REPLY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE 

 BRITISH CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. 



In regard to the schedule of claims for dam- 

 ages appended to the Case of Great Britain, upon 

 which finding's of fact are asked under the pro- 

 visions of Article VIII of the Treaty of Arbi- 

 tration : 



The United States admit that a portion of the, Seizures admit. 



1 ted. 



vessels named in the schedule were seized by their 

 cruisers at or about the time stated, that the ves- 

 sels were at the times of such seizures in the 

 waters of Bering Sea and more than one marine 

 league from any land owned by or within the 

 jurisdiction of the United States; but such seizures 

 were made upon the waters included in the treaty 

 of cession of March 30, 1867, between Russia and 

 the United States. 



As to others of the vessels mentioned in the Pw**Mftton of 



sealing in Bering 



schedule, the United States admit that they were Sea admitted - 



ordered by the cruisers of the United States to 



leave Bering Sea, where they were unlawfully 



engaged in taking fur-seals ; and, as to others, that 



they were about to enter that sea for the same 



unlawful purpose and were warned not to do so 



bv the cruisers of the United States. But, 



whether the vessels so ordered out of Bering Sea, 



or warned not to enter the same, left it, or 



refrained from entering it, by reason of such 

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