Government of the United States of America and the Government of 

 Her Britannic Majesty, which are described, generally, in Article I of 

 the treaty of February 20, 1892,* as questions " concerning the jnrisdic- 



* TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN CON- 

 CLUDED FEBRUARY 29, 1892. 



The United States of America ami Hit Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of 

 the questions which have arisen between their respective Governments concerning 

 tlie jurisdictionnl riglits of the United States in tlie waters of Bering's Sea, and con- 

 cerning also the preservation of the fur se;il in, or habitually resorting to, the said 

 sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the 

 taking the fur-seal in, or liabitually resorting to, the said waters, have resolved to 

 submit to arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of conclndiug a conven- 

 tion for that pur])ose have ajjpninted as their respective rieuipotentiaries : 



The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine, Secretary of State 

 of the United States; and 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir 

 .Julian Pauncefote, G. c. M. G., k. c. r., Iler Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States; 



Who, after having commnuic:ited to each other their resi^ective full poAvers which 

 were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the follow- 

 ing articles: 



Articlk I. The questions which have arisen between the Government of the 

 United States and the Government of ITer Britannic Majesty concerning the juris- 

 dictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering Sea, and concerning 

 also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said sea, and 

 the riglits of tiie citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur- 

 seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, shall be submitted to a tribunal 

 of arbitration, to be composed of seven arbitrators, who shall be appointed in the 

 f(dlowing nuinner, that is to say: Two shall be named by the President of the 

 United States; two shall be named by her Britannic Majesty; His Excellency the 

 President of the French Republic shall be jointly requested by the high contracting 

 parties to name one; His Majesty, the King of Italy, shall be so requested to name 

 one; and His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway, shall be requested to name 

 one. The seven arbitrators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputa- 

 tion in their respective countries; and the selecting poAvcrs shall be requested to 

 choose, if possible, jurists .who are acquainted with tlie English language. 



In case of death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said 

 arbitrators, or in the event of any or cither of the said arbitrators omitting or 

 declining or ceasing to act as such, the President of the Uni ted States, or Her Britan- 

 nic Majesty, or His Excellency, the President of the French Kepublic, or His Majesty 

 the King of Italy, or His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway, as the case may 

 be, shall name, or shall be requested to name forthwith another person to act as 



