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along these faraway coasts, aud cut on
many OF the treasure ships that car.
Rcd 10 spain the means of maintain.
,nE nor long and cruel warr, Il was
by settlement In territory claimed by
spain and while al war with thai coun.
Try that the Dutch Got q fonthoid Ia
uulnha. ana BY treaty OF Munster In
lts, after the thlrty-yeara' war In
EUROPE, rycelNcd grant from Spain u
territorial rights Ia Guiana. What "
now llrltlah Guiana was held Tor 100
years by the Dutch. ny eonguest and
treaty i was fnaliy ccded to dreai
The evidence submitted IN thi. inter.
national lawsuit Il particularly voium.
nous Tor the two and half centuries
since NO treaty q lsl., which gave 10
Mell-drhned boundary between spanish
ana Dutch ppssearionr. and thus start.
"a nll the trouble. There arc Dutrh
documents. complete nnd wen connect.
%, frum The Hague. spanish docu.
m.nir, incomplete, Hcattcfed. gathered
w, hr,at mbor from archives With
q search also In tho Vatican nt
rome nmonf reports OF the Spanish
mission settlements In the disputed ter'
fltofy, Material. also had natufniiy be1n
gathering In the Venezuelan arrhlyes
AZ 'MacnH. Then there We're the Eng.
lith blue books. supplemented In me ~.
search on venexuela's behalf hy unof,i-
elal publications about geogrnphicnl
subjects and tfIsyei not always IN mr.
inony with the official documents.
All the documents In foreign Ian.
Fuases have been translated and The
Mhnle proceedings are Ia English. An
the evidence Il In. Everything aubmit'
ted has been printed. aud copies on he
many volumes have been furnished 10
the nve afbllrntOfH and the rcsnectiVe
counsel What II called tho ease" or
the opening statement Of facts Tor
Great Htitain, takes up one volume.
Win several volumes Of appendices or
exhibits. The ease for Venezuela takes
up one volume. with two volumes on
appendices. Each side also submitted
with It's ease" an atlas 81 mnps bear
inf on the controversy The "counter.
case" Of Great britain takes IN one
volume ana volume OF appendices.
and the "counter-case' 81 Venezuela
one volume with two volumes N an
pendices, Each side. with itH counter
case, submitted another atlas. Then
came the printed argument. Milling Two
volumes, or about MOO pages, for Veue.
zuela. and only one volume OF about
nlxty-nve pages. for Great britain.
Thus far. therefore. twenty-three prlnt.
ed volumes have been submitted. Fur
Their proceedings are Co be By oral ar.
rument though such things az mo ar.
bitrators may call for Will he submitted
IN printing and the other side Will have
leave 10 print replies.
Assisting Gen. Harrison as counsel
for Venezuela are BENJAMIN y. Tracy
who was secretary Of the navy In his
cabinet =, Mailet-PreVost and James
Russell foley. all ~ New York. =.
Mnllet Provost was secretary of the
United States commission on this
boundary dispute. and had done much
work for the commission In placing ovi-
dence In shape. He was, therefore. IA
miliar with the details 81 the dispute
and was especially valuable IN making
up the Venezuelan case In the short
time between January 1898, and March
" ~ the same year. when the case was
submitted, There Il no citizen Of Ven- |
ezuela among the counsel for that oOun- |
try, but J. NJ, DE Roias, of Venezuela. |
u agent for his country In tho llilga- |
ton. Gen. Harrison, engaged In a case
for n Spanish speaking country, ana /
one IN which documents translated |
from foreign languages are numerous,
Il familiar only with the English Ian
guare. Ito Il. further, making his first
trip 10 Europe In going 10 Paris 10
plead for Venezuela In this case,