RESULTING WASTE OF LIFE. 99 



The United States, having' revie wed these three The bases for 



the apology iiisuf- 



propositions set forth in the Report, namely, (1) ticieut. 

 that the percentage of female seals in the pe- 

 lagic catch is not large, (2) that pelagic sealing 

 in Bering Sea is not as destructive to seal life as 

 in the North Pacific, and (3) that the waste of life 

 resulting from pelagic sealing is insignificant, 

 deny that any one of these grounds for the Com- 

 missioners' apology have been, or can be, estab- 

 lished. 



