Translation of the Memorandum of the party claimant to the honorable arbitrator, Mr. T.M.C. Asser

counselor to the ministry of foreign affairs of the kingdom of the Netherlands, etc., in the arbitration agreed upon by the exchange of notes between the representatives of the two high contracting powers ... dated September 3, 1900, to adjust the differences between the government of the United States of America, party claimant, and the imperial government of Russia, party defendant, relative to the arrest and seizure of the American vessels "Cape Horn Pigeon," "James Hamilton Lewis," "C.H. White," and "Kate and Anna."