2 INTRODUCTION. 



Article VI. 

 Questions sub^ ccjy^ decidiiiof tliG matters submitted to the 



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Arbitrators, it is agjeed that the fonowiiij^ five 

 points shall be submitted to them., in order that 

 their award shall embrace a distinct decision 

 upon each of said five points, to wit : 



''1. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now 

 known as the Behring's Sea, and what exclusive 

 rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia 

 assert and exercise prior and up to the time of 

 the cession of Alaska to the United States'? 



'^2. How far were these claims of jurisdiction 

 as to the seal fislieries recognized and conceded 

 by Great Britain ! 



" 3. Was the body of water now known as the 

 Behring's Sea included in the phrase 'Pacific 

 Ocean,' as used in the Treaty of 1825 bet\/een 

 Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, if any, 

 in the Behring's Sea were held and exclusively 

 exercised by Russia after said Treaty 1 



"4. Did not all the rights of Russia as to juris- 

 diction, and as to the seal fisheries in Behring's 

 Sea east of the water boundary in the Treaty 

 between the United States and Russia of the 30th 

 March, 1867, pass unimpaired to the Uinted 

 States under that Treaty f 



*' 5. Has the United States any right, and It 



