CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy whereof shall be 

 delivered to the Agent of Great Britain for his Government, and* the 

 other copy shall be delivered to the Agent of the United States for his 

 Government. 



Article XII. 



Each Government shall pay its own Agent, and provide for the 

 proper remuneration of the counsel employed by it and of the Arbi- 

 trators appointed by it, and for the expense of preparing and sub- 

 mitting its case to the Tribunal. All other expenses connected with 

 the Arbitration shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal 

 moieties. 



AUTICLE XIII. 



The Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their ])roceedings, 

 and may appoint and employ the necessary officers to assist them. 



Article XIV. 



The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of 

 7 the proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration as a full, perfect, 



and final settlement of all the questions referred to the Arbi- 

 trators. 



Article XV. 



The piesent Treaty shall be duly ratified by Her Britannic Majesty 

 and by the President of the United States of America, by and with 

 Ihe advice and cousent of the Senate thereof; and the ratifications 

 shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London Avithin six 

 months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 



In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this Treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate, at Washington, the 29th day of February, 1892. 



[L. S.] .JILIAN PAlNCEroTE. 



[l. S.J Jamks G. Blaine. 



OUTLINE OF ARGUMENT. 



The general outline of the argument submitted to the 

 Tribunal of Arbitration on behalf of Great Britain will be 

 as tbllows : 



That Behring Sea, as to which the question arises, is an 

 ojx n sea in which all nations of the world have the right 

 to navigate and fish, and that the rights of navigation and 

 fi.shing cannot be taken away or restricted by the mere 

 declaration or claim of any one or more nations; they are 

 natural rights, and exist to their full extent unless specif- 

 ically modified, controlled, or limited by Treaty. 



That no mere non user or absence of exercise has any 

 effect upon, nor can it in any way impair or limit such 

 rights of nations in the open seas. They are common 

 rights of all mankind.. 



In support of these principles, which are clearly estab- 

 lished, and have never been seriously disputed by jurists, 

 authorities will be cited. 



That in accordance with these principles, and in the 

 exercise of these rights, the subjects and vessels of various 

 nations did from the earliest times visit, explore, navigate, 

 and trade in the sea in <|uestion, and that the exercise of 

 these natural rights continued without any attempted 

 interference or control by Jlussia down to the year 

 1821. 



