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The Clipperton Island Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2017

Edwin D. Dickinson
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1933 , pp. 130 - 133
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1933

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References

1 The text is printed in this Journal, Vol. 26 (1932), p . 390.

2 The Washington Evening Star, Nov. 15, 1932; Cumulative Digest of International Law and Relations, Vol. 2, Bulletin 42 and 43 (Nov. 18, 1932).

On Mexico’s official attitude toward the Monroe Doctrine, see editorial comment in : this Journal, Vol. 26 (1932), pp. 114,117.

3 Brigham, Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, p. 52 (Honolulu, 1900). In his Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, Vol. 1, p. 256, Captain Sir Edward Belcher describes the island as follows: “a very dangerous low lagoon island, destitute of trees, with a high rock on its southern edge, which may be mistaken for a sail. This rock can be seen fifteen miles.” (London, 1843.)

4 The above is a summary of the facts as set forth in the text of the award, this Journal, loc. cit.

5 Martens, Nouveau Recueil Général, 3d series, Vol. 5, p. 8. Ratifications were exchanged at Mexico City, May 9, 1911. There is nothing in the award to explain why it took nearly twenty years to conclude the arbitration.

6 Text in this Journal, loc. cit., p. 393.

7 Ibid., p. 394.

8 Digest of International Law, Vol. 1, p. 258. See the award in the Palmas Island Arbitration, this Journal, Vol. 22 (1928), p. 867; Jessup, “The Palmas Island Arbitration,” ibid., p. 735. See also Fauchille, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, §§534–556(3); Oppenheim, 4th ed., Vol. 1, §§220–228.