22 ARGUMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ion of the United States in the waters of the Behrinfj Sea;" 

 and that the Proclamation of the President, warning all 

 persons from entering- such wateis for the pnrijose of violat- 

 ing the Statutes, shall be published at each United States 

 port of entry "on the Pacific coast." 

 Ibid., p. 112. A Proclamation of the United States President in 1889 

 (and also in 1890, 1891, and 1892), warning all persons 

 entering the waters of Behring Sea, within the dominion 

 of the United States, for the purpose of violating Section 

 1956, and authorizing seizure of vessels. 



It is submitted that the application of these Statutes and 

 official Acts to foreigners is not warranted by the Treaty 

 of Cession of 1807, and cannot be supported by any prin- 

 ciple of law. 



TREATY OF CESSION, 1867. 



United States The Treaty of Cession contained the following provisions : 



Case, Appt-iidix, '^ '• 



vol. i, p. 40. 



Article I. 



[United States translation and construction of the Treaty incorrect.] 



"Sa Majesty TEmpereur de Toutes les Rnssics s'eugage . , . . 

 h c(Sder anx Etat8-Unis .... tout le territoire avec droit de 

 8oiiverainet6 actuellement po8S^d6 par Sa Majesty sur Ic Continent 

 d'Am<5riqne ainsi que les lies contiguos, le dit territoire 6taut compris 

 dans les limites gdographiques ci-dessons indiqudes . . . ." 



A line running through Behring Straits, and thence to the south- 

 west to a point l)etween Attn and Commander Islands, is drawn as "la 

 limite occidentale des territoires cddds, de manit-re k enclaver dans le 

 territoire cM6, toutes les lies Aldoutes situdes a Test de ce mdridien." 



The eastern boundary was the line of demarcation traced by the 

 Treaty of 1825. 

 23 Article II, 



The right of property in all the vacant lands and public places, &c., 

 is included "dans le territoire c6df." 



Article VI. 



" . . . . La cession du territoire avec droit de sonverainet^ 

 faite par cette Convention, est ddclarde libre; .... et la ces- 

 sion ainsi faite transfere tons les droits, franchises, et privileges 

 appartenant actuellemeut h la Russie dans le dit territorie et ses 

 dependances." 



United States Thcse articles are thus rendered into English in the 



Case, Appendix, TT'j.icii.i.i-1 



vol. i, p. 44. United States Case : 



Britisli Case, 

 Appendix, vol. ii, , _ 



Part III, No. 3. ARTICLE I. 



" His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias agrees to cede to the 

 United States, .... all the territory and dominion now jjos- 

 sessed by His said Majesty on the Continent of America and in the 

 adjacent islands, the same being contained within the geographical 

 limits herein set forth . . . . " 



A line running through the Behring Strait, and thence to the south- 

 west to a point between Attn and Commander Islands, is drawn as 

 " the western limit within which the territories and dominion con- 

 veyed are contained so as to include in the territory conveyed the 

 whole of the Aleutian Islands east of that meridian." 



Article II. 



The right of property in all the vacant lands and public places, &c., 

 is included " in the cession of territory and dominion." 



