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Aleutian and Kaintscliatkan islands. A blocl^ade of the Aleutiau 

 passes would close every i^ort in Bering' Sea and, wliere a nation may 

 be tlius locked in, it is not too much to claim that it lias the right of 

 dominion over such interior waters and, for purposes of self-preserva- 

 tion, to lock other nations out. 



It is a just right that is tluis claimed by the United States, aud when 

 it is used lor purjjoscs of sclfi)reservatiou it is sustained by inter- 

 uatioual law. 



