The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-16
BOUNDARY FIXED
End of a Long-Standing
Dispute.
Ex-Presidsnt Harrison Gets n Bis
Fee for His Services In the
Venezuela Boundary Case.

PARIS. Get. BY the direction o,
the Acknowledgements Arbitration COM
mission some OF Great Britain's claims
as TO the interior and on the cols; are
disallowed. Her frontier will start At
the waini river.
The award was unanimous. Il was
considered in the nature OF = compTo-
mise. rather than rs favoring Nene-
zuela. IL was read at 1905 p. n.
The decision. which WIS read by VI.
F. Demartins. the umpire who has pre-
sided over the deliberations OF the tri-
bunal, is as follows:
The undersigned. by these presents.
give and publish our decision determin-
ing and judging touching and concern
ing the questions that have been sub
mitted to- us with said arbitration. We
decide. declare and pronounce definite
~ that the line of frontier OF the colony
of British Guiana and the United
States OF Venezuela is as follows:
Starting on the coast ut Point
Playa, the frontier shall follow a
straight line to- the confluence OF the
Barima and the Maruima, thence fol-
lowing the Thalweg OF the latter to
source OF the Correntin. otherwise call
ed the Cutari River.
Thence 1t shall proceed to- the con
fiuence Of the Haiwa and the ANA
kuru: thence following the Thalwcg Of
the Amakuru to- its source In the plain
of Imatika; thence in a southerly dircc-
ton along the highest ridge of the
Imatika Mountains to- the highest point
OF the Imatika chain. opposite the
source OF the Barima and the principal
chain of the Imatika Mountains:
thence in a southeast direction. to- the
source of the Acarabisi.
Following the Thalweg OF the Aca'
rabisi to the Cuuyni. the northern bank
of which It shall follow in a westerly
direction to- the confluence OF the
Cuuyni and the vanamu; thence. alonl
the Thalweg of the Vanamu to- 1t:
westernmost source; thence in I
straight line to- the summit OF Mount
| Borarima: thence to- the source OF tbs
Colinga. From this point the frontiel
shall follow the Thalweg OF the Ceilings
to its confluence with the Takulu
then along the Thalweg OF the Takul'
to- its source: thence in a straight lin,
to- the most western point OF th'
Aketrari Mountains. the highest ridg
of which it shall follow to- the sourc
of the Corentin. whence II will follow
the course OF the river"
The award OF the tribunal. brief.
summarized. means that OF the 5000
square miles claimed by Venezuela tina
country obtains only 100. formed part
" OF the marsh land near the rive
Barima. and n portion OF the interior
while Great Britain retains all IN
forest country.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 9.-The deci
sion of the Board OF Arbitration in tn
Venezuela boundary case was receive
with much interest because of the con
nection OF ex-President Harrison wit
1t as chief counsel for the republic q
Venezuela. and 1t came to- light IN
cidentally that his fee in the case
$3.50. 200.
1t is said he refused to make an
charge till he had examined into tn
case. and when he communicated to- IN
Venezuelan Government his convictic
that England was wrong in her Cunter
lion he was Immediately offered $3.50
600 to undertake the case. In order {
give his whole time to- 1t the EXPIRES
ident refused retainers in a numbs
OF important cases and for nearly tv'
years applied himself wholly to- Il.