122 EEGULATIONS PROPOSED. 



jurisdiction of All recommendations applying to the territory of 



Tribunal of Arbi- 

 tration, the United States, even it the property of that 



Government in the seal herd is not considered, 

 as seems to be the case from the proposals ad- 

 vanced by the Commissioners, are irrelevant in 

 this Arbitration. The jurisdiction of the Tri- 

 bunal of Arbitration does not, according to the 

 understanding of the Government of the United 

 States, extend to territory or territorial waters, 

 which are not in dispute and the rights over 

 which have not been submitted to this Tri- 

 bunal. 

 Unfairness of The manifest unfairness, however, of the regu- 



regulations pro- 

 posed, lations suggested calls for the attention of the 



United States, as the proposals submitted by the 

 Commissioners demonstrate most clearly the spirit 

 of partialit}^ which is a feature of the whole Re- 

 port. For this purpose the United States will 

 give brief attention to these suggested regula- 

 tions ; nevertheless, always insisting that all 

 proposals affecting the unquestioned territorial 

 rights of the United States are without the 

 jurisdiction of this Tribunal and are irrelevant to 

 the present contention. 



(a) Improvements in the methods of talcing seals. 

 (Sees. 147-150.) 



On Pribiiof The first suggestions advanced by the Com- 



Islands. p & J 



missioners are in relation to improvement in the 



