Excerpt from The Alsop Claim, the Counter Case of the United States of America: For and in Behalf of the Original American Claimants in This Case Their Heirs, Assigns, Representatives, and Devisees The protocol of December 1, 1909, negotiated by and between the Governments of the United States and Chile for the settlement of the Alsop Claim, provided, as to the case and the counter case of the two Governments, as follows: "The full case of each Government shall be submitted to His Britannic Majesty, and to the other Government, through its duly accredited representative at St. James, within six months from the date of this agreement; each Government shall then have four months in which to submit a counter case to His Britannic Majesty, and to the other Government as above provided, which counter case shall contain only matters in defense of the other's case." (Case of the United States, p. 1.) It will be observed from the language of the protocol, as quoted, that the "counter case shall contain only matters in defense of the other's case." The Government of the United States interprets and understands this stipulation to mean (1) that the counter case can raise no issues which have not been raised by the case to which it is an answer; (2) that the counter case of either party may not contain any further or additional evidence or arguments regarding points made in the case of that party, unless such point is specifically raised in the other's case to which the counter case is a reply; and (3) that if such further issues should be raised or such additional evidence or arguments should be offered, such issues, evidence, and arguments will not properly be subjects for consideration by His Majesty. 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.