Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
THE DELAGOA BAY AWARD
PORTUGAL MUST PAY DAMAGES TO
THE EXTENT OF s3,OOO,OO
Decision Was q Surprise and Aroused
q Storm of Protest In
England.

A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland, says:
According to the Delagoa Bay railroad
award, Portugal Is condemned to pay 49,
$4,000 francs. Following is the text Of
the decision, which is in six clauses:
The preamble says:
After elaboration, the court DEGREES as
follows:
1.-The court rejects all demands in favor
Of a fnal inquiry. 1t declines also to sep
arate the judgment on the principal object
Of litigation from that dealing with the in
lion the other hand, the court decides
to deliver forthwith its definite decree on
the main question and to communicate to
the parties an authentic copy of its essen
t!al points, the complete decree, with
recital Of the reasons, to follow after
short period.
Hereupon the court, consisting of three
members present, unanimously returned
and filed It's decree in the following terms:
THE Portuguese government, as the de-
1ending party, Is condemned to pay to the
government of the United States and to
Great Britain, the claimants, altogether, in
addition to the f2s000 paid on account in
1880, the sum Of 1884, 600 francs in legal
Swiss money, with simple interest on this
from juno 1. 1889. up to aate of payment of
said sum.
lI-This sum. after deducting what is
necessary to defray the cost of arbitration
to the balance OF f2s, GOO paid on account in
1880. shall be employed in the payment of
bondholders and other creditors. If there is
neea, OF the Deiagoa Bay Railroad Com
claimants to draw up a scale of distribu-
ton Tor this purpose. The Portuguese gov
ernment will have to pay into the hands of
the government Of the United States the
sum which. according to scale, shall accrue
to McMurdo, represented by said govern
ment IN her quality Of bondholding creditor
the surplus to the government Of Great
Britain for the benefit Of all others having
rights, '''s
last line Of clause " Of the arh,trattnn
compromise shall run from this day forth.
1V-Ths costs Of the arbitration, accord
ing to a scale to be drawn up in accordance
with clause V Of the arbitration comnros
mise, will be borne in equal parts by the
three parties to the suit-that ia to saw. a
third Rast by each Of them.
VIIhe conclusion Of the parties in SO far
aside. are set
Wan authentic copy of the present
awa a,s, viii be delivered through the inter-
each OF the three parties to the case,
The award Is unanimous
LONDON, March 30.LThe London manor.
almost without exception, criticize the
award: The Daily News says: The sum
the unconscdonahle time taken by tha srh;-
traitors In arriving at a decision It has
been estimated that between two and two
ana haif million sterling at least would
be the amount Of the award, and on tho
financial obligations thus to be laid unon
Portugal q great deal OF political specula-
ton has recently turned. This SPECULATION
Of modification n
The Daily Graphic nays: i"rhe award is
profoundly unsatisfactory, for, If ever there
Yves hish-handed and unjustifiable raid on
private property. 1t was the confiscation of
the Delagoa Bay railway
Inc Times says: 1.-THE company and It's
creditors will doubtless consider the srm
awarded far from adequate, but it is prob-
ably as much as they could reasonably have
expected to recover, and asimuch as Portu.
gal can manage to raise without assist
After commenting on the, needless de;av
IN the proceedings the Times goes on to
say: 1T is believed that Portugal some
Time ago made provisions for meeting the
greater part Of the sum awarded. There Is
nothing but sympathyTfor Portugal in this
country. She has done wrong to British
and American subjects, but 1t Is manifest
that she did not do 1t Of her own free will.
she was acting under degree Of pressure
which Verged upon duress-pressure con-
sistently applied, 1t may be noted, for OBJ
Jects avowedly political and avowedly hos
tile to British influence, not from the time
or the Jameson raid, but from the time
when Mr.. Kruger was negotiating the Lon
don convention.
Should Portugal. in these conditions, I'M
expectedly experience difficulties In making
the necessary payments, there can be no
doubt that British capital would gladly
come TO the assistance of our old ally"