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Show ORINOCO CLAIMS CASE UP TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL THE HAGUE. Sept. 14. The first meeting of the international court of arbitration to hear the Orinoco claims case, In dispute between the United States and Venezuela, will be held on October 28. The Orinoco Steamship company, a New Jersey corporation, filed a claim with tho Venezuelan government for more than fl, 400.000 for tne alleged arbitrary arbi-trary destruction of certain exclusive privileges by the government of former President Castro. ThlB claim In Its early history was submitted to a mixed tribunal tri-bunal for arbitration, according to an agreement between tho governments. This tribunal awarded the company about $28,000 damages, This decision, the American secretary of state declared, abounded in errors of law and fact, and after prolonged negotiations the whole question Involved was submitted to The Hague tribunal. |