Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-17
THE SEALING TREATY.
The Agreement Under Which Diff
ferences May be Arbitrated,
Lnless lord Salisbury's Refusal to Extend
the Modus yivendi should Cause
Its Rejection by the
Senate,

fASnriHS sea aroltratlOn convention to
the senate from which the injunction
OF secrecy was removed yesterday, is
rs follows:
To the sexate:
herewith transmit to you with a view to its
Eaffhcation. convention signed at Washing
son, the 2sth Of February 1892 between the
governments of the United States and her
Sr1tannic majesty. submitting 20 arbitra-
son the questions which have arisen
between the governments concerning the
suI isafctlonai rights of the United
oeaIes IN the waters of Behring sea- and con-
corning also the preservation of the fur seal in
and Aabitually resorting to.the said sea- and the
rigoss OF the citizens of either country as re-
CARDS the taking of fur seal in, or habtually re-
sorting to- the said waters.
Tse correspondence not heretofore submitted
TO congress in relation to the Behring sea mat
Ter is in course of preparation and will be
transmitted without delay.
ASigned.f BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The following is the text of the
treaty:
The questions W hich have arisen between the
Eovernn emit of the United States and the gov
eminent of herBritannic majestyconcernin z the
7urisdictional rights of the United States in the
waters of Behring sea. and concerning also the
preservation of the fur seal in. or habtually re-
sorting to. the said sea and the rights of the
citizens and subjects of the countries as re-
gard the taking of the fur seal in or habitually
~esorting to, the said waters. shall be submitted
% q tribunal of arbitration to be composed of
seven arbitrator who shall be appointed in
the following manner. that is to say. two shall
6e named by the presiden. of the Unit ed States;
two shall be named by her Britannia majesty;
mis- excelency the president of the French
public shall be jointly requested by the con-
tracing parties to name one; his majesty the
king of Italy shall be requested to name
one; AMI his majesty the king of Norway shall
be requested to name one
The seven arbitrator to be so named shall be
jurists of distinguished reputation in their re-
spectiVe countries. In case of the DEATH alb
sence, or incapacity to serve of any either of
the said arbitrators or in the event of any or
either of the said arbitrator emitting de-
<,linilg. ceasing to act as such, the president
OF the United States or her Britannia majesty
or his eXcellecy, the president of the
French republic or his majesty the king
OF Italy, or his majesty the king of
Sweden and Norway, the case may be-
shall name or shall be requested to name
forthwith another person to act as arbitrator
N the place and stead of the arbitrator origin
ally named by such head of state. And in
Che event of refusal omission for two
months after receipt of the joint request from
the high contracting parties of his exceliency
the president of the French republic, or his
rzialesty the king of Italy, or his majesty the
KING OF Sweden and Norway. to name an arb-
SEAtor, either to fill the original appointment or
case the appointment shall be made or the va
cAncy shall be filled in such manner as the con-
testing parties shall agree.
Article II. The arbtrators shall meet at Paris
within twenty Gays after the delivery of the
counter case mentioned in article ", and shall
proceed impttrtially and carefully to examine
and decide the questions brought before them
IS herein provided OF the part of the govern
Trsnt of the United States and her Britannia ma
iEs*y respectively. All questions considered by
~ t-ih NJ h, GnaI hall
he determined by majority of all the arbitra-
tors Each of the high contracting parties
shaH also name one person to attend the tri
fFHnal as its agent to represent it generally, in
al matter connected with the arbitration.
Article III. The printed case OF each of the
Two parties, accompanied by the documents
the official correspondence, and other evidence
OH which each relies. shall be delivered in dupli-
cate to each of the arbitrator and to the agent
Of the other party as soon as may be after the
appointment of the members of the tribunal.
oHt within period not exceeding three months
from the date of the exchange of tine ratiica-
tons of the treaty.
Article ". Within three months after the
both sides of the printed case,
either party may in like manner deliver in
duplicate to each of the said arbtrators and to
4Ss agent of the other party, a counter case.
and additional documents, correspondence and
evidence In reply to the case. documents, cor
Tespondence and evidence so presented by the
the distance of the place from which the evil
tssnce to be presented is to be procured. either
party shall, within thirty days after the re-
ceipt by its agent of the case of
o oSnsr party party ts gse notice reorr
additional time for the delivery of such counter
case, documents, correspondence and evidence.
such additional time, SO indicated, but not ex-
ceeding sixty days beyond the three months in
this article provided shall be allowed. If in the
shall have specified or alluded to any report or
document in its own exclusive possession. with
out annexirg copy. such party shall be bound
III the other party thinks proper to apply for it,
To furnish that party with copy thereof and
eithsr party may call upon the other through
tsse arbftrators to produce the originals GER
Hied copies of any papers adduced evidence,
giving in each instance notice thereof witl.in
thirty days after delivery of the case; and the
zmigiual or copy requested shall be delivered
rs soon may be and within period not ex-
ceeiiag forty days after receipt of notice.
Article v. 1t shall be duty of the agent of
each party within month after the expira-
ton of the time limited for the delivery of the
counter on both sides. to deliver in dupli
fsAse to each of the said arbitrator and to the
agent of the other party a printed argument
showing the points and referring to the evil
dence upon which his government relies, and
either party may also support the same before
the 1Tbtrators by oral argument of counsel;
snd the arbitrators may, if they desire further
calculation with regard to any point, require a
written printed statement argument or
oral argument by counsel upon it. but in such
case the other party shall be entitled to reply
either orally or in writing as the case may be.
Article vi. In deciding the matters submit
led to the arbitrators. it is agreed that the fol-
h,wisg five points shall be submitted to them
order that their award shall embrace dis
tinct decision upon each of said five points. to-
wif.
L. What exclusive jurisdiction in the sea now
known as the Behring sea. and what exclusive
right to the seal fisheries therein did Russia
sert and exercise prior and up to the time of the
cession of Alaska to the United States,
g How far were these claims of jurisdiction
as to seal fisheries recognized and conceded by
Great Britains
& Was the body of water now known as the
Behring sea inc uded in the phrase. Pacific
OCEAN" as used in the treaty Of 1875 between
Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, il
any, in the Behring sea, were held and exclus-
lively exercised by Russia after said treaty.
L. Did not all the rights of Russia as to juris-
diction. and as to the seal fisheries in Behring
sen east of the water boundary. IN the treaty
between the United States and Russia of the
axa of March, 1867. pass unimpaired to the
United States under that treaty.
5 Has the United States any right, and if So
what right of protection to or property in the
fur seals frequenting the islands of the United
States in Behring when such seals are found
outside the ordinary three mile limit
Article VII If the determination of the fore
going questions to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the United States shall leave the subject in
saci, position that the concurrence of Great
Britain is necessary to the establishment OF
regulations for the proper protection and pres
erTation of the fur seal in. of habitually re-