228 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN 
CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 29, 1892. 
The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous to provide for an amicable settlement of 
the questions which have arisen between their respective Governments concerning 
the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering’s Sea, and 
concerning also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said 
sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking 
the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, have resolved to submit to 
arbitration the questions involved, and to the end of concluding a convention for that 
purpose have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries : 
The President of the United States of America, James G. Blaine, Secretary of 
State of the United States; and 
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir 
Julian Pauncefote, G. C. M.G., K. C. B., Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and 
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States ; 
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers which 
were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following 
articles : 
ARTICLE I. The questions which have arisen between the Government of the 
United States and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty concerning the 
jurisdictional rights of the United States, in the waters of Bering Sea, and concerning 
also the preservation of the fur-seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said sea, and 
the rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the taking of fur- 
seal in, or habitually resorting to, the said waters, shall be submitted to a tribunal of 
arbitration, to be composed of seven arbitrators, who shall be appointed in the following 
manner, that is to say: Two shall be named by the President of the United States, 
two shall be named by Her Britannie Majesty ; His Excellency the President of the 
French Republic shall be jointly requested by the high contracting parties to name 
one; His Majesty, the King of Italy, shall be so requested to name one; and His 
Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, shall be requested to name one. The 
seven arbitrators to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in 
their respective countries; and the selecting powers shall be requested to choose, if 
possible, jurists who are acquainted with the English language. 
In case of death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said 
arbitrators, or in the event of any or either of the said arbitrators omitting or declining 
or ceasing to act as such, the President of the United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, 
or His Excellency the President of the French Republic, or His Majesty the King of 
Italy, or His Majesty, the King of Sweden and Norway, as the case may be, shall name, 
or shall be requested to name forthwith another person to act as arbitrator in the place 
and stead of the arbitrator originally named by such head of a state. 
And in the event of a refusal or omission for two months after receipt of the joint 
request from the High Contracting Parties of his Excellency, the President of the 
French Republic, or His Majesty, the King of Italy, or His Majesty, the King of 
Sweden and Norway, to name an arbitrator, either to fill the original appointment or 
to fill a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the appointment shall be made 
or the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as the High Contracting Parties shall 
agree, 
