674 INVESTIGATION" OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



withdrawn by the agent of our Government November 19, 1892 (see 

 pp. 152, 153, Vol. VII, Proc. Trib. Arb., 1893), who at the same 

 hour of withdrawal substitutes a "revised translation" as the cor- 

 rect and official translation for the said "No. 6," or Yahnovsky 

 record; it is correctly quoted by me as such (pp. 186, 411, Hearing 

 No. 1, 1914), and which is falsified in turn by Jordan to the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, February 24, 1898, in his Report on Fur Seal Inves- 

 tigations, Part I, page 25. 



This testimony shows that Dr. Jordan was well aware of that 

 "false translation" at the time he made his report, February 24, 

 1898, and that he took it deliberately from the official United States 

 record of the proceedings of the Paris tribunal and quoted it as the 

 one which our Government used over there, when in truth and in 

 fact, the official record of its withdrawal November 19, 1892, as a 

 "false translation," was staring him in the face, and the correct or 

 "revised translation" of Letter "No. 6," was there also, staring him in 

 the face, when he made that falsification of this indisputable record 

 of our own Government ! 



The Chairman. Let me ask you there. Do you mean to say that 

 the American Government submitted a translation to this tribunal, 

 of which you speak, and was obliged to withdraw it because it was 

 incorrect ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir; and submitted a "revised" and proper 

 translation. 



The Chairman. Such as you say there is now? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; as I have correctly quoted in my statement. 

 (P. 411, Hearing No. 1, Jan. 17, 1914.) 



The Chairman. And you say that Mr. Clark come before this com- 

 mittee and insisted on the translation of that which the American 

 Government was obliged to withdraw — is that your idea ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes: and renews it as the "American translation." 

 and calls the "revised" cop}' which our Government used the "Brit- 

 ish translation." 



Mr. Watkins. On what authority or by whose authority was this 

 withdrawal made ( 



Mr. Elliott. I wish to have this letter read. Here is the letter 

 of the agent of our Government, Mr. John W. Foster, to Sir C. H. 

 Tupper, British agent, dated "Washington, November 19, 1892," 

 in which the withdrawal of this translation, which Dr. Jordan uses 

 as the correct translation, is made; he does so, because it is a "false 

 translation" and has been imposed upon him by a rascal, as he says. 

 Shall I read it, or just have it printed in the record ? 



Mr. Watkins. You had better read it. Who is Mr. Foster? 



Mr. Elliott. Mr. Tupper was the British representative. 



Mr. Watkins. And Mr. Foster was 



Mr. Elliott (interposing) . The American representative. He was 

 in charge of our case before the Paris tribunal. 



Mr. Watkins. He is the person upon whose authority the with- 

 drawal was made? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Watkins. He was representing the American Government, 

 was he \ 



Mr. Elliott. Yes. He was in charge of our case before the Paris 

 tribunal. 



