Seal Fisheries of Behring Sea: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Letter from the Secretary of State, with Accompanying Papers, Touching the Subjects in Dispute Between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain in the Behring Sea, Including All Communications Since March 4, 1889 |
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... islands included within , the Behring waters where the seals resort to breed . Into this peaceful and secluded field of labor , whose benefits were so equitably shared by the native Aleuts of the Pribylov Islands , by the United States ...
... islands included within , the Behring waters where the seals resort to breed . Into this peaceful and secluded field of labor , whose benefits were so equitably shared by the native Aleuts of the Pribylov Islands , by the United States ...
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... islands of St. Paul and St. George . Q. That is in United States territory ? -A . Yes , sir . " Fisheries " is a misnomer all the way through , and always was . H. A. Glidden , an agent of the Treasury Department , was on the Pribylov ...
... islands of St. Paul and St. George . Q. That is in United States territory ? -A . Yes , sir . " Fisheries " is a misnomer all the way through , and always was . H. A. Glidden , an agent of the Treasury Department , was on the Pribylov ...
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... Islands , in same ocean and not far distant , were also visited and hunted over and the seal life there totally ... Pribylov group consists of the islands of St. Paul and St. George , and is a Government reservation in that part of ...
... Islands , in same ocean and not far distant , were also visited and hunted over and the seal life there totally ... Pribylov group consists of the islands of St. Paul and St. George , and is a Government reservation in that part of ...
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... Pribylov group History of South Shetland Islands , and wholesale destruction thereon Destruction at Mas - á - Fuera SYNOPSIS OF REPLY TO MR . BLAINE'S LETTER TO SIR JULIAN FAUNCEFOTE , OF MARCH 1 , 1890 . Mr. Blaine's reference to ...
... Pribylov group History of South Shetland Islands , and wholesale destruction thereon Destruction at Mas - á - Fuera SYNOPSIS OF REPLY TO MR . BLAINE'S LETTER TO SIR JULIAN FAUNCEFOTE , OF MARCH 1 , 1890 . Mr. Blaine's reference to ...
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... islands of the South Pacific Ocean , but after a comparatively short period of indiscriminate slaugh- ter the ... Pribylov group for over twenty years . " These islands constitute the most valuable rookery or breeding place of these ...
... islands of the South Pacific Ocean , but after a comparatively short period of indiscriminate slaugh- ter the ... Pribylov group for over twenty years . " These islands constitute the most valuable rookery or breeding place of these ...
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1st sess 44th Cong Adams Alaska Commercial Company Aleutian Islands American animals April August Behring Sea Behring's Sea Blaine to Sir Blaine's breeding islands Britain British Columbia British vessels Canadian Government Captain catch Congressional committee cows destruction dispatch Elliott ernment evidence fact female seals fish fur-seal H. R. Ex honor Inclosure Indians July June land lease lessees Lobos Islands Lord Salisbury lordship Majesty's Government males marauders Marquis of Salisbury McIntyre ment miles minister negotiation north latitude northwest coast number of seals open sea opinion Pacific Ocean Paul and St Phelps present President Pribylov Islands proposed protection pups question reference Richard Rush rookeries Russia Russian Empire Russian-American Company says schooner seal fisheries seal islands sealers Secretary seizure shore shot Sir Julian Pauncefote skins slaughter South special agent statement territory Tingle tion Treasury treaty ukase United States Government Victoria waters white hunters young
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Page 86 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 82 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 82 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 85 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 84 - It is moreover agreed that, hereafter, there shall not be formed by the citizens of the United States, or under the authority of the said States, any establishment upon the Northwest coast of America, nor in any of the islands adjacent, to the north of...
Page 82 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 89 - ... by any reservations, privileges, franchises, grants, or possessions, by any associated companies, whether corporate or incorporate, Russian or any other, or by any parties, except merely private individual property holders; and the cession hereby made, conveys all the rights, franchises, and privileges now belonging to Russia in the said territory or dominion, and appurtenances thereto.
Page 10 - In the opinion of the President, the Canadian vessels arrested and detained in the Behring Sea were engaged in a pursuit that was in itself contra bonos mores, a pursuit which of necessity involves a serious and permanent injury to the rights of the Government and people of the United States.
Page 85 - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the...
Page 86 - Continent, shall for ever enjoy the right of navigating freely, and without any hindrance whatever, all the rivers and streams which, in their course towards the Pacific Ocean, may cross the line of demarcation upon the line of coast described in Article 3 of the present Convention.