Whereas by an agreement dated January 26, 1912, and by a compromis dated March 6 following, the Government of the French Republic and the Royal Italian Government agreed to submit to an Arbitral Tribunal composed of five members the decision of the following questions:

1. Were the Italian naval authorities, in general and according to the special circumstances under which the action was taken, within their rights in proceeding, as they did, to the capture and temporary seizure of the French mail steamer “Manouba”, as well as to the arrest of twenty-nine Ottoman passengers who were on board?

2. What should be the pecuniary or other consequences resulting from the decision of the preceding question?