| Show FRENCH CLAIMS ALLOWED vt aug 14 claims aggregating gre gating five francs held by tho french government against venezuela have been allowed by frank plumley of this phaoe to whom they had been referred for a and final mr Plum leys aon was announced here today to representatives 0 oie two governments count rocca de la paul and dr jose of eight cases involving claims forty million franca against the government of venezuela were submitted to mr plumley Plum loy ot the eight cases two were dismissed tor want of equity and ono was disallowed the claims were for damages alleged to have been sustained by french citizens conducting mercantile enterprises in venezuela during the insurrection of 1901 mr Plum leys decision as final tha exact aggregate of the claims presented was the total amount awarded to five claimants I 1 the largest amount allowed by the referee was given to the company general of orinoco on a claim of tho heaviest reduction made in any claim was in he case of the french company owners of the venezuelan railroad in which damages to the amount of were cut by the referee to |
