The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-04
A COMPROMISE.
Award Of the Venezuelan
Tribunal.
Venezuela Gets Little of
What 1t Claimed.
Sir Richard Webster Processes To Re
Satisfied.
Mr.. Harrison Says It
Might Be Worse.
Venezuela Gets Control of the
0rin0eO River.

Paris, October 3.-The Auglo- Venezue-
Ian commission made Its award today.
The award was unanimous. 1t IL oon.
sldered In the nature Of compromise
rather than as favoring Venezuela. It
was read at l2.O5 .. M
The award of the tribunal, briefly sum-
mar q, d, means that Of the COO, 600 square
miles claimed by Venezuela, the latter
obtains only 100 formed, rarity of the
marsh Land near the rSer Barima and
portion in the interior; while Great
Britain retains oil the forest country
The decision which vas read by III.
+. DE Martens, the umpire who has
presided over the deliberations of the tri-
blu nal, is as follows:
"The undersigned, by these presents
give and publish our decision determin-
ing and judging. touching and oonoern-
ing the questions that have been sub
mitted to us by said arbitration and In
conformity with said arbitration va de-
eide, declare and pronounce definitely
that the line of frontier of the colony of
British Guiana and the United States
Of Venezuela Ia IA follows:
"Starting on the ,ast Mt Point Playa,
the frontier shall follow straight line
to the confluence OF the Barima and the
Maruima, thence following the ThAlweg
valley of the latter to the source of the
Corentin, otherwise called the Cutari
river. Thence 1t shall proceed Co the con-
iiuence Of the Haiowa ard the Amskuru;
thence following the Tha1weg OF the
Amakur, to its source in the plain of
Imataka; thence in southwesterly direo-
ton, along the highest ridge Of the
ImAtaka mountains to the highest point
of the Imatska chain. opposite the
sourue of the Barima and the principal
chain of the IAmataka mountains; themes
In south vest direction to the source OF
the Aca' abisi. Following the Thalweg of
the Acarabisi to the Cuyuni the northern
hank of which 1t shall follow In westcr-
ly direction to the confluence of the
Cuyuni and the VAnainu; thence along
the Thalwsg of the Vanamu to the ives.
tern most source; thence In straight line
TO the summit Of Mount Raraima; thenoe
TO the source of the Cotinga. From this
point the frontier shall follow the Thai
veg of the Cotinga TO its confluence with
the Takutu; thence along the ThaIueg
of the Takutu to Its source. By this In
straight line to the most western point of
the Akar al mountains the highest ridge
of which 1t will follow TO the course of
the Corentln, whence 1t will follow the
course of the river.
at Is stipulated that the frontier here
by delimitated reserves and in no way
prejudices questions actually existing
or that may hereafter arise between
Great Britain and the republic of Brazil,
or between the republic of Brasil and
Venezuela In fixing the above delimita-
tion the arbitrators consider and decide
that In time Of peace, the rivers Amakuru
and Bsrima shall be open to navigation
by the merchant shipping of all nations.
due reserve being made with regard to
equitable regulations and the payment
OF light dues and other like imports on
condition that the dues levied by Vene-
zuela and British Guiana on ships trav-
ersing the parts of those rivers owned by
them respectively shall be imposed In ac-
oordance with the same tariff OIL Vene.
zuelan and British vessels. These tariffs
ara not to exceed those Of all other coun-
tries. The award proceeds also upon the
condition that neither Venezuela or Brit
ish Guiana shall impose any customs
duty on goods carried In vessels, ships or
boats passing through these rivers, such
customs being levied only on goods
the territory of Great Britain respective
ly."
NJ. De Martens was accompanied by
the other four members OF the tribunal.
After they had taken their seats in the
presence Of the counsel of the parties, of
Sir Edmund ]. Monson. British am bas-
sador to France, the entire staff Of the
British EN- bassy and large concourse of
people, NJ. De Martens iross and in his
opening sentences announced that the
court was going to read the award which
had been unanimously arrived at, in Eng
iish and French.
MIR. D'oyiey Carte, private secretary to
Baron Russell Of Kiliowen, one of the
British members Of the tribunal, read
the English text and NJ. De Martens read
the French.
After this the president of the tribunal,
speaking in Engliah, said he was glad to
announce that. after three months OF hard