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 Britain under the treaty of 1825, he sets out Article VII, which is identical with Article TV of the trenuty of 1824, and adds:

Therefore aider that Article there is for a limited period of fine a right given fever as te waters which wohl be according to law territorial waters) of mer of stich waters, and that extends along the whole of the coast mentioned in Article IL

This is the very coast now in dispute. Referring to these two treaties, Sir Richard Webster said:

It is ny vontention that Great Britain intended to wet, se far as coast righty were concerned, and so far ax navigntion and fishing rights were concerned, what the United States vot.

In speaking of Article LV. of the treaty of 1824, he says:

It wae something which woukl apply to what way be cabled interior seas and water of the territory in future to be reconized as Russian as distinguished from the United States. ¢

In discussing Article VIL. of the treaty of L825 in connection with Article TV. of the treaty of Isz4, he said that the coust mentioned in Article ILL of the treaty of 1825 was ‘tthe whole of the coast up to Behring Straits"?

He further said in the same connection:

I solonit (remembering that the line of demarcation was to he complete with refer- enee te the const referred to as the northwest coast of the continent, anel the Islands of America to the northwest), that nolady who ean take an impartial view of this Matter van come to any otlier conehision than that the coast referred to in artiele VIL is the whole coast; and when we remember that in the United States the expres- sien Jisiier does not ocenrat all, abd that Article JEL of the United States treaty speaks of the northwest coast of America north of 34° 40’, and that fam justified in saying that Mr. George Canning believed that lie was getting the sune for (erent Britain as the United States had got front Russia—there i= not any answer, at any rate, apparent (omless I have made seme grave Dlouder) te the contention that the right of Great

iritnin to visit, during ten years, inlaud erceks, andl harbours, and to visit: for the parpese of navigation an’ fishing the seas which washed the American coasts extended right of way from. 44° 4 np fo the point to whieh [ have called attention, ¢

llow vonld Mr. Canning have thought that he was wetting the same rivhts that the United States vot if the present contention of Great Britain is sound? Tf it be sound, then he builded wiser thin he knew,

¢ For seal Arbitration, Vol. 1, li, “Pur Seal Arbitration, Vol. 15, 451, © Far Seal Arbitration, Vol. 13, 444,
 * Pur Seal Arbitration, Vel. 15, 440. ¢ Porseal Arbitration, Vol, 14, 451-452.