Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-12


First. and sab.-aasat Csntinaoa- Pos
session hy the Dutch and English set
Forth as the Basis of EagIsnd'- Owner
ship
LoNDoS, March THE expected
Venezuelan blue book. which is enti-
tied Documents aud Corresr lrdeaee
Relating - the Question os the Bouu-
dairy OF Guiana ami Venexnela, was
issued hy the government last night
The volume consists Of Az folio pages.
with n separate book containing nine
maps. IL opens with 40 pages. com
prising preliminary staten mt deal
ing with the history of the territories
from I5sO until the issuance of her ma
jestys memorandum 20 Venezuela in
March. 1890 The statement concludes
as follows.
The above examination shows that
the main grounds upon which the claim
of Venezuela Is supposed IN be b1se.! 50
far as Il has been presented 10 G-cat
Britain at different times during the
past fifty years "a follows;
First. The original discovery and
the first exploration of the south
American continent by Spain. which
are clearly irrelevant
Second The bull of Pope Alsxan-
der VI. which cannot be considered A.
having any real bearing upon the
question
Third The allegation that the &c
eupation of Guiana by the Dutch was
n violation Of the treaty of Munster.
This allegation has been shown 10 be
unfounde,3-
Fourth Possession and occupation
by the >pauiar,is Of the territory.
soath Of the Orinoco. Including the
rivers Barima, Iurari and PCmaruon.
IL has been shown that the only
Spanish settlements there az any time
were san Thome de Guyana. which
was situated on the south hank of the
OrinOcp and whish had hcen moved
from time 10 time higher up the river.
as Il was destroyed by the British and
Dutch suecessiveiy. and by the Capu-
chin settlements. situated between the
orInoco and the Tumerimo. a. has
been previously discoveresl
fith. That the Dutch hal never
had any possessions north of the E,se-
guibo.
This statement has been shown to
be equally erroneous. as a perusaI Of
the whole diplomatic correspon ience
viii show that the British government.
while insisting that the Just claims Of
Great Britain would entitle her to n
boundary practically embracing the
whole watershed Of Essequibo. the
Cuyuni, the Nuruari. the POmaruon.
the Waini and the Barina. has been
willing - agree - a boundary within
thuse limits, which would give Vene-
znela far more territory than that To
which She can show any title
From the summary givea OF the fore
going chapter i viii be seen that treat
Britain, while maintaining her Just
rights. has consistently shown n de-
sire - make 4 fair arrangement with
Nenezaela. and that the claim Of Ven
ezueia that her territory extends 70
the Esseqaibo. was basel upon CON
teutions which are in No way sup
ported by facts. and cannot be justi-
ted upon any reasonable grounds.
Besides the above statement the re-
port holds that the following eonelu-
siOns have been clearly established.
First. That prior 10 1900 the Dutch
had established themselves on the
coast of Guiana
Second. That prior TO 1896 the Span
iar,is had established no settlements
in Guiana
Third That by l64s the Dutch set
Elements in tijuana extended along the
coast the whole way from the river
NarOni - the Barima. and inland To
various points IN the interior upon the
rivers Esssquibo. Cuyuni. Pomaropn.
Waini and Barima and their tributa-
ries.
Fourth That up % f7s3 the ouly
settlement Of >paniartls in Guiana was
san Thome de Guyana. on the south
bank Of the Orinoeo. originally founded
in 1885 at site sAoyyn on the sketch
map
Fifth That between I7s3 and I795
the only additional settlements
founded by the >paniarls in tijuana
were those established by the Capu-
chin missions south of the Orinoco in
the direction ot the river lurari and
two villages on the upper orinOco,
several hundred miles above san
Thome de Guyana
Sixth That Dutch occupation to the
extent indicated was perfectly well
known in Spain, and that the attempts
of the Spanish 10 dispossess the Dutch
had wholly failed
Seventh. That subsequently, to I-vo
(,-aar Rrifafp has e.,psf-ua.Il.-- -,aEuafr...l
in possession. and her subjects have
occupied further portions of the terri
tory to which the Dutch established