PART FIRST. 



REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE 

 BRITISH CASE FIRST PRESENTED. 



THE TRUE ISSUES IN THE PRESENT CONTROVERSY. 



It appears, from an examination of the British Difference of 



views as to object 



Case and the diplomatic correspondence above of Arbitration. 



referred to, that a different opinion is entertained 



by the two Governments as to the object and 



scope of the present Arbitration. That Case is 



devoted almost exclusively to showing that the 



Government of the United States is not entitled 



to exercise territorial jurisdiction over the waters 



of Bering Sea or to exclude therefrom the vessels 



of other nations. On the other hand, the Case of 



the United States makes it plain that the main 



object had in view by the latter Government is 



the protection and preservation of the seal herd 



which has its home on the Pribilof Islands. 



The distinction between the right of general Protection of 



seals the main ob- 



and exclusive iurisdiction over Bering Sea and.i ect of Arbitra- 



J & tion. 



the right to protect the seals from extermination 

 is wide and obvious. In order, therefore, to show 



