The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-07
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE,
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~ ~ NE United States, was sxpsctsd, at Liver
pesl % Ne HI alt, 70 take HE passage BY tho
eyA nAl steamer Europa, for New York, on h'S
ysuAs v Washington.
4 Cadix journal announces that 10 hns 81
sAsAnsrs plying between Spain and Cuba would be
sAsstly reinforced by two largo steamers Inc ~
pastures from Csdis would then take place twice
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m. Fsarsus O'Conner's health was rapidly i'm I
wsvhs under the care Of DR.. Tuke, Of whose
,sssssa dc santS 10 is an inmate Moderated diet
ed yestristion from intoxicating lqsors, together
viii abundant exercise, and the absence Of sxcfe-
nsns, (poHtical, pesuniaTy, and personally have
lssssht around this favorable result.
Pi]oSo, the musician 10 married v Madenoiseile
Nssh.
Nkgnet has inst finished work called tho ''His
tssy Of the Reformation" upon which be has been
snsassd thirty years. eglt os a.
Ne 81. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts ]Onla
SpsA On the first Of September. Foreign Artists
vsss invited TO send in their works for competition
An interesting work, BY Glisski, has BEE. com
sanSsd BY The King Of Prussia. viii b copy
been executed ut the royal establishment Of glass
Wanting At Berlin.
A splendid Rubens bias been added 70 tho gallery
~ Berlin. 1t was discovered by accident, and pus-
chased by command Of bis Majesty.
The statue of Franz, Emperor Of Austria. mo lei
Cd By ScbwantbakS, Is being cast ~ Munich, and
viii be erected ~ FrapzeDsbsd.
Kaulbaeh's wonderful cartoon Of the "Tover Of
Babel 10 being exhibited at Wiesbaden for char
aabk purpose.
The Guano Dispute between the Ualsed
States and Peru.
From the London Times. august Is
few months ago, application was made to the
Foreign Office, on the part Of certain merchants Of
this country for information respecting the terri
tsysal sovereignty Of the Lobos Isiands These de-
selate and uninhabtable rocks rising from the
south Pacific At distance, in case, Of fifteen.
And, in the other, Of forty miles from the of
ress, became suddenly invested with an extraor-
si.aSy value, by the increasing use Of guano Their
otherwise unproductive surface was found to be
covered with thick layers of this precious manure
ans, as no vestiges Of human occupation were dis.
sesnible on their shores, it naturally inquired
whether the rights of possession were vested BY the
principles Of public law in any particular State or
whether the deposits were not the common property
e eli who chose to seek them. The rights in ques
1sn we're claimed by the republic Of Peru on the
grounds OF contguity, recognized dominion, and
such species Of occupany circumstances permit
ted. These grounds viii be found exemph6ed more
Diainly as We proceed but the Foreign Secretary
asr due consideration Of the case, returned for
swsr 10 the applicants aforesaid that the Peruvian
sss appeared Yand tacae to be valid, and that
Se4uentiy, "hovever advantageous it might be to
ssaf Britain to appropriate these islands declare
zen common Property, 1t was impossible for her
nejestys government 70 violate international law
-1cT national interest
About the same time, or little later a similar
Application was made in the United States by James
.. Jewett, captain Ct q trading vessel who on be-
nsb Ct his fellow citizens Of New York, requested
Nj. Webster to furnish him with similar informa-
ten IN satisfaction Of similar curiosity. Mr.. Web.
sser replied to Captain Jewett by communi alton
winch, Tor important" though inspected reasons,
n the American view Of confidential intercourse or
hon some relaxation Of the conditions originally
S3posed, has heen published a, full length in the
New York journals. In this letter the secre,arv
states that his department. was not aware that the
Lepcs lsiands WIRE either discovered or oecu-
pied by spain Peru, or that the cuano on
sosm nao ever been used Tor nanue on the
be sdds, from the continent is five or six times
greater than is ecessary 10 make them a dependen-
thereof pursuant to the public aw;'' and he pro-
quite probable that BeI jamin Mor1ell Jun who. as
master Of the schooner Wasp, of New York, visited
these Islands IN September, 1923, may justly cajn
70 have been their discoverer i" "Un0er these cH-
ssnsiaDces," continues Mr.. Webster, sit may be
the snty Of this government to protect citizens Of
the United states who may visit the Lobos Islands
19r TIE sake OF obtaining guano;" which ''duty he
observes viii b the more apparent when it Is con-
Sdered that the consumers in this country might
probably obtain it for half the price thew owpay
we're IT net dor the charges Of the Peruvian govern
The reader will hardly fail to remark how accu-
Iately this concluding q consideration comedies
wNh that which induced the same statesman to
defend the eneToachmen,s Of New England Gsher-
men upon waters not their own; but the whole
cemn unication is characterized by such laxity of
Pohhcai argument that it would have been more
conducive TO Mr.. Websters reputation if the pr-
vacy originally bespoken for it had been more
Vigorously observed. Two grounds are notified by
the American Secretary as warrantng the traders
OF the United States in taking guano from the Lo
Dos Islands without paying for 1t. One Of these
that OF prlor dscoyery-we may very briefly dismiss;
for, not to dwell on the ludicrous assumption that
ian6s within forty miles of well known coast in
'WelItreqnented sea, should have remained unde-
tected till the days Of George w., it is very clear
that Benjamin Morell. jun can have little credit
Tor introducing the world to the islands which were
set down IN common ma pc under their Spanish names
tor many years before he born. Nor is the other
argument much stronger. Mr. Webster simplv
remarks in depreciation of the Peruvian claim, that
his department was not aware of any circumstnn.
ses constituting its validity. Perhaps not; but. as
few departments have The advantage Of omniscence
would surely not have been ipudicious TO have in.
shtnted some Inquiries before proceeding on this
negative evidence TO denolish the property of an
independent state In its own alleged posse ssions
There was iDcontestably pYund faCie case in favor
OF the Peluvian goveinment, as inheritor Of tie
Spanish dominion. These islands lay of its own
coasts, they were called by descriptive Spanish
names Lobos de TERRA and Looos Afuera. the
Hitler and the Further Lobos), they had never
been claimed by any other State, and they had ex-
perleneed precisely that amount Of occupation
which the nature Of .hirgs suggested being ne
elected while their contents were unknown and
guarded when the time fer appreciation In
point oil fact the Poruyians had exerc ed indsput-
aole acts Of sovereignty msny ears ago They had
warned on hreign vessels early a. 1853. and had
taken careful surveys and aaEeasure nents Of
their animal treasures in lSh. In she interval
more than one British vessel had been seized for
trespass and the seizuie had been allowed AT
this moment however. a strange elucidation
bias been offered IN the United States Of the con.
trnst thus furnished between American aud British
policy 1t has been plainly declared that in for
bearing TO substitute might for right the Lobos
slets, England has been only circuitously pre-
noting her own IeGun'ary interests Englshmen,
u IL Eaia are PeInAlan Londholdcrs 10 q la1re en.