The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-03-14
ISSUED A BLUE BOOK
ENGLAND'S SIDE or VENEZUELAN
CONTROVERSY MADE PUBLIC.

Dsgins With the Dutch settlemsnt in
10AS. Coming Down te the Present.
claim the Disputed Territory by Right
Of Purchase From Them. r..
LONDON, March THE British blue
book ON the Venezuela boundary dis
pute was laid on the table Of the house
Of commons during the day. The fol-
lowing is summary Of the position of
Great Britain a. published in the work
referred to, which il the work Of Sir
Frederick Pollock:
First-Long prior to, and at the time
Of the treaty Of Munster in l646, the
Dutch founded settlements in various
parts of British Guiana, particularly
on the coast - .
Second-The only Spanish settlement
prior to them was Santo Home de
Guayana. Fl.
Third-During the whole period
from l648 to 1895 the Dutch had unin-
terrupted possession Of the entire coast
line and the River Corentin to Barima.
Fourth-During the same period they
had explored the upper portions Of
nearly all the rivers and made many
settlements in adjacent districts.
Fifth-Prior to 1913 they was no set.
Element Of Spaniards except Santo
Home dc Guayana.
Extent Of Spanish Domains.
Stxth-Between 1724 and 1863 Ca.
puchin missions were established south.
ward Of the Orinoco and gradually ex-
tended eastward towards the Dutch
territory, the furthest point occupied
by the Spaniards being Tummeremo,
founded about 1888. ...
Before l796 the Dutch had
settled far up the Cuyuni, a Dutch post
was established near the Yuruary, and
the Dutch had full control Of the whole
basin Of the Cuyuni.
Eghth-Except for the settlement Of
Santa Home de Guayana and their
missions, the Spaniards exercised no
authority in the territory now in dis
pute.
Ninth-Great Britain, on becoming
posseesor of the colony, succeeded to all
the rights Of the Dutch.
Tenth-After 1875 Great Britain ex-
tended her settlements and exercised
over the territory originally claimed by
the Dutch all the rights whereby ma
tions usually indicate . claim to terri.
tory.
Never Claimed the Territory.
Eleventh Neither Spain nor Venez-
uela, after the latter had declared her
independence, at any time had posses
sion OF or dominion over the territory
In question.
Twelfth-Great Britain, while main
tanning her just rights, has consistently
shown desire to make . fair arrange
ment with Venexuela in regard to the
boundary.
Thirteenth-The claim Of Venezuela
that her territory extends to the Esse-
uuibo is based on conditions in nowise
supported by facts and cannot be justi-
fed ON any reasonable ground.
The foregoing thus establishes Great
Britain in her strict right to be enti-
tied to the territory extending to
Barima, including the water sheds Of
the Essequibo. Cuyuni. Yuruari. Po-
maroon, Waini and Barima.
The blue book contains nine maps,
prepared in order to illustrate the vari-
ous boundary lines referred to in the
correspondence.
All the London dailies editorially
comment ON the Venezuelan blue book,
praising its compilers and hoping it
win be widsly read BY Americans.
4 =
DritisA ships on vsnsxusla Coast.
LONDON, March 7.-Information Is
received from Curucoa, Danish West
Indies. by way Of Caracas, that the
authorities Of the former place have
been advised that British squadron Of
slx ships win arrive there in few
days. Curucoa is about 76 miles from