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REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARDS RECUEIL DES SENTENCES ARBITRALES VOLUME VI United Nations Publication Sales No. : 1955. V. 3 Price: $U.S. 4.00; 28/- stg. ; Sw. fr. 17.00 (or equivalent in other currencies) REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARDS RECUEIL DES SENTENCES ARBITRALES VOLUME VI Decisions of Arbitral Tribunal GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES and of Claims Commissions UNITED STATES, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY and UNITED STATES-PANAMA Décisions du Tribunal arbitral GRANDE-BRETAGNE - ETATS-UNIS et des Commissions de réclamations ETATS-UNIS, AUTRICHE ET HONGRIE et ETATS-UNIS - PANAMA UNITED NATIONS — NATIONS UNIES FOREWORD The systematic collection of decisions of international claims commis- sions contemplated in the foreword to volume IV of the present series of Reports of International Arbitral Awards and already embracing the decisions of the so-called Mexican Claims Commissions, as far as available (vol. IV: General and Special Claims Commissions Mexico-United States; vol. V: Claims Commissions Great Britain-Mexico, France- Mexico and Germany-Mexico), is continued with the present volume devoted to the decisions of the Arbitral Tribunal United States-Great Britain constituted under the Special Agreement of August 18, 1910, the Tripartite Claims Commission United States. Austria and Hungary constituted under the Agreement of November 26, 1924, and the General Claims Commission United States-Panama constituted under the Claims Convention of July 28, 1926, modified by the Convention of December 17, 1932. The mode of presentation followed in this volume is the same as that used in volumes IV-V. Each award is captioned under the name of the individual claimant, together with identification of the espousing and the respondent governments. Notation is made of the date of the award, any separate concurring or dissenting opinions rendered by the commis- sioners, and the original report from which the decision was drawn. A head note or digest is offered in each case to facilitate its use in research by practitioners and students of international law. The index found at the end of this volume is based upon such head notes. In view of the fact that the head notes offered in this volume, like those preceding the decisions included in volumes IV-V, are more elaborate than the head notes offered in volumes I-III, the index to the present volume, unlike the one placed at the end of volume III and covering the first three volumes of the series, contains no indications regarding actual decisions given on particular points. It is trusted, however, that through the increased head notes to which the index refers the reader consulting the index will be able to inform himself as quickly as under the system adopted for volumes I-III. It will be observed that historical notes of the establishment and work of each tribunal, bibliographies relating to each tribunal, and, finally, bibliographical references to discussions of particular cases are included. In addition, if any case has been published in any source other than that from which the instant publication is made, reference has been given to such source or sources. Since the appreciation of each decision depends not only upon its contents but also upon the terms of the particular compromis and the law laid down by it to be applied by the tribunal, the texts of the treaty or treaties under which each tribunal functioned are included. This volume, like volumes IV and V, was prepared by the Legal Department (since January 1, 1955: the Office of Legal Affairs) of the Secretariat of the United Nations. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword v Table of Abbreviations xiii PART I Arbitral Tribunal (Great Britain-United States) constituted under the Special Agreement of August 18, 1910 Historical Note 5 Bibliography 7 Special Agreement : Special Agreement for the submission to arbitration of pecuniary claims out- standing between the United States and Great Britain, concluded August 18. 1910 '. 9 Decisions: Great Britain v. U.S. (Yukon Lumber case) 17 Owners of the Lindisfarne (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 21 William Hardman (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 25 The Glasgow King Shipping Company (Limited) (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. (King Robert case) 27 Great Britain and Others (Gr. Br.) ». U.S. (Canadienne case) 29 Henry James Bethune (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. (Lord Nelson case) 32 Great Northwestern Telegraph Company of Canada (Gr. Br). v. U.S. 35 Sivewright, Bacon and Co. (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. (Eastry case) 36 Representatives of Elizabeth Cadenh<:ad(Gr. Br.)». U.S 40 Owner of the Frederick Gerring, Jr. (U.S.)». Gr. Br 41 Home Frontier and Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ (U.S.) v. Gr. Br. ." 