920 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
On the 50th ultimo, not having received any further communication 
from Mr. Blaine on the subject, I addressed a note to him (of which a 
copy is inclosed), inquiring whether he was now prepared to proceed at 
once to the preparation and signature of the Arbitration Convention. 
On the 2nd instant Mr. Blaine invited me to call on him, when he 
placed in my hands the draft of a Convention which he requested me 
to examine, and which is based on the Arbitration Articles of the 
Treaty of Washington, and incorporates the Articles already signed, 
and also the Joint Commission Agreement. 
It was arranged that I should go over the draft the following day 
with Mr. Alvey A. Adee (Second Assistant Secretary of State), by 
whom it had been prepared, so that it should be put into such a form 
as I should approve before submitting it to your Lordship. I accord- 
ingly had several interviews with Mr. Adee, at which I suggested vari- 
ous alterations which were adopted, and [ now have the honour to 
inclose a copy of the draft, as amended, for your Lordship’s consider- 
ation.* 
The reason assigned for including the Joint Commission Agreement 
in the Arbitration Convention is that, as it entails an expenditure ot 
public money, it must be laid before the Senate, as well as the Arbitra- 
tion Convention, and it is more convenient that the whole arrangement 
should be comprised in the same instrument. 
If your Lordship should approve substantially of the draft, Mr. 
Blaine suggests that it would save a great deal of time if I were 
instructed, by telegraph, to sign the Convention (with such modifica- 
tions as your Lordship may desire) nune pro tunc, and without awaiting 
the arrival of my full powers, which can be communicated later on. 
{Inclosure in No. 212.] 
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine. 
WASHINGTON, January 30, 1892. 
Str: All the details of the Behring’s Sea Arbitration having now been finally set- 
tled by the understanding arrived at as to the Governments who shall be invited to 
select the three foreign Arbitrators, I have the honour to request you to be good 
enough to inform me whether you are prepared to proceed at once to the preparation 
and signature of the formal Arbitration Convention and of the Joint Commission 
Agreement, in accordance with the text of the Articles to be inserted therein, which 
was signed by us on the 18th December last. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
No. 213. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received February 15.) 
WASHINGTON, February 5, 1892. 
My Lorp: At the interview which I had with Mr. Blaine on the 
subject of the draft Arbitration Convention transmitted in my previous 
despatch of this date, he strongly pressed upon me the impor- 
142 tance of being prepared to put in force during the next fishery 
season in Behring’s Sea such Regulations as might be recom- 
mended by the Joint Commission which is about to commence its 
sittings in Washington. 
*For Convention as signed, see No. 246. 
