Veseziela,

THE CASE OF VENEZUELA.

A REPLY

TO THE BRITISH BLUE BOOK ENTITLED “DOCUMENTS AND
CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE QUESTION
OF BOUNDARY BETWEEN BRITISH GUIANA

AND VENEZUELA."

BY

A SPECIAL COMMISSION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA.

ATLANTA, GA.:
THE FRANKLIN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.

(Translation.)

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

CARACAS, July 31, 1896. D. P. E., No. 1113:

SIR :-I transmit herewith an English translation of the Brief by Venezuela. It is in reply to the British Blue Book, entitled “Documents and Correspondence relating to the question of boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela,” presented to the two Houses of Parliament by direction of Her Britannic Majesty's Government in March last.

This Brief is to be presented to the Commission appointed to investigate and report upon the true divisional line between the two countries named. The memorandum of March last by this ministry, the three volumes of certified copies of Spanish archives already submitted, as well as the other documents, maps, etc., sent to you for that purpose, together with the pa pers submitted to the Commission by the Counsel for Venezuela, are to be deemed integral parts of the present Brief.

It is the work of a Special Commission created here in January last, to examine and classify the documents and maps found in this ministry, and in the General Archives of the Government, bearing upon the subject of frontier boundary, and subsequently charged with the preparation of a Reply to the British Blue Book.

I am, Sir,
Your
very

obedient servant,
P. EZEQUIEL ROJAS.

To Señor José Andrade, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Ven

ezuela in the United States, Washington, D. C.