CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to 

 attend the Tribunal as its Agent to represent it generally in all matters 

 connected with the arbitration. 



Article III. 



The printed Case of each of the two parties, accompanied by the 

 documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which 

 each relies, shall be delivered in dujjlicate to each of the Arbitrators 

 and to the Agent of the other party as soon as may be after the 

 appointment of the members of the Tribunal, but within a period not 

 exceeding four months from the date of the exchange of the ratifica- 

 tions of this Treaty. 

 4 Article IV. 



Within three months after the delivery on both sides of the printed. 

 Case, either party may, in like manner, deliver in duplicate to each 

 of the said Arbitrators, and to the Agent of the other party, a 

 counter case, and additional documents, correspondence, and evi- 

 dence, in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, and evidence 

 so presented by the other party. 



If, however, in consequence of the distance of the place from which 

 the evidence to be presented is to be procured, either party shall, 

 within thirty days after the receipt by its Agent of the case of the 

 other party, give notice to the otiior party that it requires additional 

 time for the delivery of such counter case, documents, correspond- 

 ence, and evidence, such additional time .so indicated, but not 

 exceeding sixty days beyond the three months in this Article, pro- 

 vided, shall bo allowed. 



If in the case submitted to the Arbitrators either party shall have 

 s]iecified or alluded to any Report or document in its own exclusive 

 possession, without annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if 

 the other party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that party 

 with a copy thereof; and either party may call upon the other, 

 through the Arbitrators, to produce the originals or certified copies 

 of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each instance notice 

 thereof within thirty days after delivery of the Case; and the orig- 

 inal or copy so requested shall be delivered as soon as may be, and 

 within a period not exceeding forty days after receipt of notice. 



Article V. 



It shall be the duty of the Agent of each party, within one month 

 alter the expiration of the time limited for the delivery of the counter 

 case on both sules, to deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitra- 

 tors and to the Agent of the otiier ])arty a printed argument showing 

 the ])oint8 and i-eferring to the evidence upon which his Government 

 relies, and either party may also supi)ort the same before the Arbi- 

 trators by oral argument of counsel ; and the arbitrators maj^ if they 

 desire further elucidation with regard to any point, require a written 

 or printed statement or argument, or oral argument by counsel, upon 

 it; but in such case the other party shall be entitled to rei)ly either 

 orally or in writing, as the case may be. 



Article VI. 



QUESTIONS FOR THE OECISIOX OK THE TRIBUNAL. 



In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, it is agreed 

 that the following five points shall be submitted to them, in order 

 that their award shall embrace a disthicl decision upon each of said five 

 points, to wit : 



1. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now known as the Behring 

 Sea, and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia 

 assert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska- 



to the United States'? 

 5 2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the .seal 



fisheries recognized and conceded by Great Britain? 



3. Was the body of water now known as the Behring Sea included 

 in the idirase " Pacific Ocean," as used in the Treaty of 1825 between 

 Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, if any, in the Behring 

 Sea, were held and exclusively exerci.sed by Russia after said Treaty? 



