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APPENDIX I.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

1902.

WHALING AND SEALING CLAIMS
AGAINST RUSSIA.

ON ACCOUNT OF ARREST AND SEIZURE OF THE
AMERICAN VESSELS "CAPE HORN PIGEON,"
"JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS," "C. H.
WHITE.” AND “KATE AND ANNA.”

HERBERT H. D. PEIRCE,
Counsel for the United States.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1903.

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TRANSLATION

OF THE

MEMORANDUM OF THE PARTY CLAIMANT

TO THE

HONORABLE ARBITRATOR, MR. T. M. C. ASSER, Counselor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, etc.,

IN THE

ARBITRATION AGREED UPON BY THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWO HIGH CONTRACTING POWERS, DULY AUTHORIZED TO THAT EFFECT, DATED SEPTEMBER 3, 1900, TO

ADJUST THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PARTY CLAIMANT,.

AND THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA,

PARTY DEFENDANT, RELATIVE TO THE
ARREST AND SEIZURE OF THE
AMERICAN VESSELS

"CAPE HORN PIGEON,” “JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS," "C. H. WHITE," AND "KATE AND ANNA.”

HERBERT H. D. PEIRCE,
Counsel for the United States.