FUR-SEAL ARBITRATION.

ARGUMENT

OF

THE UNITED STATES

BEFORE THE

TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION

CONVENED AT PARIS

UNDER THE

PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN,
CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 29, 1892.

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WASHINGTON, D. C.:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1893.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FIRST.

What law is to govern the decision..

Appendix to part first (Mr. Carter's argument)..

Citations from writers upon the law of nature and nations, showing

the foundation of international law, its relations to the law of

nature, and the sources from which the knowledge of it is to be

derived..

SECOND.

The acquisition by Russia of jurisdictional or other rights over Bering Sea

and the transfer thereof to the United States...

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10-26

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27-40

THIRD.

The property of the United States in the Alaskan seal herds, and their right

to protect their sealing interests and industry.

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I. The property of the United States in the Alaskan seal herd.

The form of the institution-community and private property.

Ownership not absolute......

41

57

58

68

Summary of doctrines established...

Application of the foregoing principles to the question of pro-

perty in the Alaskan herd of seals...

Principal facts in the life of the fur-seal...

Appendix to part third, division I (Mr. Carter's argument) .......

Authorities upon the subject of property in animals, feræ naturæ

II. The right of the United States to protect their sealing interests and

industry.....

Appendix to part third, division II, (Mr. Phelps Argu-

ment)

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