With regard to the coming special arbitration tribunal at the Hague on the house-tax difficulty in the former Settlements, which is to take place under the third article of the Protocol between Japan and the foreign conjoint party (England, France, and Germany) dated 28th August, 1902, copies of the counter case of Japan were presented to the Governments concerned on the 27th August by Japan's Representatives and to Prof. Gram, arbitrator, by Mr. Akizuki, Minister to Norway and Sweden. The countor-case of the foreign party against the Japanese case was handed to Baron Komura on the 27th ult. Mr.
Miyaoka, Japanese Commissioner to the arbitration tribunal, arrived at the Hague on the 27th August.
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