806 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
that the same and every part thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith 
by the United States of America and the citizens thereof. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto-set my hand and caused the seal of the United 
States to be aflixed. 
Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord 
1891, and of the Independence of the United States the 115th. 
[SEAL. ] (Signed) BEeNJ. HARRISON. 
By the President : 
(Signed) WILLIAM EF. WHARTON, 
Acting Secretary of State. 
No. 66. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received June 25.) 
[Telegraphic. ] 
WASHINGTON, June 25, 1891. 
Your Lordship’s telegram of the 2nd instant: Behring’s Sea arbitra- 
tion. 
I have this evening received the following note from the Acting 
Secretary of State: 
[See Inclosure in Sir J. Pauncefote’s despatch of the 26th June: Inclosure in No. 
82, infra. ] 
N0:167:. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir R. Morier. 
[ Telegraphic. ] 
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 25, 1891. 
In reply to your telegram of yesterday, I have to inform you that the 
Agreement for a modus vivendi in Behring’s Sea is only applicable to 
the subjects or citizens of the two Contracting Powers. 
General jurisdiction over the whole region specified in the Agreement 
has been claimed by the United States, but this claim has been dis- 
puted by Her Majesty’s Government. 
No. 68. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
| Telegraphice. | 
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 26, 1891. 
Sir George Baden-Powell is waiting to start on his mission to inquire 
into the conditions of seal life in Behring’s Sea, and the season is run- 
ning out. 
You should urge the United States Government to give the neces- 
Sary permission to the British Commissioners to visit the Pribyloff 
Islands without delay. 
