912 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Inclosure in No. 193.] 
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine. 
WASHINGTON, December 17, 1891. 
Sir: I have the honour to inform you that I conveyed tothe Marquis of Salisbury, 
by telegram, the substance of your note of the 14th instant respecting the 6th Article 
of the proposed Behring’s Sea Arbitration Agreement, and that I have received a 
reply from his Lordship in the following sense. 
Lord Salisbury is afraid that, owing to the difficulties incident to telegraphic cor- 
respondence, he has been imperfectly understood by tho President. He consented, 
at the President’s request, to defer for the present all further discussion as to what 
course the two Governments should follow in the event of the Regulations prescribed 
by the Arbitrators being evaded by a change of flag. It was necessary that, in doing 
so, he should guard himself against the supposition, that by such consent he had 
narrowed the rights of the contending parties or of the Arbitrators under the A gree- 
ment. But in the communication which was embodied in my note of the 11th instant, 
his Lordship made no reservation, as the President seems to think, nor was any such 
word used. A reservation would not be valid unless assented to by the other side, 
and no such assent was asked for. Lord Salisbury entirely agrees with the Presi- 
dent in his objection to any point being submitted to the Arbitrators which is not 
embraced in the Agreement, and, in conclusion, his Lordship authorizes me to sign 
the Articles of the Arbitration Agreement, as proposed at the close of your note under 
reply, whenever you may be willing to do so. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
No. 194. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received December 28.) 
WASHINGTON, December 18, 1891. 
My Lorp: With reference to my immediately preceding despatch of 
to-day, I have the honour to inclose herewith the text of the seven 
Articles of the Behring’s Sea Arbitration Agreement and of the Joint 
Commission Article, as signed by Mr. Blaine and myself. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
135 {Inclosure in No. 194.] 
Text of Articles for insertion in the Behring’s Sea Arbitration Agreement as settled in the 
Diplomatic Correspondence between the Government of Great Britain and the Govern- 
ment of the United States. i 
I. 
What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea, now known as the Behring’s Sea, and what 
exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exercise prior and 
up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States? 
II. 
How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recognized and 
conceded by Great Britain? 
IOUT. 
_ Was the body of water, now known as the Behring’s Sea, included in the phrase 
“Pacific Ocean,” as used in the Treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia; 
and what rights, if any, in the Behring’s Sea, were held and exclusively exercised 
by Russia after said Treaty? 
