The sun., 1896-03-14
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE.
orrrorxI DoCUMBNTs PREsBNTED
TO the CoMMTssIoN.

Hr,tish Iuto tho Disputed TERRITORY 70
lowing tho Rich Discoveries OF so's
Ta..w..ts or the Way from Venezuela.
WARRINGTON, March 19.-The Venezuelan
comml,,iop. at its regular meeting to-day. with
air tho members present. virtually reached the
oonclusion that the main points ut issue IN tne
dispute hinged on documents lying In the royai
archives OF Spain and Holland, ana perhaps
some other countries. and that while snch ooc-
uments would probably bc quoted by cach OF tue
disputants in support OF tho contradictory
claims presented. the duty would devoiVe on
the Commission not only to verify by actual OK
animation all such citations. but II practicabie'
to develop contemporary documents which
might throw strong sidc lights upon the owl
dcnce submitted.
Tho Commission expects to bc In possession
of the British Blue Book as we'll as tho greater
part of venezuela's case early next week. ana.
in Wow of this anticipation. Mr. Coudert ana
President Gilman, who have hitherto spent
little time in Washington. will remain here Tor
tho present for daily meetings. at which tho
weighing ana comparisoH of evidence will be
prosecuted continuously. No one Of the Com
missloners has yet had an opportunity to care
fully examine the British case. as the only
available copy that has reached them was one
Of the advance edition sent by Ambassadors
Bnyard to the State Department. which may
contain typographical or other errors incident
to hasty preparation. The regular copies for tho
Commission will arrive here, In nll probabllitys
tomorrow evening or Monday next W ME
access to State Department copy has been al
lowed there has been no opportunity 10 eAah-
Inc It fully.
The agents Of Venezuela have presented to
tho Commission. among other documents the
official report Of the Ministry OF the Interior ut
Caracas to tho Ministry OF Foreign Relations.
dated May %, 1890. consisting OF forty printed
pages, covering the rapid advances OIL INC
British colonial officers into the disputed ter
.,,... ,ounn,n. ,h. r,oh ,,,s,ov,r,.s NJ yod
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from 1885 to 1890. as investigated by national
Commission appointed by Venezuela to mako a
sci.n.ifc exp,orinu exneaition in Guianan ter.
o,. ouo nH H,". .Nps Apoa . .n,. ~ C.',.,,,,s.,n
ritory. Inc elaborate reporter this Cotntnis''oh
is now for tile first time sclosed, and shows ac-
oordInq TO the Testimony Of British magistrates
no no. British settlements M existed even Us far west
As the u'''"ron nive'' As inte "s 900 .no n.'-
Elements are referred to by the English as the
vovernm.nt ia shown N he sxer,,n, n. on,hor.
~. 70, :. ano"n ~ oo .No' ns 10 .' y.
terror it's success in some degree being shown
bv thes. tcures NJ go,d e,nnrts. ,ss5 nan
ounces: 1886. c.51s ounces; 1887. ll.oos
ounces; / sss. 1850 ounces. and for the first
six months of 1850. 4824 ounces.
These documents. and especially those relat-
ing to Venczuela's formal protest against the
ueuipa.''"' seem u p'"oo ,ie'oui' WI ,n"".
ston. Governor OF British Guiana. In the light
.h., ~, ,,.. 4, ,o,s,on, oon~nn,o.,io, ,,,,,h
n". t. "o %aI =" I". 'ra''' ~ .,.s "'.n
demonstrate that the British authorities wero
most generous to the Indians, thereby securing
access to the gold in the interior desert
eu W Nenezueians VINO were attracted oy Brit
Ism piano uishments TO the coast settlements. The
ment. NeneZueia reiyinx altogether upon the
simple statements or facts. ,,.,
1t appears IRON this report That an expedition
WAS sent out because Ienezuela became alarmed
lest the Brltlsh should ATTEMPT to seize the en-
from using the stream in any way. Tho British
colonial Governor. Hiscount Gormnnston, had
& far as the Nenczueia city of Ansostura. or
Cuaad Bolivar. $50 miles up the Orinoro. and
posts through the interior. The chief OF the
Commission, r. T. Scijas, formerly venezuela
hrm the most serious fears OF hts Govcrnment.
ana ohiy tnromEh MS denerSetlt protests TO- the
uelan Ministers abroad was the policy OF boun-
dary extension telnporarily allowed to rest hy
port. which arc verified by nccom pnnying docu-
ments. show the state OF affairs at the time and
pursued s to pepula,s the su conn,ry n' '' s'"'aS
In 1881: as MIR. Tburn. special magistrate OF
the pnmnron di.trict. aihrm., there N was no sign
now more than Fifty flourishng English settle
ments. with the prospect Of the number increns-
ing. One hundred and twenty miles from tho
lower part OF the river there was nothing exist
Ing at the time mentioned. In D.c.mbcr. 1888.
he cond barely discern the probability OF the
discovery Df gold in the dist rict; but two or
three months later it was found in considerable
quantities.
- Bnrma and Amacuro," he says "are bein:
populated rapidly, The daiiies OF the colony
published petitions for grants of gold placcrs nc
both points and at the Putoro; spccuiato or
ganiZed exped itions; the banks of Georgetown
gola: the h9verment ,,se provides TRANSPORTATION.