PART SECOND. 



REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THAT 

 PORTION OF THE CASE OF GREAT 

 BRITAIN CONTAINED IN THE REPORT 

 OF THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. 



THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR REPORT. 



The Report, bearing date June 21, 1892, of the 

 Commissioners of Great Britain, which is herein 

 treated as the second part of the British Case, was 

 delivered to the Agent of the United States and 

 to the Arbitrators in pursuance of an agreement 

 reached by a diplomatic correspondence between 

 the two Governments, already cited (ante, p : 2), 

 but not until the 25th of October, 1892, and after 

 the lapse of seven weeks from the delivery of the 

 original British Case. 



The character of the Report will be discussed „ Tho Bering Sea 



x Coimnission. 



somewhat in detail in the following pages, and 

 it is considered to be proper that some observa- 

 tions should be made at the outset as to the 

 composition of the Commission. In 1891, when 

 the subject of a Modus Vivendi, as preliminary to 

 the contemplated Treaty, was under discussion, 



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