TABLE OF CONTENTS 



COUNTER CASE. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Tage. 

 The Counter Case op the United States: 



Its object 1 



Original British Case and supplement 2 



PART FIRST. 



reply of the united states to the british case first presented. 



The True Issues in the Present Controversy: 



Difference of views as to the object of the present arbitration 7 



Protection of seals the main object of the arbitration 7 



Origin of the controversy as to jurisdiction 8 



Lord Salisbury's reference to the Russian ukase 8 



Mr. Bayard invites international cooperation 9 



Mr. Blaine's statement of the issues 10 



Justification of seizures of sealing vessels 11 



Lord Salisbury again introduces the ukase 12 



The United States sought international agreement 13 



The Erroneous Translation of Certain Russian Documents: 



Imposition practiced upon the United States Government 13 



Partial restatement of its case necessary 14 



The Situation about Bering Sea and on the Northwest Coast down to 

 the Treaties of 1824-'25 : 



Russia's colonial system 15 



Ukase of 1799 15 



Cbapter I of British Case 15 



Distinction between Bering Sea region and Pacific Ocean 18 



Ukase of 1821 18 



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