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DEBATE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 1.Resolved,- That the United States have a right to exclusive jurisdiction in Behring Sea.
III. The United States possess such a right by legal and historical title. (a) At the time that Russia acquired the title to Behring Sea to was possible and customary to make such acquisitions. (b) She did acquire it by discovery, by uninterrupted possession, and by prescription. Annual Register, 1821...
IV. The United States having legally acquired the exclusive jurisdiction of Behring Sea, has never lost it by any definite act, and must, therefore, still possess it.
II. Behring Sea is clearly an open sea. (a) No authorized definition of a closed sea can apply to it: Vid. authorities cited above.
III. The United States by claiming a right to exclusive jurisdiction would be denying what it always has formerly understood to be international law, (a) It has acknowledged that Behring Sea is open. J. Q. Adam's letter to the Russian Minister, Mar. 30, 1822: Lawrence's W. Lestor, pp...