Excerpt from The Republic of El Salvador Against the Republic of Nicaragua: Opinion and Decision of the Court

It appears:

I. That on the 2 8 th day of August, 1916, in accordance with powers to that end duly exhibited, the Honorable the Charge d'Affaires of El Salvador, Dr. Don Gregorio Martin, appearing in the name of his Government, brought before this Court a complaint against the Republic of Nicaragua wherein the conclusion of the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty by the latter Government with the United States of North America, was alleged. In support of the action, the complaint sets forth the arguments of fact and law, and it is accompanied by the evidence considered pertinent thereto by the High Party Complainant.

Arguments Of Fact And Law.

Stated concretely, the High Party Complainant alleges as follows:

The treaty referred to, which was negotiated by the then Secretary of State of the United States, the Honorable William Jennings Bryan, and the then Minister of Nicaragua at Washington, General Don Emiliano Chamorro, in addition to granting to the United States certain rights for the construction of an interoceanic canal, grants to that Republic, for the term of ninety-nine years (renewable for a further term of the same duration), for the establishment of a naval base, a part of the Gulf of Fonseca.

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