The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-01

Blecef9llef go -4t.4 1etA
and BefIapdtz Cof plifcliased from
:Fehezueian g9s ornament mining ne
running for 90 years 70 Bermadsz
aspaaitl I52s ami i re- simple ute
To- Belfe sqtsfe miles % land t4ttis
Oct and stirFoadlIng the lake
iss7 fJunel an ipifhging side
rantsd 10 four veaesuella Tor part 81
Befnt6sz Lax nat1e claim Y
Felicidad. bought BY Warner 4
puinlan Of Syracuse, New York, for
s4obo0!J ~
1898 lJanlary y Hamilton eoneess
sion. declared void but mining title
OF 1855 expressly .uphell BY PresidsHt
'Gfespo: . -. 2
1898 tFebfpaFyI, Second infringing
claim upon The asphalt lake made,
Government granted provisional title
to five-sixths Of Bermudez Lake to
new claimants who called their mine
Ia Venezuela"
1898 tAugust), High Federal Court
of Venezuela decided that the decree
Of January annuling the Hamilton
con cession was an act Of "usurped au'
I.thoruy" and therefore void.
1900 December 1S), President Cas-.
tro decreed that Bermudez Co.'S obtec.
tons to ''Felicidad" and Venezuela
titles we're groundlessi "Felicidad7
claim was, upheld, and definite title
ordered to be granted for La Vene.
zuela."
1900 July 2S). Venezuelan minister
Of Formento decreel that Bermudcz
Company had fulfilled up.to date the
engagements and obligations Of the
contract Of which it is the concession.
arg, ''and that "there the said contract
is in full legal force and effect"
1900 CDecember) and January, 1901
overtures made by Castro and agents
10 New York & Bermulez Co. ito ar
range matters; i. e., 10 buy back It's
property for sums ranging from $780,
600 to 100000; offers declined.
1901 (January), Bermudez Co. sent
Victor NJ. Backus to Caracas to dis
cover real source of offers to arrange
matters" At presidents palace
Baokus pretended to purchase ia
Venezuela asphalt claim for $4,000,
Castro directing the negotiations.
1901 (Jauuary, United States Gov
eminent demanded that all proceed
tpss be dropped pending investigation
BY Washington; demand denied by
Castro. ar7
1sO1,1sO8, venezuelan courts recon.
structed by Castro forlthe purpose of
delay.
1904 {January 2Sy, High Federal
| Court decided in favofsof New York
Bafaadet, Co, DENYING validity Of
la Felicidai" title on ground that
the Hdmiltpu Ian Twas valid, e1el@
siye ; concession, and that government
could nos make other grants OF as
,ho,, nronar,v 10 any other person or
corporation.
1904 tJuly 2N, Bempdez Lake
seized by Castro sud placed lin hands
Of receiver. AlIeget;Rasqp for sc.
ouestration was that Bermndez Co.
4 had not canalIzed rivers. A.. H. Car
ner. former employee otBermudez Co.
jtben in active hostility to it, appoint.
ew receiver. Demand also made for
$1,000, 900 damages on ground that
company had aided the'Matos reyolu'
ton. Company's demand for arbitra'
ttou resisted by Castro a ~
1904 to date, Garner, as receiver
thinning and shipping asphalt owned
Iby Bermudez Co. to A, L, Barber in
New York a1ii "a
The Asphalt companys Contentious
That the property Of the New York
& Bermudaz Company, owned byiit
in fee simple undertakes issued by
tho Venezuelan Government itself
was seized with out and dcause,. and
wIthoutlglying the company a chance
to be heard. #G "a
ThatithIs seizure was, the result Of
Ia conspiracy between6 President Cas-
tro of Venezuela, A. H. Garner the
receiver, land A. l.. Barber, Garner's
business associate. girE9 ~ q
That the appointment, Of, a "FeceLy-
or" hostile to- the owners Of the prop
ertylselzed was in violation aofs well
settled principles Of Law and Justice,
r. That the; action of.the reeelyer4A
/ exploiting tho property in his charge
for the benefit of Others than the own
ers, is a direct rlnalOa4of tNepe7ne'
Han laws as wei AS the common, Law
I and simpleJjustlne. Il s!ai-.fI ::
| h, That these facts jcoRstitute a;4eulsl
o6justieegsHch as tpbRaTant that4n:
EterHenion ofathe UnIssdf States t9tee.
Seurs an equitable arbitration r& the
cass5by an international trIhulnqlsii r.