CONCLUSION. 



303 



That the United States have such a property United states 



have property in 



and interest in the Alaskan seal herd as to iustify a^a rigiit to pro- 



*^ "-' tect lieicl. 



the employment by that nation, upon the high 

 seas, of such means as are reasonably necessary 

 to prevent the destruction of such herd, and to 

 secure the possession and benefit of the same to 

 the United States ; and that all the acts and pro- 

 ceedings of the United States done and had for 

 the purpose of protecting such property and 

 interest were justifiable and stand justified; and 

 that compensation should, in pursuance of Article Damages. 

 V of the Convention of April 18, 1892, be made 

 to the United States by Great Britain by the 

 payment by the latter of the aggregate sum 

 hereinbefore stated as the amount of the losses 

 of the United States, or such other sum as may 

 be deemed by this high Tribunal to be just; or, 



Second. That should it be considered that the Or Great Britain 



and United Statea 



United States have not the full property or prop- siioiii<^ concur in 



^ ^ -J i i regulations. 



erty interest asserted by them, it be then de- 

 clared and decreed to be the international duty 

 of Great Britain to concur with the United States 

 in the adoption and enforcement against the citi- 

 zens of either nation of such regulations, to be 

 designed and prescribed by this high Tribunal, 

 as will effectually prohibit and prevent the cap- 

 ture, anywhere upon the high seas, of any seals 

 belonging to the said herd. 



