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1893, U.S./U.K., Arb.-E, Bering Sea Sealing (U.K. argument)
Behring Sea arbitration; Argument of Her Majesty’s Government: n.a., iii+162p, United States, No. 4 (1893), London, pr. for HMSO by Harrison & Sons,
1893. (A TOC follows the t.p. An index starts on p. 159. The underlying controversy being arbitrated in this case arose from a fishery dispute between
the U.S. and the U.K. in the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska. In 1870 the U.S., claiming territorial rights, leased the exclusive right to
kill seals on or near the islands to an Alaskan company under conditions meant to ensure the preservation of the seal population. Great Britain
protested the U.S. exclusion of its citizens from the sealing region, particularly on the grounds that when Russia, the prior sovereign of the islands, had
attempted to assert such claims, the U.S. had joined the U.K. in protest. An arbitration of the dispute was agreed to by treaty, and the matter was
brought before a commission sitting in Paris. The arbitration panel was composed of two members each from the U.S. and U.K., along with three members
appointed by the president of France, the king of Italy, and the king of Norway & Sweden. See also the ten other documents relevant to this case offered
on this site. The award is provided as LLMC title no. 09692.)
Title:   Argument of Her Majesty's government / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, March 1893.
OCLC Number:   880425690
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