COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 49 



By the iutroductiou of the words "taciug the open 

 ocean," and the addition of theconchiding sentence, a j)as- 

 sage which completely supports the view of Her Britannic 

 Majesty's Government, has become the foundation-stone 

 upon which the contrary argument of the United States is 

 based. 



The second quotation in support of the United States (,^Ye^jfp ^ffj®^ 

 contention is taken from the Report of the Committee which (W.r revised 

 considered tiie efl'ect of the Treaty between Eussia and the a '?,??,?,>1?;J? 



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United Stales. This has been already dealt with at pp. p. 34.) 

 33-35; and it is only necessary here to repeat the opening- 

 sentence of the quotation with its interpolations: 



Since the sovereignty of Russia over the shores of Siberia [and 

 America], as Avell as over tlie Aleutian Islands [a nd the intekvein- 

 ING SEASl, has long since been acknowledged by all Powers. 



The passage read without the interpolations materially 

 helps the British contention. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



From the facts and argument advanced in this chapter, 

 it is submitted that it is established — 



(a.) That the Conventions of 18124 and 1825 declared and 

 recognized the rights of the subjects of Great Britain and 

 the United States to navigate and fish in all parts of the 

 non -territorial waters over which the Ukase purported to 

 extend. 



(b.) That the body of water now known as the Behring 

 Sea was included in the phrase "Pacific Ocean," as used 

 in the Treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Eussia; 

 and 



(0,) That the constructions placed on the term " North- 

 west coast" or " ]^orth-west coast of America" in the Case 

 of the United States are unsound. 



"B S, PT VIII 1 



