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  3. 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,” Appendix I
  4. CASE 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,” Appendix I

CASE I.


[] The “Cape Horn Pigeon.”

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Contents

  • Translation of the memorandum of the party claimant
  • Letter from the secretary of state, transmitting a dispatch from Herbert H. D. Peirce, agent of the United States in the matter of the whaling and sealing claims against Russia. (Documents 1–2)
  • Case No. 1: The Cape Horn Pigeon, American whaling bark, arrested and seized in the Sea of Okhotsk by an armed vessel of the Imperial Russian Government, taken to Vladivostok, detained there until the end of the whaling season, and finally released without trial.
    • The Cape Horn Pigeon, American whaling bark, arrested and seized in the Sea of Okhotsk by an armed vessel of the Imperial Russian Government, taken to Vladivostok, detained there until the end of the whaling season, and finally released without trial. (Documents 3–47)
  • Case No. 2: The American schooner “James Hamilton Lewis” arrested and seized in the Bering Sea by a cruiser of the Imperial Government of Russia and confiscated by said Imperial Government.
    • The American Schooner “James Hamilton Lewis” Arrested and Seized in the Bering Sea by a Cruiser of the Imperial Government of Russia and confiscated by said Imperial Government. (Documents 48–85)
  • Case No. 3: The “C. H. White.”
    • statement of the case. (Documents 86–118)
  • Case No. 4: The “Kate and Anna.”
    • statement of the case. (Documents 119–136)
  • Counter memorandum of the defendant party to the honorable arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. Asser, Counselor of State of the Kingdom of Holland.
    • COUNTER MEMORANDUM.
      • FIRST CASE.
        • Seizure of the American whaling bark Cape Horn Pigeon. (Documents 137–140)
      • SECOND CASE.
        • Seizure and confiscation of the schooner James Hamilton Lewis. (Documents 141–147)
      • THIRD CASE.
        • Detention and confiscation of the American schooner C. H. White. (Documents 148–150)
      • FOURTH CASE. (Documents 151–152)
  • Rejoinder of the party claimant to the counter memorandum of the defendant party to the honorable arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. Asser, Counsellor of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    • Rejoinder of the party claimant. (Documents 153–156)
    • FIRST CASE
      • The Cape Horn Pigeon.
    • SECOND CASE.
      • The James Hamilton Lewis. (Document 157)
    • THIRD CASE.
      • The C. H. White. (Documents 158–160)
    • FOURTH CASE.
      • The Kate and Anna.
  • Surrejoinder of the party defendant to the rejoinder of the party claimant to the counter memorandum of the Russian government presented to the honorable arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. Asser, Counselor of State of the Netherlands.
    • Surrejoinder of the party defendant. (Documents 161–173)
    • CASE I. (Document 174)
    • CASE II.
      • The “James Hamilton Lewis.” (Documents 175–177)
    • CASE III.
      • The “C. H. White.’
    • CASE IV.
      • “Kate and Anna.”
  • The hearing before the honorable arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. Asser, in the arbitration for the purpose of adjusting the differences between the government of the United States of America, party claimant, and the Imperial Russian Government, party defendant, relative to the arrests and seizures of the American vessels “Cape Horn Pigeon,” “James Hamilton Lewis,” “C. H. White,” and “Kate and Anna”. (Documents 178–188)
  • Decision of the arbitrator, Mr. T. M. C. Asser, member of the State Council of the Netherlands, rendered at the Hague, November 29, 1902, in the international arbitration between the United States of America, party claimant, and Russia, party defendant, relative to the vessels “Cape Horn Pigeon,” “James Hamilton Lewis,” “C. H. White,” and “Kate and Anna”. (Documents 189–192)
  • Arbitrage international entre les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, partie demanderesse, et la Russie, partie défenderesse, relatif aux navires Cape Horn Pigeon, James Hamilton Lewis, C. H. White, et Kate and Anna. (Documents 193–196)
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