302 . CONCLUSION. 



Eussia exercised assei'ted aiicl exercised a,n exclusive ri^-lit to the 



exclusive riglit in ' 



Bermg Sea. seal fisheries ill the waters of Bering- Sea, and 



also asserted and exercised throug-hoiit that sea 

 the right to prevent by the employment, when 

 necessary, of reasonable force any invasion of 

 such exclusive right. 



seuted.*^' '*'''"'''' That Great Britain, not having at any time 

 resisted or objected to such assertions of exclu- 

 sive right, or to such exercise of power, is to be 

 deemed as having recognized and assented to 

 the same. 



"pSmc^o^ctaiJ!"* "That the body of water now known as Bering 

 Sea was not included in the phrase ''Pacific 

 Ocean," as used in the treaty of 1825 between 

 Great Britain and Russia, and that after said 

 treaty, and down to the time of the cession to the 

 United States, Russia continued to assert the 

 same exclusive rights and to exercise the same ex- 

 clusive power and authority as above mentioned. 



aS*to^ijuT£i "I'l^^^* ^^^ ^^^^ lights of Russia in respect to the 

 ^''^^®^' seal fisheries in Bering Sea east of the water 



boundary established by the treaty of March 30, 

 1867, between that nation and the United States, 

 and all the power and authority possessed 

 and asserted by Russia to protect said rights 

 passed unimpaired to the United States under 

 the treaty last mentioned. 



