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Third. That pelagic sealing is an illegiti- Pelagic sealing. 

 mate, improper, and wasteful method of killing, 

 is barbarous and inhuman in its immense destruc- 

 tion of the pregnant and nursing female, and of 

 the helpless young thereby left to perish; that 

 it is wholly destructive of the seal property and 

 of the industries and commerce founded upon it; 

 and that the only way in which these can be 

 preserved to the world and to the governments 

 to which they belong is by prohibiting pelagic 

 sealing in the waters frequented by the herd. 



Fourth. That prior to the treaty of 1825 Russinn control 



in Bering Sea. 



between Great Britain and Russia, and. from a 

 date as early as 1799, down to the cession to the 

 United States in 1867, Russia prohibited the kill- 

 ing of seals in any of the waters of Bering Sea, 

 and exercised such control therein as was neces- 

 sary to enforce such prohibition. 



Fifth. That Bering Sea was not included in „ ^^^'"^ ^•^•'^ "«* 



c5 racine Oceiin. 



the phrase "Pacific Ocean" as used in the treaty of 

 1825, and that said treaty recognized the right- 

 fulness of the control exercised by Russia in 

 Bering Sea for the protection of the seals. 



Sixth. That all the rights of Russia as to the Unitoa state a 



^ control. 



protection of the Alaskan seal herd passed un- 

 impaired to tlie United States by the treaty of 

 1867, and that since the cession, the United 



States have regulated by law and by govern- 

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