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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... give to Great Britain territory which had never been Dutch , and might even conceivably have at one time . been Spanish . " In support of this claim the British Case has offered an im- mense mass of evidence , comprising an entire ...
... give to Great Britain territory which had never been Dutch , and might even conceivably have at one time . been Spanish . " In support of this claim the British Case has offered an im- mense mass of evidence , comprising an entire ...
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... give precisely the same consider- ation to what happened after this date as to what happened before , and the insertion of the fundamental instruction in the Treaty for the guidance of the Arbitrators is a meaningless string of words ...
... give precisely the same consider- ation to what happened after this date as to what happened before , and the insertion of the fundamental instruction in the Treaty for the guidance of the Arbitrators is a meaningless string of words ...
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... give effect to rights and claims resting on any other ground whatever valid according to international law , and on any principles of international law which the Arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case , and which are not in ...
... give effect to rights and claims resting on any other ground whatever valid according to international law , and on any principles of international law which the Arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case , and which are not in ...
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... gives it large powers and supervision over the persons and occupations of its colonists . Thus , the West India ... give information of the move- ments of runaways and capture them if possible , and to keep the Colonial authorities ...
... gives it large powers and supervision over the persons and occupations of its colonists . Thus , the West India ... give information of the move- ments of runaways and capture them if possible , and to keep the Colonial authorities ...
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... give effect to rights and claims resting on any other ground whatever valid according to international law , and on any principles of international law which the Arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case , and which are not in ...
... give effect to rights and claims resting on any other ground whatever valid according to international law , and on any principles of international law which the Arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case , and which are not in ...
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Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Printed Argument ..., Band 2 Venezuela Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1898 |
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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