COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 45 



BUT THE "LISli^RE" WAS TO BELONQ TO RUSSIA. 



Tbis shows that Mr. Canning did not -understand the 

 term ''north-west coast" to be confined to tbe"lisiere," 

 the proposals relating to which had one unvarying condi- 

 tion, namely, that it was to belong to Russia. Had the 

 term been so conflned, the careful provision of Article IV, 

 that "the ships of both Powers, or which belong to their 

 citizens or subjects respecMrcly, may reciprocaUy fre- 

 50 quent, without any hindrance whatever, the inte- 

 rior seas," &C., becomes meaningless as far as any 

 advantage to Russia is concerned. Further, Article II 

 concludes thus : 



KURTHEK, ARTICLE II OP AMERICAN TREATY GIVES RUSSIAN SUBJECTS 

 ACCESS TO UNITED STATES ESTABLISHMENTS ON NORTH-WP:ST COAST. 



Reciprocally, the subjects of Russia sluill not resort, without per- 

 mission, to any estahlishment of the United States npon the north-west coast. 



MR. BLAINE SA^ S FIRST ARTICLES OF EACH TREATY ARE 



IDENTICAL. 



Passing now to the Treaty of 18!25, Mr. Blaine, in the British case, p. 

 despatch of the 17th December, 1890, above mentioned, ffjaitex't^see'Tf- 



SaVS: pendix', voL ii, 



''^ ' Part III, p. 2. 



I quote tlie first Articles of each Treaty, for, to all intents and pur- British Case, 



poses, they are identical in meaning, though differing somewhat in Appnudix, vol. 



phrase. ^ j^V T^"**"^ 



^ States No. 1 



(1891)," p. 38. 

 THEREFORE, IF ONE INCLUDES BEHRING SEA, THE 



OTHER DOES. 



If, then, the considerations set forth above have any 

 weight as showing that, in the first Treaty, '' Pacific Ocean" 

 includes Behring Sea, they have the same weight as show- 

 ing that, in the second Treaty, "Pacific Ocean" includes 

 Behring Sea. 



ARTICLE II OF 1825 TREATY SPEAKS OF BRITISH ESTAb" 

 LISHMENTS ON "NORTH-WEST COAST," PROVING THAT 

 THAT COAST WAS NOT CONFINED TO THE "LISIERE.' 



Article II, likewise, is in substantially the same form in 

 each Treaty, that of 1825 concluding thus: 



Russian subjects shall not land without permission at any British 

 establishment on the north-west coast. 



Therefore, "north-west coast" here, too, cannot mean 

 the " lisiere." 

 Article III, in the original French, begins : 



La ligne de df^niarcation eutre les possessions des Hautes Parti°-8 

 Contractantes sur la cAte du continent et les lies de I'Am^rique nord- 

 ouest, sera tracee ainsi ([u'il suit: 



The line is then defined. It runs from an initial point, 

 described as being situated in 54° 40' north latitude, to the 

 Arctic Ocean. 



