TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



THF JURISinCTIOV OK Till; TIUBUXAL OF lUlJITUATION. 



Page. 



1. Remarks in siipi>ort of motion that Tribiiual tirst determine its comiietency 



or powers under the Treaty in res})ect to certain nnittcr.s 5 



2. Upon the (j^uestion of the coiupeteney of the Tribunal to prescribe regula- 



tions covering the waters of tlu3 North Paciiic Ocean, and wiiicli would 

 prohibit pelagic sealing entirely 8 



PART II. 



THE MERITS OF THE VARIOUS (JIIESTIOXS SUBMITTEI) TO THE TRIUIINAL FOR DETEU- 



MIXATION. 



I'age. 



1. General statement of the facts out of w liich tlic present contioversy between 



the two nations arose, and the history of the negotiations resulting in the 

 Treaty of February 20, 1892 36 



2. Jurisdiction and rights asserted and exercised bj^ Russia in l>(!ring Sea, and 



in respect to the seal fisheries in that sea, prior to the cession of 1867 of 

 Alaska to the United States. P^ffect of the Treaty concluded iu 1825 

 between Russia and Great Britain. The rights that passed to the United 

 States by the Treaty of Cession of 18G7 58 



3. The right of property asserted by the United States iu the Pribilof herd of 



seals, and its riglit, Avhefcher as owner of the herd, or simply as owner of 

 the fur-seal industry on the Pribilof Islands, to protect the seals against 

 pelagic sealing Ill 



4. Coucurrent regulations 205 



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