CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



TREATY OF 1892. 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland and the United States of America, being desirous to provide 

 for an amicable settlement of the questions which have arisen between 

 their respective Governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of 

 the United States in the waters of Behring Sea, anil concerning also 

 the preservation of the-fur-seal in or habitually resorting tc 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, have resolved to submit to arbitration the questions involved, 

 and to the end of concluding a Convention for that jiurpose have 

 appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries : 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. 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. 

 Blaine, Secretary of State of the United States; 



Who, after having communicated to each other their respective 

 Full Powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, liavo 

 agreed to and concluded the following Articles: 



AUTICLK I. 



The questions which have arisen between the Government of Her 

 Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States concern- 

 ing the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of 

 Behring 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 be submitted to a Tribu- 

 nal of Arbitration, to be composed of seven Arbitrators, who shall 

 be appointed in the following manner, that is to say : two shall be 

 named by Her Britannic Majesty; two shall be named by the 

 3 President of the United States; his Excellency the President 



of the French Republic shall be jointly re(]uested by the High 

 Contracting Parties to name one; His Majesty the King of Italy shall 

 be so requested to name one; and His Majesty the King of Sweden 

 and Norway shall be so reciuested to name one. The seven Arbi- 

 trators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in 

 their respective countries ; and the selecting Powers shall be requested 

 to choose, if possible, jurists who are acquainted with the English 

 language. 



In case of the death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either 

 of the said Arbitrators, or in the event of any or either of the said 

 Arbitrators omitting or declining or ceasing to act as such, Her 

 Britannic Majesty, or the President of the United States, or his 

 Excellency the President of the French Republic, or His Majesty the 

 King of Italy, or His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, as 

 the case may be, shall name, or shall be requested to name forthwith, 

 another person to act as Arbitrator in the place and stead of the Arbi- 

 trator originally named by such head of a State. 



And in the event of the refusal or omission for two months after 

 receipt of the joint request from the High Contracting Parties of 

 his Excellency the President of the French Republic, or His Majesty 

 the King of Italy, or His M;ijesty the King of Sweden Jind Nor\v;iy, 

 to name an Arbitrator, either to till the original appdintment or to till 

 a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the ai)pointment siiall 

 be made or the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as the High 

 Contracting Parties shall agree. 



Article II. 



The Arbitrators sliall meet at Paris within twenty days after the 

 delivery of the counter cases mentioned in Article IV, and shall pro- 

 ceed impaTtially and carefully to examine and decide the questions 

 that have been or shall be laid before them as herein i)rovided on the 

 part of the Governnuints of Her Britannic Majesty and the United 

 States respectively. All (juestions considered by the Tribunal, includ- 

 ing the linal decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the 

 Arbitrators. 



