THE ERRONEOUS TRANSLATIONS. 13 



It thus appears that at the inception of this United states 



sought interna- 



controversy the United States asserted no right t^ 11 ^ agreement. 

 to sovereignty over Bering Sea, but sought the 

 concurrence of Great Britain in an international 

 agreement for the protection of the seals, and that 

 it was not until after this effort had failed, on ac- 

 count of the opposition of the Canadian Govern- 

 ment, 1 that the Government of the United States 

 undertook a reply to Lord Salisbury's assertion 

 that the treaties of 1824 and 1825 with Russia 

 precluded it from protecting the seals in Bering 

 Sea beyond the tliree-mile limit. It was in this 

 manner that the first four questions stated in the 

 Treaty of Arbitration were raised. It is not in- 

 tended to say that they did not occupy a promi- 

 nent place in the diplomatic correspondence, but 

 only to point out that, long before they had 

 arisen, the other and more important issues sub- 

 mitted to this Tribunal had been the subject of 

 elaborate discussion between the two Govern- 

 ments. 



THE ERRONEOUS TRANSLATIONS OF CERTAIN 

 RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS. 



Sometime after the United States Govern- imposition prac- 



i-i-iT i ' rn ia » TT fciced "P on United 



ment had delivered its (Jase to the Agent of Her states Govem- 



i ment. 



Britannic Majesty, it learned that an imposition 



1 Appendix to Case of the United States, Vol. I, pp. 21!>, 216, 218. 



