ARGUMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Index to British argument — Continued. 



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Kew Zealand — 



Seal tisher V legislation 



Misstatement in United States Case as to 



Nonh-west coast — 



Extended to Behring Strait 



Inchules whole northwest coast of North America 



Limited meaning placed on, by United States inconect 



Kor wegian whale fisheries 



Notice issued by United States in 1845 



" Onward." Seizure of 



Pacific Ocean — 



Commonly used to Include Behring Sea 



Included Behring Sea in Treaty oi' 1825 



" Pearl." Case of the 



Pearl fisheries legislation — 



Australian 



Ceylon 



Colombian 



Mexican 



Pelagic sealing — 



United States have no legal right to impose regulations on 



" " maintain, must be prevented every where 



Phelps, Mr. On rights of property 



Pollock and "Wright. On animals /eree naturcB 



Possession — 



Conditions of, do not exist except at moment of capture 



Examples of 



Right of, ceases when seals leave the islands 



Preface 



Pribyloif Islands. Description of 



Property and possession of wild animals applied to seals 



Proiierty, claim of, by United States 



Not. connected with Regulations 



Summary of 



Unfounded 



Protection — 



Abstract right of, cannot exist 



Apart from property, claim to 



Claim admitted to be novel 



Right of, does not exist in Behring Sea 



Rights of a Government as to 



Quarantine Act, 1825 



Questions at issue between Her Majesty's Government and the United States 

 " raised by Article VI stated 



Raids are a violation of possession rights of United States 



Regulations — 



Argument addressed to question of. 



For seal fisheries- 

 Argentine Republic 



Canada 



Cape of Good Hope 



Chile 



Falkland Islands 



Greenland (J an Mey an) 



Japan 



Newfoundland 



New Zealand 



Russia 



Uruguay 



Her Majesty's Government willing to join in 



Involve curtailment of rights 



162 Limited to eastern half of Behring Sea 



Must apply to breeding islands as well as pelagic sealing 



Mr. Wharton's proposal for 



Must be just to all concerned 



Position of United States Government as to 



Should be binding on all nations 



Waters to be aflTected by 



Revised Statutes of United' States. Powers of 



Riglits claimed by United States have no analogy to other fishing rights 



Rigli ts of United States not violated by taking seals in high sea 



Russia — 



Alleged claims of 



Did not claim rights asserted by United States 



Did not exercise jurisdiction over Behring Sea 



Seal fishery legislation 



St. Helen a A ct, 1815 



