The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13
GREAT BRITAIN'S CASE
IN Relation TO the Venezuelan Ter.
ritorial Controversy.
summary OF the Biue Rock Prepar.d n,
sr frederick Pollock. In which
lie Makes "a sirong Case
for England.


LONDON March 5-The St lam.
"aD"tte, under the caption: THE Hri
ish Case Against Venezuela pul
Asies TWO columns Of matter. which
Chains Is SUMMARY OF the report mad
by SIR Frederick Pollock for sui
mission to parliament. The Gazett
says that besides having al his ~,
posn' documents ia possession OF tn
BRUSH colonial and foreign Offices 81
frederick Pollock has drawn frcel,
IRON information made accessible I.
the british government by the keeper
OF the
ARCHIVES OF SPAIN AND HOLLAND.
The material supplied BY Holland coy.
ers the period from the latter part OF
the sixteenth century TO the second
decade of the nineteenth century. and
the panl>hdocumcnts cover the perio
siace the first ascent of the Amazon ~
orellana, in l5f2, and from the first n l.
cent OF The orinoco hy Juan MARTINEZ
until Venezuela. in $50, assumed indie
pendent existence. The evidence in
eiudes the particulars and circum.
stances in which the British took pos
session of the whole OF
THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COLONIES.
In l'sl. 1870 and 1908. and the treaties
under which these tran>fcrcncos were
ratified, the first one being concluded
In 1914. TO which Spain was a party
The evidence also includes the story
OF the correspondence and negotiation
VIVA the various interested govern
meats by Venezuela from 1910 down 10
the present time.
me information supplied bv the
colonial otiice comprises that collected
py the successive governors of the ter
ritory since the administration Of Col
Nicholson, in 1903 as regards the ex-
tent and
CHARACTER OF TIE DUTCH OCCUPATION
and exploration of the interior. and
also the details of the Venezuelan IN.
cursions into British territory between
."e orinoco and the Cuyuni, the at
Fhpts OF American concessionaires TO
establish themselves in British Guiana.
The steps taken to maintain British
ownership and the work done by Great
Britain to ascertain the natural and
geographic boundary without mr.. in.
dice to styict territorial rights bevond
such boundary. These documents NJ. ,
by
IMPORTANT MAPS HEARING rurprox ,
snow british case of overwhelming t
strength against Venezuelan preten. c
SONS OF OWNERSHIP to the west bank OF Il
he Essequibo. +
The report shows that the Dutch had I
rom The earliest TINES possession az i
ne coast of Guiana as far north a. tha y
MOUTH OF the Orinoco such possession 9
implying the right q ownership of the I.
lnterland, right exercised by The "
'utch, who in the sixteenth century Il
au coffee, cotton and sugar planta- a
IONS far up the rivers and /.
PHosrEcTED FOR GOLD AND SILVER W
the BASIN Of the Cuyuri. The early n
utch maps give the northwest bonn "a
airy, starting from Parma Point and
king a northwestcrly course inland
'nghly parallel with the Orinoco to m
he confluence of the Caroni and ,ha OK
rinoco. One Of these raaps. prepared iei
n kouis Nv Of France. bv the KINGS pl
'ographcr- De Liste. ana printed in toe
nslerdan IN lT1i. shows the line of nj
Iriition according to tie at
III. ISSUED ny PORE ALEXANDER VI W.
otting the whole Of south America az
Isl Of the Amazons to spain. and the W
hole o. the territory on the east III Wi
4 mazon to Portugal. To the west re
TINS IS large section extending ~
'm the Amazon To the mouth of the arr
in''co marked Guyana" This III ~
'ided in two the Dutch part extend coi
from Barma to the river Mariwini -
the French part from the Mari CT
nj to Cape Norl
ON THE DELTA OF TIL. AMAZON
The Spanish settlement offs Theme ,
the Orip geo. appears on this man
! the Dutch line from Eariini i iden- ~
ga with the line representing the -,
RENE British claims The Esscanibo 'ra
expressly taken out of the limit Of
spanish settlements, not only bv MI.
line mentioned, but ~ the words LII
sscquibe AJAX Holland" TT
siR FREDERICK POLLOCK Proposes 49,
i the >paniards at no time estab- AIN.
led themselves ia Guiana proper IN III
Lhcy ovcrran part Of the British ter n
Try TO the Cuyuni in and since ISIS. ~,
" got no further than the Orinoco. 4.
fact that St Thome is marked on n
French map as the extreme limit Of h.,,,
Y stations IS proved by Dutch H.,
?, which. in l7os. was prepared for i, !.
committee Of colonies of the Ba-
ian republic by Mai Won Blouchen-
Ter This map shows that the
on FRONTIER BEGINS AT gARruA
n when straight line is drawn In. :,
with the words above il ..Ancien
te Hollandais Sur Les Limites De 80
'essiones Espagnoles. This man -
prepared to assist the statesmen ~
were negotiating the cession of ',o''
Dutch colonies in Sonth America 49,
treat Britain. Sir Frederick Pol 'A'u ~,
gives details showing that it was ~,
the cession a. -, maps signi
rur ,o,.,.a. judg
n from the archives shows that
n the spanish showed Themselves ..
he Cuyuni valley the Dutch row 'A'"'
ncnt vigorously protested to Snain