42 Owners of the Cargo of the Coquitlam (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 45 Owners of the Tattler (U.S.) ». Gr. Br 48 H.J. Randolph Hemming (Gr. Br.) ». U.S 51 Owners of the Sidra (Gr. Br.) ». U.S 53 Owners of the Jessie, the Thomas F. Bayard and the Pescawha (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. 57 Owners of the Argonaut and the Colonel Jonas H. French (U.S.) ». Gr. Br. ... 60 China Navigation Co., Ltd. (Gr. Br.) ». U.S. (Newchwang case) 64 Owners, Officers and Men of the Wanderer (Gr. Br). ZJ. U.S 68 Vlll Page Charterers and Crew of the Kate (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 77 Laughlin McLean (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. {Favourite case) 82 Jesse Lewis (U.S.) v. Gr. Br. (David J. Adams case) 85 George Rodney Burt (U.S.) v. Gr. Br. (Fijian Land Claims) 93 Benson Robert Henry (U.S.) v. Gr. Br. (Fijian Land Claims) 100 Heirs of John B. Williams (U.S.) ». Gr. Br. (Fijian Land Claims) 104 Isaac M. Brower (U.S.)». Gr. Br. (Fijian Land Claims) 109 Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Ltd. (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 112 Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company, Ltd. (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 118 Robert E. Brown (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 120 Rio Grande Irrigation and Land Company. Ltd. (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 131 Union Bridge Company (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 138 Several Canadian Hay Importers (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. (Canadian Claims for Refund of Duties) 142 Ownerofthefl. T.Roy (U.S.) ». Gr. Br 147 Adolph G. Studer (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 149 Owner of the Horace B.Parker (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 153 Owner of the Thomas F. Bayard (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 154 Owner of the Sarah B. Putnam (U.S.)». Gr. Br 156 F. H. Redward and Others (Gr. Br.) ». Linked States (Hawaiian Claims) . 157 Several British Subjects (Gr.Br.)». U.S. (Iloilo Claims) 158 D. Earnshaw and Others (Gr. Br.) v. U.S. (J^afiro case) 160 Luzon Sugar Refining Company, Ltd. (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 165 J. Parsons (Gr. Br.) v. U.S 165 Successors of William Webster (U.S.) v. Gr. Br 166 Cunningham and Thompson Company and Others (Gr. Br.) o. U.S. 171 Cayuga Indians (Gr. Br.) v. U.S . 173 PART II Tripartite Claims Commission (United States, Austria and Hungary) constituted under the Agreement of November 26, 1924 Historical Note 195 Bibliography 197 Agreement: Agreement between the United States and Austria and Hungary for the deter- mination of the amounts to be paid by Austria and by Hungary in satisfac- tion of their obligations under the Treaties concluded by the United States with Austria on August 24, 1921, and with Hungary on August 29, 1921 . 199 Page Decisions : Administrative Decision No. I 203 Administrative Decision No. II 212 Herbert Payne (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 230 Mrs. Julius Biro (U.S.) v. Hungary 231 William Schneider and Joseph Bleier (U.S.) v. Hungary 231 Kurt Heppe (U.S.) v. Hungary and Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest . 232 Griff Glover (U.S.)». Austria and Oesterreichischer-Lloyd 233 Joseph Amschler (U.S.) v. Austria and Banca Commerciale Triestina . 234 Friederike Gottlieb (U.S.) v. Austria and Bohemian Savings Bank .... 234 Alexander Karl Rudolph (U.S.) v. Austria 235 Henry Neugass (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 235 Estate of Alexander Ortlieb (U.S.) v. Austria and Edward Coumont, Executor of Estate of Louis Ortlieb 240 Karl Klein (U.S.)». Austria 241 Anton Pentz (U.S.) a. Austria, Hungary, and Austro-Hungarian Bank . 242 Charles R. Crane (U.S.) v. Austria and City of Vienna 244 Benjamin Albert Kapp (U.S.) v. Hungary 246 Alexander Tellech (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 248 Max Fox (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 249 Grubnau Bros., Inc., and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 250 RosaH. Kohn (U.S.) U.Hungary 251 Indian Motocycle Company (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 252 Henry Rothmann (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 253 Louis Zecchetto (U.S.) v. Austria and Hungary 259 Louis John Hois (U.S.) v. Austria and Wiener Bank-Verein 260 The First National Bank of Boston (U.S.) v. Austria and Wiener Bank-Verein 266 Mary Fédérer, Administratrix of the Estate ofJohn J. Fédérer (U.S.) v. Austria and Wiener Bank-Verein 268 George and Theresa Zohrer (U.S.) v. Austria and Postsparkassen-Amt in Wien 272 Transatlantic Trust Company (U.S.) v. Austria and Postsparkassen-Amt in Wien 274 Henry Howard Ellison, William Rodman Ellison, and Henry Howard Ellison, Jr., American Partners in the late Firm of John B. Ellison & Sons (U.S.) v. Austria and Leopold Kuranda 274 Cyrus Wilfred Perkins (U.S.) o. Austria and Wien-Floridsdorfer Mineraloel Fabrik 275 Hugo Dylla (U.S.) v. Austria; John Szanto and Szekely Varga Katalin Szanto v. Austria; Charles Gasper (U.S.) v. Austria 277 Harald Waldemar von Campen (U.S.) v. Austria 277 Camilla Short (U.S.) v.