The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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page 11 of 41 (26%)
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decorated him with some Siamese order.
Of course this makes us feel all the more surprised that the King does not take any notice of the wounding of Mr. Kellett, but our gunboat is at Bangkok, and if the King owes us an apology, he will be made to give it. * * * * * The long-talked-of treaty between England and Venezuela has been signed. These countries agree to settle the question of the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana by arbitration. In NO. 9 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD you will find a full account of the quarrel between England and Venezuela. It was said that England claimed more land than belonged to her. You will see, if you look at NO. 9, how the United States stepped in, and helped to adjust matters. The signing of this treaty brings a quarrel to an end that has been going on for upwards of a century. The boundary line which has been so much disputed has been surveyed several times, but no two surveyors have agreed, and so all the troubles have come about. The treaty says that the arbitrators are to find out just how much land belonged to the colony of British Guiana at the time it became the property of England, and that they are to work from that point. |
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