes extensive discussions of legal authorities and prece dents and a considerable amount of argument, and that such discus sions and argument are built upon assumed positions and contentions attributed to the United States, which, for the most part, the United States is unwilling to accept as accurate or complete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.