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INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
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REPORTS
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GERMANY
- NETHERLANDS
Tubantia Inquiry
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Inquiry: |
March
30, 1921 |
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First
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January
18, 1922 |
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Closing
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February
27, 1922 |
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Date
of the Report: |
February
27, 1922 |
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Commissioners: |
Hoffmann,
Surie, Ravn, Unger, Gayer |
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On
March 30, 1921 governments of Germany and the Netherlands agreed to
submit to a commission of inquiry a question of the cause of
sinking of the Netherlands' steamship Tubantia on March 16,
1916. Each party chose a member of the commission, the Danish and
Swedish governments were asked to choose one member each, and the
Swiss Government was asked to choose a jurist as a president of the
commission. The procedure of the commission took place in accordance
with applicable provisions of the Hague Convention of 1907; four of
its meetings were not to be public and the protocols were not to be
published; but the final report has been read in public session and
published. Memorial were deposited by the parties with the
International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The
commission opened its meetings at the The Hague on January 18, 1922;
both witnesses and experts were heard. In its report of February 17,
1922, the commission reached the conclusion that the Tubantia
was sunk by the explosion of a torpedo launched by a German
submarine, and on the basis of this report a settlement was reached
by the German and The Netherlands governments. |
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