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 My liord, Waahin<jton, March 4), 1892. 
 
 I IfAVE tlio hDiioiir to inclose licrewitli the Behring's Sen Arbitration Conven- 
 tion, which was sis,'ned by Mr. lUainc; and myself on the 29tl\ February. .r 
 
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 (Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEEOTE. _ 
 
 Tnclosure, ' "~- 
 
 'lYeatij between Her Majesty end the United States of America for Arbitration concerning 
 the Seal Fisheries in Behrimj'.t Sen. Signed at Washington, February 2'J. 1892. 
 
 IIEH itajc.sty the Queen of the l.hiited Kingdom of Great Uritaia and Tn.-land 
 and tli(! United States of Aineri(;a, being desirons to provide for an amicable settlement 
 of tlu! questions which have arisen between th(?ir respective (Jovcrnnients (!oncerning 
 the jurisdictional rights of the I'liitod States in the waters of nchrin!,''s Sea, and 
 (•(>neernin!; also the preservation of the fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said 
 sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards tiie taking of 
 fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said watcsrs, have resolved to submit to 
 arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of concluding a Convention for that 
 purpose have appoin'^ed as their njspecvive Plenipotentiaries : 
 
 Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
 Sir Julian Pauncefote, G.C.^I.G., K.C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and 
 Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States; and the President of the United States 
 of America, James G. Bhiine, Secretary )f State of the United States ; 
 
 "Who, after having communicated to each other their resi)cclive I'ull Powers, which 
 were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following 
 Articles ; — . ■, , ,. 
 
 .VBTICLE T. 
 
 The questions which have arisen between tlie fiovcrnineni of Ifer Britaniiii: 
 Majesty and the Government of the United States conetM'ning the jurisdictional rights 
 of thf! United States in the waters of Behring's Sea, and concerning also the 
 preservation of the fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said sea, and the rights of 
 the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur-seal in or 
 habitually resorting to the said waters, shall bo submitted to a Tribunal o( Arbitration, 
 to be composed of seven Arbitrators, m"!io shall be appointed in the foUowiiig 
 manner, that is to say: two shall be named by Iler Britannic ^lajesty; two shall 
 be named by the President of the United States; bis Excellency the President of 
 the EriMich Kepublic shall be jointly requested by the High Contracting Parties to 
 name one; His Majesty the King of Italy shall be so requested to niinit! one ; and ilis 
 Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway shall be so rcquesteil to name one. T' 
 seven Arbitrators to bo so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in tin... 
 respective countries. 
 
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 In case cf the dpiith, absent'*', or incnjmcity to servo of any or citlier of i\w. said 
 Arbitiators, or in the ovcut of any or either of the said Arbitnitors oinittinj^ orch'clining 
 or coasing to act as sucli, Her Britannic Majesty, or the Presiih-nt of the I'niti'd States, 
 or his Exrelleney tlie President of the French lU'pnblic, or IJis Majesty the Kintf of 
 Italy, or His ilajesty the King of Swcdrn and Norway, as the case may hv, sliall 
 nani", or shall be re(|uested to name forthwith, another person to act as Arbitrator 
 in tilt! place and stead of the Arbitrator oriurinally named by such head of a Stale. 
 
 And in the event of the refusal or omission for two months after receijit of the 
 jomt request from the llii?h Contractini,' Parties of his Excellency the ['resident of 
 the I'rciich I{e])ublic, or llis ilajcsty llie King of Italy, or Ilis Majesty the King of 
 Sweden and Norway, to name an Arbitrator, either to (ill the original aiipointment 
 or to till a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the appointment shall bo 
 made or the vacancy shall be tilled in such manner as the High Contracting Parties 
 ' ffiiuU agree. 
 
 \ AHTICLE II. 
 
 __ ^ TUc 'Arbitnitors shall meet at Paris within twenty days after the delivery of tlio 
 "counter-cases mentioned in Article 1\ , and shall prdceed inipar^-ally and e.ircfully to 
 csamine and dei'ide the (luestioiis that have been or shall be laid 1 efore them as herein 
 j)rovide(l on the jiart of the (lovernments of Her IJritannie ilajesty and the United 
 States respectively. All questions ennsidertd by the Tribunal, including the final 
 decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the Arbitrators. 
 
