Record of the proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration at the thirty-first conference held at Geneva, in Switzerland, on the 9th of September, 1872.
The conference was held with closed doors pursuant to adjournment. All the arbitrators were present.
Form of decision adopted Viscount d’Itajuba respecting supplies of coal. The protocol of the last conference was read and approved, and was signed by the president and secretary of the tribunal.
Mr. Adams and Sir Alexander Cockburn presented the English translation of the act of decision, which they had kindly undertaken to prepare.
The tribunal definitely adopted the act of decision, which was considered at the last conference, and decided to have it printed.
Viscount d’Itajuba, as one of the arbitrators, made the following statement:
Viscount d’Itajuba, while signing the decision, remarks, with regard to the recital concerning the supply of coals, that he is of opinion that every government is free to furnish to the belligerents more or less of that article.
The tribunal resolved that the decision should be signed at the next conference, which was to be held with open doors, and adjourned until Saturday, the 14th instant, at half past 12 o’clock.
- FREDERICK SCLOPIS.
- ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary.