Case of the united States. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The United States of America and Great Treaty of Arbi- 



tratiou of 1892. 



Britain entered into a Treaty on February 29, 

 1892, "to provide for an amicable settlement of 

 the questions which have arisen between their 

 respective Goverinnents concerning- the jurisdic- 

 tional rights of the United States in the waters of 

 Behring's Sea, and concerning also the preserva- 

 tion of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, 

 the said sea, and the rights of the citizens and 

 subjects of either country as regards the taking 

 of fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said 

 waters"; and they resolved, by the Treaty, "to 

 submit to arbitration the questions involved." 



The first five articles of the Treaty, which is First five arti- 



cles. 



published in full in the Appendix,^ relate to the 

 organization of tlie Tribunal of Arbitration and to 

 the preparation and presentation to the Tribunal 

 of the Cases of the respective Governments. The 

 articles which embrace a statement of the ques- 

 tions submitted to arbitration are as follows: 



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