﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  73 
  

  

  furnished 
  with 
  all 
  reasonable 
  promptitude 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  authorities 
  having 
  jurisdiction 
  

   to 
  try 
  the 
  offense; 
  

  

  And, 
  whereas, 
  by 
  an 
  Act 
  entitled 
  "An 
  Act 
  to 
  give 
  effect 
  to 
  the 
  Convention 
  between 
  

   the 
  Governments 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  Japan 
  and 
  Russia 
  for 
  the 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  and 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  sea's 
  and 
  sea 
  otter 
  which 
  frequent 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   North 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  concluded 
  at 
  Washington 
  July 
  seventh, 
  nineteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   eleven." 
  ajiproved 
  August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  it 
  is 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  shall 
  determine 
  by 
  proclamation 
  when 
  the 
  other 
  parties 
  to 
  said 
  Convention, 
  

   by 
  appropriate 
  legislation 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  shall 
  have 
  authorized 
  the 
  naval 
  or 
  other 
  

   officers 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  duly 
  commissioned 
  and 
  instructed 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  to 
  

   that 
  end 
  to 
  arrest, 
  detain, 
  and 
  deliver 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  officers 
  of 
  such 
  parties, 
  vessels 
  

   and 
  subjects 
  under 
  their 
  jurisdiction, 
  offending 
  against 
  said 
  Convention 
  or 
  any 
  statute 
  

   or 
  regulation 
  made 
  by 
  those 
  Governments 
  to 
  enforce 
  said 
  Convention; 
  and 
  that 
  hia 
  

   determination 
  shall 
  be 
  conclusive 
  upon 
  the 
  question; 
  

  

  Now, 
  therefore, 
  I, 
  Woodrow 
  Wilson, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  of 
  America, 
  by 
  

   virtue 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  and 
  authority 
  conferred 
  upon 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  Act 
  approved 
  August 
  

   24, 
  1912, 
  do 
  hereby 
  declare 
  that 
  satisfactory 
  information 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  me 
  

   that 
  the 
  Governments 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  Japan 
  and 
  Russia 
  have 
  authorized 
  the 
  naval 
  

   or 
  other 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  to 
  arrest, 
  detain, 
  and 
  deliver 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  officers 
  

   of 
  such 
  Governments, 
  respectively, 
  all 
  persons 
  and 
  vessels 
  subject 
  to 
  their 
  jurisdic- 
  

   tion, 
  offending 
  against 
  said 
  Convention, 
  or 
  against 
  any 
  statute 
  or 
  regulation 
  made 
  by 
  

   those 
  Governments 
  to 
  enforce 
  its 
  provisions; 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  further 
  declare 
  that 
  from 
  and 
  

   after 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  this 
  Proclamation 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  vessel 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  offending 
  or 
  being 
  about 
  to 
  offend 
  against 
  the 
  prohibitions 
  of 
  said 
  

   Convention, 
  or 
  of 
  said 
  Act, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  regulations 
  made 
  thereunder, 
  may 
  be 
  seized 
  and 
  

   detained 
  by 
  the 
  naval 
  or 
  other 
  duly 
  commissioned 
  officers 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  parties 
  to 
  the 
  

   said 
  Convention 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  except 
  within 
  the 
  territorial 
  juris- 
  

   diction 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  said 
  parties, 
  on 
  condition, 
  however, 
  that 
  such 
  person 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  so 
  seized 
  and 
  detained 
  shall 
  be 
  delivered 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable 
  at 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   point 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  seizure, 
  with 
  the 
  witnesses 
  and 
  proofs 
  necessary 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  

   offenses 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  such 
  party, 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  official 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  whose 
  courts 
  alone 
  shall 
  have 
  jurisdiction 
  to 
  try 
  the 
  offense 
  and 
  impose 
  

   the 
  penalties 
  for 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  By 
  an 
  Executive 
  order 
  dated 
  March 
  3, 
  1913, 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  Aleutian 
  Chain, 
  Alaska, 
  were 
  reserved 
  and 
  set 
  apart 
  as 
  a 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  and 
  breeding 
  ground 
  for 
  native 
  birds, 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  

   fur-bearing 
  animals, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  encouragement 
  and 
  development 
  

   of 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  Jurisdiction 
  over 
  the 
  wild 
  birds, 
  game 
  and 
  fur-bear- 
  

   ing 
  animals 
  was 
  placed 
  with 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  and 
  

   jurisdiction 
  over 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  seals, 
  sea 
  otter, 
  cetaceans, 
  and 
  other 
  

   aquatic 
  species 
  with 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce. 
  

  

  PERMANENT 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  COUNCIL 
  FOR 
  EXPLORATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  SEA. 
  

  

  The 
  eleventh 
  annual 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  Permanent 
  International 
  

   Council 
  for 
  the 
  Exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  Copenhagen, 
  

   Denmark, 
  in 
  September, 
  1912. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  affiliated 
  countries 
  were 
  

   represented 
  by 
  delegates 
  and 
  experts, 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  had 
  official 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  council. 
  The 
  participation 
  

   of 
  this 
  country 
  was 
  regarded 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  

   meeting, 
  and 
  much 
  satisfaction 
  was 
  expressed 
  that 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

  

  