TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The Argument is arranged as follows: Page. 



Prefticc. 1-10 



Stjiteuient of questions raised in Article VI of the Arbitration Treaty. ..^ 11 



I'ropositions niaiutniiied in I'art I of the Argiunciit 11 



Slateineut of vaiyin;,^ character of the United JStates contention 12 



The ariaugcmeut of the Argument set out 13 



AEGUMENT. 



Part I. 



Argument addressed to the first four questions for decision under Article VI 



of the Arbitration Treaty 14 



Conclusions established by the foregoing argument 26 



Part II. 



Argument addressed to the 5ih question for decision under Article VI of the 

 Arbilratioii Treaty, viz. : Has the United States any right of protection or 



property in the fur-seals * 27 



Propositions maintained in Part II 27 



Statement of the law of the United States and Great Britain as to prop- 

 erty in animals /Vrfl' naturw 31 



A])plication of principles of property and possession of wild animals to 



seals 33 



The claim to protection apart from property 36 



The United States argument from suggested analogy of laws of other 



nations considered and answered 39 



The Falkland Islands 41 



New Zealand 41 



Cape of Good Hope 43 



Canada 43 



Newfoundland 44 



Greenland or Jan Mayen fisheries 45 



The principles of Fishery Conventions considered 46 



Russia. White Sea 46 



Behring Sea and Sea of Okhotsk 47 



Caspian Sea 47 



Uruguay 48 



Chile ..\ 48 



Argentine Republic 48 



Japan 48 



Irish oyster fisheries 50 



Scotch herring fisheries 51 



Ceylon pearl tisheries 51 



Australian jiearl fisheries 52 



France 52 



Algerian coral fisheries .53 



Italian coral fisheries 53 



Norwegian whale fisheries 53 



Colombian pearl fisheries 54 



Mexican pearl fisheries 54 



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