COUNTER CASE 



OF 



THE UNITED STATES. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Pursuant to Article IV of the Treaty of Ar- Counter Case. 

 bitration of 1892, between the United States 

 and Great Britain, the Agent of the United States 

 herewith presents to the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 the Counter Case of his Government, accom- 

 panied by certain additional documents, corre- 

 spondence, and evidence, in reply to the Printed 

 Case, documents, correspondence, and evidence 

 heretofore submitted by Great Britain. 



The United States conceive it to be the main object of same, 

 object of the Counter Cases to present matter in 

 rebuttal of such points raised by the Cases as 

 have not already been sufficiently dealt with, and 

 could not reasonably have been so dealt with, 

 therein. They do not, therefore, regard them- 

 selves as now called upon to traverse all the posi- 



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