COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 23 



And at pp. 49, 41, and 42 from tliree others, dated 



23 the 31st March, 1821, the 20th Se])tember, 1821, and 

 the 28th February, 1822, respectively : 



. . . . The principles involved in this action of the Government United States 

 yoa must also observe in dealing with forei.i;;ners who may visit our ^"A?' P- ^''^ . , 



Colonies, [using ALI, the force at your command to DUIVE them traUHlati()ri?'''see 

 FROM OUR WAIEKS.] .... Appendix, vol. i, 



———————-' p. 19.) 



[W ith this precious act in yottr hand yott will be enabled ibid., p. 4i. 



TO ASSUMe'a "new I'OSITIOM, AND TO STAND FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ALL tTanslatiorT^'aee 



A TI'I^MI'TS ON ri!I': rAKI OI' KoKKKiXEUS TO I X Ki;iN(i IC UPON OlIJ Appendix, vol. i. 



RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. In ACCORDANCE WITH THE WILL OK HiS '*' " '^ 



I.MI ERIAL Ma.IESTY, WE WILL NOT BE LEFT TO PROTECT UNAIDF.D THE 



LAND AXD WATERS EMBRACED IN OUR EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES. A 



SQUADRON OF NAVAL VESSKLS IS UNDER ORDERS TO PREPARE FOR A 



CRl'IXE TO TIIK COASTS OF NoRTH-EASTERN ASIA AND NORTH-WEST- 



ERN America. 



* # « * * 



We can NOW STAND UPON OUR RIGHTS, AND DRIVE FROM OUR WA- 

 TERS AND PORTS THK INTRUDKRS WHO THREATEN TO NEUTRALIZE THE 

 BENEFITS A M> (ilKTS MOST GlJAt lOUSLV HESIOWED UPON OCR Co.'M- 



r.\NY BY Hi8 Imperial Majesty.] 



[As to fur-seals, however, since ottr gracious Sovereign has lliid., p. 42. 



^^^■^^■^"""^■■^^■■^^■^^^^^^^^^^■^"■""■^^^^^^^^^■■■'^^^"^^^^^"■*'^~^^^^^^~^^^^^^ fFor revised 

 BEEN Pi. EASED TO STI:EX( JTI I KX OUR CI-AIMS OF .JURISDICTION AXD j.,.^„^],,^j„„ \^^ 



EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN TIIESF WATERS WITH HIS STRONG H.VND, WE Appendix, vol. i, 



CAN WELL AFFORD TO REDUCE THE NUMItER OF SEALS KILLED ANNU- ^ ' 



ALLY, AN D TO PATIEXTIA .VWAFF THE NATURAL INCREASE RESUl.TIXG 



THEREFROM, WHICH WILL YIELD US AN ABUNDANT HARVt^ST IN tITe 



FUTURE.] 



A letter from the Board to the Chief Manager, dated the 

 3rd August, 1820, is not cited in the United States Case, 

 but ai)pears in the Appendix thereto; it contains the fol- 

 lowing: 



Yon will perceive . . . that we ... do not conntenance Appendix, voL 



anv intercourse with foreigners, [or the admission of foreigners i' P- ^^• 



* ' *- -, ^ . ^ , (For revised 



WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF OUR POSSESSIONS], exce]»t in case of abso- translation, .see 



lute necessity. Heretofore, all such transactions have generally Appendix, voL i, 



resulted in serious losses to us, [and the very presence of foreign- ^' '' 



ERS IN OUR WATERS HAS BECOME A VITAL QUESTION, AFFECTING THE 

 EXISTENCE OF THE COMPANY.] 



The inclosure to this last-quoted letter consists of "orders 

 from the Russian-American Coin])any to its Kadiak 



24 office, 3rd August, 1820." This inclosure also is not 

 cited in the United States Case, but is given in the 



Appendix, and includes the following: 



The deceased Baranof was frequently instructed to abstain as far as United States 



possible from all intercourse with the foreigners visiting our Colo- Case, Appendix, 



nies [P'oR the sake of preserving intact our^'"}-^' P"^^' i 



*- (l-or r e VIS ed 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGES IN THE WA TERS OVFIt WHICH OIR TRADE AND translation, see 



INDUSTRY extends], we may Well dispense with such articles of luxury Appendix, vol. i, 

 as the foreigners endeavour to make us purchase from them. 



• 



It is important to bear in mind that the passages above 

 included in brackets have nothing corresponding to them 

 in the original documents. The original documents, when 

 read without tlie inter])olated passages, far from constitut- 

 ing any proof that the Kussian Government were asserting 



