http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0314553
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Fur seal arbitration
creator: Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration
issued: 2016-09-14
issued: 1895
description: "Fur-seal arbitration. Oral arguments of counsel on case and counter-case" -- First page "([United States] 53d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. 177, pts. 1-16)" -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 126.
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extent: 426 pages ; 24 cm
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note: FUR SEAL ARBITRATION. PROCEEDINGS Tribunal of Arbitration, CONVENED AT PARIS . TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 20, 1893, DETERMINATION OF QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS CONCERNING THE JURISDICTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES WATERS OF BERING SEA. VOLUME XII. WASHINGTON": QOVBENMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1895. FUR-SEAL ARBITRATION. ORAL ARGUMENTS Off COUNSEL ON CASE AND COUNTER-CASE. FUR-SEAL ARBITRATION. ORAL ARGUMENT JAMES 0. CARTER, ESQ., ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES. L ORAL ARGUMENT OF MR. CARTER. SEVENTH DAY, APRIL 12™, 1893. Mr. Carter.. Mr. President: it would be evidence of insensibility on my part if in opening the discussion upon the important questions with, which we are to deal I should fail to express my sense of the novelty, the importance, and the dignity of the case, and of the high character of the Tribunal which it is my privilege to address. You, Mr. President, in acknowledging the honor conferred upon you by your election as President, expressed in appropriate language those aspirations and hopes which are excited and gratified by so signal an attempt as this to remove all occasion for the employment of force between nations by the substitution of reason in the settlement of controversies. I beg to express my concurrence in those sentiments. Nor should I omit a grateful recognition of the extreme kindness with which the agent and counsel on the part of the United States Government have been received. Not only has this magnificent building with all its appliances been freely offered for the deliberations of the Tribunal itself, but every aid and assistance which we as counsel could desire have been freely extended to us. We recognize in this a fine and generous hospitality, worthy of France and her great capital— the fair and beautiful capital of the world. Mr. President, in reference to the statement which was made by my learned friend, Sir Charles Russell, as to the order of pro…
note: Page 61 misnumbered as 51. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53097835
has type: Books
has type: Legislative proceedings
identifier: JX238.F8 1895
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0314553
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Washington : Government Printing Office
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. JX238 .F8 1895
subject: Bering Sea controversy
subject: Sealing
title: Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Paris under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain concluded at Washington February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering Sea. Volume XII
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