 Kach of the High Contracting Parti;s shall also name one person to Jilteiid the 
 'i'ribunal as its Agent to represent it gt.iierally in all matti'rs connected with the 
 arbitration. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 The jirinted case of each of the two jiarties, accomjianicd by the dixiiments, the 
 ofTicial correspondence, and other evidence on which each n-lies, sliall be deiivered in 
 duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to the Agent of llie other party as ^olln as 
 may be .-ifter the ;ii>p(jintnn'nt of the iiu nibers of the Tribiuial. but witliiii a period not 
 exceeding three months from the ilate of the exchange of tiie rat ilicil ions of this 
 Tivaty. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 "Within three moi.ths after the delivery on both sides of the printed ease, either 
 party may, in like manner, deliver in diij)lieate to each of the said Arbitrators, and to 
 the Agent of the other party, a counter-ease, and additional documents, coirespondoncc, 
 and evidence, in rej)ly to the case, docu.nents, corrcs])ondencc, and evidence so 
 presented by the other party. 
 
 If, however, in consequence of the distance of the ]tlace from which the evidence 
 to be presented is to be procured, cither party shall, mthin thirty days after the 
 receipt by its Agent of the case of the other j)art/, give notice to the other ])aity that 
 it re(|uires additional time for the delivery of such counter-cjise, documents, corre- 
 spondence, and evidentj, sucli additional time sc indicated, but not exceeding sixty 
 days beyond the three months in this Article prov.ded, shall be allowed. 
 
 If in the casi; submitted to the Arbitrators either party shall have specilied or 
 alluded to any re))ort or document in its own c'cclusive j)ossession, without annexing a 
 copy, such party shall be bound, if the other ))iirty thinks proj)er to apply for it, to 
 I'urnish that jiarty with a copy thereof; and either party may call upon the other, 
 through the Arbitrators, to produce the originals or certilieil co])ics of ;iny papers 
 adduced as evidence, giving in each instance notice thereof within thirty days after 
 .<lelivery of the case; and the original or copy so re(iuested shall be delivered .-is soon as 
 may be, and -within a period not exceeding forty days after receipt of notici-. 
 
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 Tt shall be the duty of tiie Agent of each party, -within one month after tho 
 expiration of the time limited for the delivery of the counter-ease on both sides, to 
 deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators and to tho Agent of the other 
 party a printed argument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon 
 which his Government relies, and either party may also support the same before tho ' 
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 nrpmnpnt, or onil argument by connsol, upon it; but in such chho Ibc other party 
 fihull bo entitled to reply either ornlly or in writing, iis tlie ease may bo. 
 
 AllTfCLK VI. 
 
 Fn de<Mding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, it is at,'re<'(l tlmt the 
 follo^ying five points shall bo submitted to tbem, in order that their award shall 
 embrace a distinct decision upon each of said five points, to wit: — 
 
 1. What exclusive jnrisdietion in the sea now known as the Behrini,''8 Sea, and 
 Mliat exclusive rights in th(! seal tisheries therein, did Russia assert and ('xereise prior 
 and up to the time of the- cession of .Vlaska to the United States ? 
 
 2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recognized 
 and conceded by flreat Hriuiin ? 
 
 n. Was the body of water now known as the llebring's Sea inc' ided 'in tbo 
 phrnso " Pacific Ocean," iis used in tbt! 'IVeaty of 1825 between Great Ibit.w'n and 
 lUissia ; and what rights, if any, in the Hcbring's Sea, were hold and exclusively 
 exercised by llussia alter said Titmty ? 
 
 1. J)id not all the rights of Kussia as to jurisdiction and as to the seal tisheries 
 in Bobring's Sea east of the water boundary, in the Treaty between the Unitt'd States 
 and Jhissia of the 3()th March, 1807, Jiass unimpaired to the United States under 
 that Treaty r 
 
 5. lias Die United States any right, and, if so, what right, of protection or 
 property in the fur-se;ils frt'(|ui'iitintf flu! islands of tlio United States in J3ehrinp 
 Sea when such seals are found outside the ordinary 3-milu limit? 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 If the determination of the foregoing questions as to the exclusive jurisdiction 
 of the United States shall leave the subject in such position that the concurrence 
 of Great Britain is necessary to tlie establishment of Regulations for the projjcr pro- 
 tection and preservation of the fur-seal in, or babiti. Hy resorting to, tin- Heliring Sea, 
 the Arbitrators shall then determine what concurrent Regulations outside tlie juris- 
 dictional limits of the respective Governments aro necessary, and over what Maters 
 such Regulations should extend, and to aid them in that determination, tin; I'lCjwrt of 
 a Joint Commission, to be; ai)pointed by the respective Governments, shall be laid 
 before them, with such other evidence as either Government may submit. 
 
