Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Printed Argument on Behalf of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration, Bände 1-2Evening Post Job Printing House, 1898 - 765 Seiten |
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... falls or rapids , at which point navigation ends . The settlements never went beyond these falls . Their tendency during the whole period of Dutch rule was down the river , until finally the neighborhood of the original post was almost ...
... falls or rapids , at which point navigation ends . The settlements never went beyond these falls . Their tendency during the whole period of Dutch rule was down the river , until finally the neighborhood of the original post was almost ...
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... falls of the Cuyuni , in the interior , and of Essequibo , on the coast , first arose on the occasion of the sta- tioning of a trading agent by the Dutch in the Cuyuni at a point about fifty miles from its mouth , or from thirty - five ...
... falls of the Cuyuni , in the interior , and of Essequibo , on the coast , first arose on the occasion of the sta- tioning of a trading agent by the Dutch in the Cuyuni at a point about fifty miles from its mouth , or from thirty - five ...
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... falls . The fact once admitted that the present occupation is not in excess of the occupation of 1814 , no reason can be shown for admitting evidence as to occupation since that date . IV . THE THREE RULES OF THE TREATY . The Treaty ...
... falls . The fact once admitted that the present occupation is not in excess of the occupation of 1814 , no reason can be shown for admitting evidence as to occupation since that date . IV . THE THREE RULES OF THE TREATY . The Treaty ...
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... falls of the Cuyuni . In 1850 an agreement was entered into by the two parties that neither should occupy or encroach upon the territory in dispute ; and no territorial benefits can certainly be derived by Great Britain from any ...
... falls of the Cuyuni . In 1850 an agreement was entered into by the two parties that neither should occupy or encroach upon the territory in dispute ; and no territorial benefits can certainly be derived by Great Britain from any ...
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... fall , and can hardly , therefore , be regarded as constitut- ing an occupation of the river above those falls ; similarly the work of the " mining master , " by whom of course is meant Hilde- brandt , was confined to the lowest reaches ...
... fall , and can hardly , therefore , be regarded as constitut- ing an occupation of the river above those falls ; similarly the work of the " mining master , " by whom of course is meant Hilde- brandt , was confined to the lowest reaches ...
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abandoned acquired acts actual settlement adverse holding adverse possession Agreement of 1850 Amacura Arbitrators asserted authorities Barima Point Barima-Waini boundary line Britain British claim British Government British Guiana Caribs cession charter coast territory colonists colony Commandeur Company's Creek Cuyuni River Director-General disputed territory district dominion Dutch Dutch claim Dutch settlement Essequibo established evidence exercise extend fact falls frontier Governor grant Guayana Indians interior international law island jurisdiction land letter limits Lord Aberdeen Lord Salisbury Majesty's Government Massaruni ment miles mission Moruca mouth nation Netherlands Orinoco party period plantations Pomeroon possession Postholder principle proposed question quibo reason reference region rule Santo Thome savanna says Schomburgk Line settle settlers sion slaves sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish statement Storm subjects Surinam terra nullius territory in dispute tion title by discovery trade Treaty of Munster tribes Tribunal tributaries V. C. II Venezuela Venezuelan Government Waini West India Company whole
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Seite 597 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession...
Seite 280 - The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation, until its fate shall be determined at the treaty of peace. If it be ceded by the treaty, the acquisition is confirmed, and the ceded territory becomes a part of the nation to which it is annexed, either on the terms stipulated in the treaty of cession, or on such as its new master shall impose.
Seite 189 - But, as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements, and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law by which the rights of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves.
Seite 242 - Netherlands or from any place outside them, to sail upon or to trade with the coasts and lands of Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope...
Seite 32 - The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territories belonging to or that might lawfully be claimed by the United Netherlands or by the Kingdom of Spain, respectively, at the time of the acquisition by Great Britain of the Colony of British Guiana — and shall determine the boundary line between the Colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela.
Seite 280 - The sovereignty of the United States over the territory was, of course, suspended, and the laws of the United States could no longer be rightfully enforced there, or be obligatory upon the inhabitants who remained and submitted to the conquerors. By the surrender the inhabitants passed under a temporary allegiance to the British government, and were bound by such laws, and such only, as it chose to recognize and impose.
Seite lii - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Seite 190 - So early as the year 1496 her monarch granted a commission to the Cabots to discover countries then unknown to Christian people, and to take possession of them in the name of the king of England. Two years afterwards, Cabot proceeded on this voyage, and discovered the continent of North America, along which he sailed as far south as Virginia. To this discovery the English trace their title. In this first effort made by the English government to acquire territory on this continent we perceive a complete...
Seite 36 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Seite 739 - Consider what the consequence would be if " lands of this description were not considered as appendant " to the main land, and as comprised within the bounds of " territory. If they do not belong to the United States of " America, any other Power might occupy them ; they might " be embanked and fortified. What a thorn would this be in