Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-05
BOUNDARY AWARD.
1T WAS EVIDENTLY A coMPRo-
MISE. tr
Sides Appear satisfied. Hut Claim That
1t Was Not Along the Line OF Justice.

Paris, Oct. 4.-The findings of the ar
bItration court In the matter OF the
Venezuelan boundary dispute We're
made public to-day.
The courts decision displaccs Great
Britain ton miles from the mouth OF
the Orinoco, thus giving u victory TO
Venezuela ON her chief point. or the
GO.OOO square miles claimed by Nene-
zucla the latter obtains only 10000
square miles formed partly Of marsh
lands. Great Britain is accorded equal
ity in navigating rivers and is given
some other advantages as partial
compensation.
The courts decision fixes the Vcnczu.
elan boundary rs II straight line from
Point Playa TO the river Barimos, ut
It's junction with the river Mururumn,
thence along midstrcam to the juno
ton OF the rivers Howa and Amakurn.
II Is stated that the frontier hereby
dclimltated reserves and In no way
preJudiccs questions actually existing
or that may hereafter arls. between
Great Britain and the republic or Bra
zll or between the republic OF Brazil
and Venezuela. In fixing the above
dcllmItntion. the arbItrators consider
and decide that, In time OF peace. the
rivers Amakura and Barlna shall lie
open to navigation 10y the merchant
shipping OF NIL nations. due reserve be-
Ing made with regard To equitable reg
ulntlons and the payment OF like dues
and other ike lmposts ON condition
that the dues levied by Venezuela and
British Guiana on ships traverslng
parts OF, these rivers owned by them
respectively shall BE- imposed In ne.
cordnHcc with the same tnrin OF Ven.
czuclnn and British vessels. These
tariffs nrc not to exceed those OF ali
othc. countries. Tn. award proceeds
also upon the condition that neither
Venezuela nor British Guiana shall
Impose any custom duty ON goods ear
r!cd In vessels. ships or boats passing
through these rivers. such customs he
Ing levied only on goods landed upon
Venezuelan territory or ON the territory
OF Great Britain respectively.
NJ. DE Martens, president OF the tri.
bunnl. speaking In English. said lie
was glad To announce that after thee
months OF hard work the court had
unanimously decided upon the award
which had just been read. II was n
pleasant duty now to rcstor. the for
ircT good understanding between the
conicnding parties. lie then eloquent
ly thanked his colleagues aud the ~.
spcrilsc counsel. rendering on behalf
OF the tribunal special thanks for the
hospitality extended to NIL by France.
Thcs. sentiments lie repeated In
French.
Subsequently Mr. Harrison and ".
Mnllct Provost. who wsr,. interviewed
Jointly pointed out that Great Britain.
up to the time Of the Intervention OF
the United States, distinctly refused to
hrhiirat. any portion OF the territory
east Of the SchomburE line. alleging
that its It'll" was unnssallnbl-. This
territory Included the Aiacuri river nnd
point Barimn. which IL OF tile CREATES;
sniuc s;rairsicnlly and commercially.
Tie president or the tribunal. In his
closing address to-day. ilc Venezuelan
counsel remarked. had commented up
ON the unnnimliy OF the present juig-
mcui. and had rrlCTTcd to II ns n proof
OF the success Of arbitration, hut in the
opinion of counsel II lid not require
much intelligence to penetrate behind
this superficial statement aud to SEQ
that the line drawn IL lin. OF cim.
promise aud no: line Of right.
one uf the counsel for Great Britain
made the following statement:
The award practically indorsrs the
Judgment Of S!r Robert Scliuiubnrg.
whose line II follows except In few
particulars. Great Britain acquires the
whole of the river Cuyuui. including
sit" which Venezuela alleged TO hc u
fort n; the junction OF the Curuinu aud
the cuyuni. The mnr-hy Barimn dis
trict has been awarded TO Venezuela.
possibly on the principle Of national
security. but with thc condition that
the prin1co shall H. n free waterway
TO nll nations. This piece Of land COW
crs about thirty square miles. II had
brcn offered with much more land by
every British foreign minister since
the tim" OF Lord Aberdeen. Great
Britain has suhstnniintcd almost nil of
her extreme claim. All the valuable
plantations and gold fields nsr now in-
diSputnbly settled within British ter.
ritory."
VI. De Martens. speaking Of the de-
ciSion OF the arbICrntors. said:
THE boundary which is laid down
by the judges IL n line based upon jus
ucc and law. The judges have been
nctuatcd by desire to establish n
compromise In n complicated question.
the origin of which must he looked for
nt the end OF the fifteenth century"
Other judges were generally Of the
opinion that In order to he n good In.
tcrnationnl arbitrator. II is not sufii.
cicnt to be- good lawyer. but II Is nb-
solutcly necessary TO he at the same
time statesman. They therefore
hoped that the boundary as fixed will
not only he satisfactory from the view
point of the law. hut also from that OF
international peace.