 The High Contracting Parties furthermore agree to co-operate in securing the 
 adhesion of other Powers to such Regulations. 
 
 ■ ■ • ' ARTICLE VIII. ' "^ " • r- . 
 
 Tho High Contracting Parties having foimd themselves unable to agree upon a 
 reference which shall include tbo (piestion of tho liability of each for the injuries 
 alleged to liavc been sustained by the other, or by itjs cit'zens, in eonneetif)n with the 
 claims presented ard urged by it; and, l)eing solicitous that this subordinate question 
 should not interrupt or longer delay the submission and determination of the main 
 questions, do agree that either may submit to the Arbitrator any question of fact 
 involved in said claims and ask for a finding thereou, the question of the liability of 
 cither Goverument upon the facts found to be the subject of further negotiation. 
 
 ' ' ARTICLE IX. 
 
 Tho nigh Contracting Parties having agreed to appoint two Commissioners on 
 ibe part of each Government to make the joint investigation and Report contemplated 
 in the preceding Article VII, and to include tbo terms of tho said Agreement in the 
 present Convention, to the end that the joint and several Reports and recommenda- 
 tions of said Commissioners may be it due form submitted to the Arbitrators, should 
 the contingency therefor arise, the said Agreement is accordingly herein included as 
 follows : — 
 
 Each Government shall appoint two Commissioilers to investigate, conjointly 
 with the Commissioners of tho other Government, all the facts having relation to seal 
 life in Behring's Sea,'*ao^-the measures necessary for its proper protection and 
 preservation. 
 
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 ^ joint Hcpfirt t(i carli of tlic two Qovormni'iitH, and they siiall also roport, cither jointly 
 
 or severally, to oacli Oovernment on any points upon wlii(!li tlicy may bo nnablo to 
 
 ngteti. 
 
 Tlicsf lloport.s shall not bo madi; puljlic \intil thuy shall bo snbmittod to the 
 
 Arbitrators, or it shall appear that Ibo contiii^oncy of their being used by the 
 
 Arbitrators cannot arise. 
 
 ARTKJLK X. 
 
 Each (Jovomniont shall pay tho expenses of its members ot the Joint Commission 
 in the investigation referred to in tlio preccdint,' Article. 
 
 X ART I CLE XI. 
 
 The docisiou of the Tribunal shall, if |)ossible, be made within three; months 
 from tbo elose of the argument on both sides. 
 -•**^' ' It siiail be made vi writitii,' ,'ind dated, and shall 1)0 signed by the Arbitrators 
 
 - - who may assent to it. 
 
 Tlio decision sliall 1"! in duplicate, one eojjy whereof shall Ix; delivered to the 
 r., . Agent of Great Uritain for his flovemment, and the other copy shall be delivered to 
 ,*' the Agent of the United States for his Uovenuncnt. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 Each Oovernment .shall pay its own Agent and provide for the proper remunera- 
 tion of the counsel employed bv it and of the Arbitrators appointed by it, and for 
 ,'' the expense of preparing "'ul submitting its case to the Tribunal. All other exi>enscs 
 
 connected with the arbitration shall be; defrayed by the two 'Governments in equal 
 
 moieties. 
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 The Arbitrators shall keep an ;i(;eur!ite record of tiieir proceedings, and may 
 appoint and employ the necessary ollleers to ;issist tln^in. 
 
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 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 'I'he High Contracting I'arties engage to consider the res\dt of tin; proceedings 
 of the Tril)unal of Arbitration, as a full, perfect, and linal setllenuMit of all tlie 
 (jiU!stions referred to the Arbitrators. 
 
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 ■ ARTICLE XV. 
 
 The present Treaty shaU be duly ratified by Iler Britannic Majesty and by the 
 President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate thereof J and the ratillcations shall be exchanged either at Washington ^r at 
 London within six mouths from tin; dale hereof, or earlier if possible. 
 
 In faith whereof, we, the respective I'lenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty, 
 and have hereunto aflixed our seals. 
 
 Done in duplicate, at Washington, the 2!)tli day of FebruaiV, 1892. 
 
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 J ULIAN PAUNCin'OTE. 
 JAMES G. BLAINE. 
 
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