The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-28
PROVISIONS OF
THE AGREEMENT
How Russia and England Will
Settle North Sea Incident.
COMMISSION TO BE CHOSEN
TEXT OF ARTICLES SIGNED AT
ST. PETERSBURG. n

London. Nov. 27.@The foreign Office
has issued the following English trano-
latiOn Of the declaration signed at st.
Petersburg by Sir Cherries Hardinge.
The British ambassador, and Count
Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign minis
ter:
His Britannia majesty's government
and the imperial Russian government
having agreed TO enter into an interna
tional commission of inquiry, assembled
comformably TO articles TX TO XIV of
The Hague convention on July 20. 1889,
Tor the pacific settlement of interna-
uonal disputes, the task of calculating
by means of an imperial and conscien-
tlOus investigation. the questions of
fact connected withTthe incident which
occurred during the night of oct. 21-22,
1904, in the North sea Con which Occa-
sion the firing of guns on the Russian
fleet caused the loss Of a boat and the
death Of two persons belonging TO
British fishing fleet, as we'll as dam
ages to other boats of that fleet and
injuries to the crews OF some of those
boats), the undersigned being duly au
thOrized thereto. have agreed upon the
following provisions:
Commission to Be Chosen.
article 1.-The international commits
sion Of inquiry shall be composed of
five members commissioners of
whom two shall be officers of high
rank in the British and imperial Rus
sian navics, respectively. The govern
ments Of France ana of the United
states shall each be requested to select
one Of their naval officers of high rank
as member of the commission. The
nth member shall be chosen by agree
ment between the four members above
mentioned; in the event of no agree
ment being arrived at between the four
commissioners as to the selection OF the
Htth member OF the commission his
imperial and royal majesties. the en-
pcrOr of Austria and king OF Hungary,
viii be invited to select him. Each Of
the two high contracting parties shall
likewise appoint a legal assessor to adj
wise the commissioners, and an egent
officially empowered to take part in
the labOrs of the commission.
Shall Fix the Blame.
Article 2-The commission shall in
Quire into and report all circumstances
relative TO the North sea incident and
particularly on the question as to where
the responsibility lies and the degree
ca blame attaching to subjec1s of the
1AvO high contracting parties or TO sub
jects of other countries i'm the event Of
their responsibility being established
by the inquiry.
Article 3-The commission shall
settle the details of procedure which il
viii follow for the purpose Of accom-
plishing the task with which it has
been entrusted.
Article 4-The two high contract
ing parties undertake to supply the
commission to the utmost of their abil-
ity with all the means and facilities
necessary in order to cradle it to ac-
quaint itself thoroughly and appreciate
correctly the matters in dispute.
To Meet in Paris.
Article 5-The commission shall as
semble in Paris as soon as possible aft
er the signature of this agreement.
Article 6-The commission shall
present its report to the two high con-
tracing parties, signed by all the
members of the commission.
Article THE commission shall
make all its decisions by a majority Of
the votes of the five commissioners.
Article S-The two high contract
ing parties undertake each to bear on
reciprocal terms the expense Of the in
Quiry made by it previous to the as
sembling of the commission. the eX-
pense incurred by the international
commission after the date Of its as
sembIy in organizing its staff and con-
Quoting the Investigations which it will
have TO make shall be equally shared
by the two governments
I'm faith whereof. the undersigned
have signed the present agreement
tdeclaration) and affixing their seals
10 il.
Done in duplicate at st. Petersburg,
Nov %. 1904