GENERAL CONTENTS. 



The case now submitted to the Arbitrators ou the part of the Gov- 

 enimeut of Her Britannic Majesty contains a statement of the facts 

 which that Government considers to be material to enable the Arbi- 

 trators to arrive at a just conclusion upon the i^oints vsubmitted to them 

 by the Treaty of Arbitration. 



It contains also some general propositions which that Government 

 believes to be in accordance with the established principles of Inter- 

 national Law, and upon which it intends to rely. 



The case is arranged as follows: 



Pages. 



lutroductory Statement and Outline of Argument 1-9 



Arrangement of Case and Heads of Argument 9-12 



Chapter I, Head A : The User, np to the year 1821, of the Waters of Behr- 



ing Sea and other Waters of the North Pacific 13-36 



Chapter II, HeadB: The Ukase of 1821, and the circumstances connected 



therewith h-ading np to the Treaties of 1821 and 1825 37-58 



Chapter III, Head C : The question whether the body of Water now known 

 as Behring Sea is included in the phrase ''I'acilic Ocean," as used in the 



Treaty of 1825 between (ireat Britain and Russia 59-76 



Chapter IV, Head D : The User of the Waters in question from 1821 to 1867. 77-90 

 Chapter V, Head E : What rights passed to tiio United States under the 



Treaty of 30th March, 1867 91-102 



Chapter VI, Head F : The action of the United States and Russia from 1867 



to 1886 103-120 



Chapter VII, Head G: Various contentions of the United States since the 



year 1886 121-134 



Chapter VIII. Has the United States any riglit. and, if so, what right, of 

 protection or property in the fur seals frequenting the Islands of the 

 United States in Behring Sea when such seals are found outside the ordi- 

 nary 3-mile limit ? •. 135-140 



Chapter IX. General Conclusions upon the w hole Case 141-157 



Chapter X. Recapitulation of Argument 158-160 



Conclusion 161 



Schedule of Claims: Statement of claims for compensation from the United 

 States' Government on account of the seizures of British Canadian Sealers 

 in the Behring Sea during the years 1886, 1887, 1889, and 1890. 



The appendix to the case consists of four volumes, the contents of 

 which are as follows : 



Vol. I. Miscellaneous documeuts (juoted iu the case. 



Vol. II, Part 1. Selections from correspondence between Great Britain and Russia, 

 1821-1825. 

 Part 2. Selections from correspondence between the United States and Rus- 

 sia, 1822-1887. 

 Part 3. Treaties: Russia and United States, 1824; Great Britain and Russia, 

 1825; Russia and United States, 1867. 

 Vol. III. Correspondence respecting the Behring Sea seal fisheries. Papers presented 

 to the British Parliament. Treaty and convention between Great Britain 

 and the United States of February 29 and April 18, 1892. 

 Vol. IV, Part 1. Map of the northwest coasts of America and the Aleutian and Kurile 

 islands, published in the quarterraaster-generars department, St. Peters- 

 burg, 1802. 

 Part 2. Map of the northern portion of the North Pacific Ocean. 



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