Evening star., 1922-10-14
AWARD $12,o)0,0DO
ON NORWAY SHIPS
u. S. Arbitrator Charges
Terms of Submission of
Claims Violated.
DISPUTE COMPLICATED
Demand Raised That Rules of
Hague Convention Be
Adhered To.
DISPUTE COMPLICATED
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
THE HAGUE. October 14.-Norway
has been awarded approximately $12,-
100000 by the arbitration tribunal,
which, Tor several months, has been con-
sidermg the controversy between the
United States and Norway, involving
claims growing out Of the requisitioning
OF Norwegian vessels during the war.
Inc award was made known yester-
day. and the American arbitrator.
Chandler p. Anderson, who did not at
tcnd yesterdays sitting. communicated to
. The secretary-general of the tribunal and
! The agents Of NORWAY and the United
! States his opinion that the terms of sub
mission had been violated ard that the
tribunal had exceeded its Jurisdiction rs
outlined ny the special agreement under
; which the shipping dispute was sub
. united to arbitration. Notice was served
| by William G. Dennis the American
governments agent, that he reserved for
his government all the rights ARISING
out OF the plain and manifest departure
OF tne award from the terms Of SUBJ
mission and from the essential error
by which it is invalidated."
Grounds Not Presented,
The grounds on which the American
arbitrator and agent claimed the terms
| OF submission had been violated were
/ not presented 70 the tribunal but IL was
Said by those conversant with the case
that one of the principal reasons was
the alleged disregard of the provisions
! OF The Hague con, eat;on of 1907 re-
I GuirinS arbitrators to state the rea sons
for each award made From tn. be-
ginning Of the present trial i, was S;.id
that both sides 10 the arbitration, as vel.
as the tribunal itself, agreed to be bound
by The Hague convention
The present decision. covering forty
TWO iarSe printed pages, does not give
! the reasons for the award of each
claimant. but recites the reasons for the
justice of the general award The
awards OF each claimant are given in q
; rat sum, inc'uJ!ng interest at an un-
stated rate. The method whereby the
/ :uHhS were arrived al is not specified
! thi"i among the points OF controversy
: throughout the tribunals sitting was
what was rtuuiSitio,led and when. il
was argued by the United States that
/ n" order issued by tn. United States
Naip2lng Board. August 3. 1917. "hich
was the on:y requisitjon order ever is.
sued. merely requiSitioned ships then
competed ani materials for uncom-
p!etrd vessels.
! Contracts RequisitiOned.
Norway, ON the other hand. claimed
that the United States requisitoned not
only ships and materials. but also con-
tracts. and claimed compensation fo-
their marketable vaiue. Moreover Nor
way CANNED that III. reQuiStion order
did not become effective until October
., 1917. al the CONG usion of the negotia-
Tons between the United States and
the special Norw egian commission.
headed hy Dr. F'ridjuf Nansen.
tV"n cOa.ediGIg that contracts We're
requisiionet. tlt,: United States claimed
that ,her value should he determined
as of August ,. 1917. and not after
prices wer- juGsled upward by the al
eyed manipuiatioas of CHRISTOPHER
Hannevis. Il Norwegian subject who,
the American counsel claimed, Specu-
lated on ship contracts and created
dummy corporations. even after the
requiSit;on order was issued. through,
which 10 Sell anu resell contracts, ad-
| vancinS prices perceptibly with each
transaction and indulging in other al
eyed questionable tradings. Some of
the HanntNig corporations in America
nave becon" bankrupt since the war
Although Hannev;s does not figure i'll
the list of Claimants. the United States
argued and Norway admitted that he is
largely interested i'm virtually all tine
claims The award makes allowance
! or the dubious nature of some of the
acts Of HhnneVig, but does not Inen- :
ion to what extent.