On 26 October 1899 in a letter to a colleague, Severo Mallet-Prevost, the Official Secretary of the US–Venezuela delegation in the Tribunal of Arbitration, stated that the Arbitral Award was the result of pressures brought on the judges by the President of the Tribunal, Friedrich Martens.
26. oktober 1899 anførte den officielle sekretær for den venezuelansk/amerikanske delegation i mæglingstribunalet, Severo Mallet-Prevost, i et brev til en kollega, at mæglingsafgørelsen var et resultat af pres på dommerne fra præsidenten for tribunalet, Friedrich Martens.