228 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN 



CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 29, 1892. 



The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queeiiofthe United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, being 1 desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of 

 the questions which have arisen between their respective Governments concerning 

 the jurisdictioual rights of the United States in the waters of Bering's Sea, and 

 concerning also the preservation 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 

 the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, have resolved to submit to 

 arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of concluding a convention for that 

 purpose have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries : 



The President of the United States of America, James G. Blame, Secretary of 

 State of the United States ; and 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir 

 Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M. G., K. 0. B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States ; 



Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers which 

 were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following 

 articles : 



ARTICLE I. The questions which have arisen between the Government of the 

 United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty concerning the 

 jurisdiction al rights of the United States, in the waters oi Bering Sea, and concerning 

 also the preservation 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, shall be submitted to a tribunal of 

 arbitration, to be composed of seven arbitrators, who shall be appointed in the following 

 manner, that is to say: Two shall be named by the President of the United States, 

 two shall be named by Her Britannic Majesty ; His Excellency the President of the 

 French Kepublic shall be jointly requested by the high contracting parties to name 

 one; His Majesty, the King of Italy, shall be so requested to name one; and His 

 Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, shall be requested to name one. The 

 seven arbitrators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in 

 their respective countries; and the selecting powers shall be requested to choose, if 

 possible, jurists who are acquainted with the English language. 



In case of death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said 

 arbitrators, or in the event of any or either of the said arbitrators omitting or declining 

 or ceasing to act as such, the President of the United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, 

 or His Excellency the President of the French Kepublic, or His Majesty the King of 

 Italy, or His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway, as the case may be, shall name, 

 or shall be requested to name forthwith another person to act as arbitrator 1 in the place 

 and stead of the arbitrator originally named by such head of a state. 



And in the event of a refusal or omission for two mouths after receipt of the joint 

 request from the High Contracting Parties of his Excellency, the President of the 

 French Kepublic, or His Majesty, the King of Italy, or His Majesty, the King of 

 Sweden and Norway, to name an arbitrator, either to till the original appointment or 

 to fill a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the appointment shall be made 

 or the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as the High Contracting Parties shall 

 agree. 



