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hi, prsscriptye protsctorste came under the cog
ni1apce of not only Spain but also treat britain hef
sef, when making treaty o. P ,tb Of tSst trestv il
was stipulated that Birth subjects -
sh, have The risht Of cutting, osdns aId eArrtng away
re nj Hopso "a district hundreds Of miles distant from
the Mosquito Cosst Therefore, Al lne nHsn So nay -
SpsIie6 u sn T sT Il The Stands vb.Oeysr dependent
e Aforesaid Spanish Continent and ior ~hseyei resson
&c -, errsr,or shsu return within the distinct
NM ~, VI above described IN the Of ezhteen months
md for A Fos Ssts. ' bo T on Is 0' -
II s.me nrnt4ctoraie came again under the review
f tbe anne high contracting parties III 1885, In making
further treaty. BY article lf II was stipulated a.
follows: ,,-.- -. - -. -,
have h,er,o enjoyed the protection Of Ea-ad shall evscu-
49, "a he Islands ADJACENT; without exception situated
evoud the line hereinafter described a. What ought 70 be the
position q ne efteb, oI G pscsed II the third article Of
% present Convention and addition 70 the country already
The ComnIi.sioner. Of the crowns in ms"
The line specified in the other articles Of the treaty
a. the boundaries of the special possession of the En-
gI;sb were the Rio Hondo the north and the River
Sibnn an the south together with the small island of
CANA ST. Georges Key, or Cayo Casino, and the
n,t,r of snaisl which situated opposite that
pat othe coast occupied by the cutters at the dist snce
cf e;cbt leaoues from the River Sibun place which
Gins always been found well adapted TO that purpose.
Nv article seventh all the stipulations of the treaty
of17s3 for recognizing the sovereignty OF Spain over
even this limited possession, were renewed and con-
frmed with new and more stringent restrictions. SEN
ate Doc. IS, vol. L, P. 2l.l by article second, his
Brifanc Majesty agreed that:
Sbo ud there s remain any persons so daring TO pre-
g retiring INTO me . .saSy mon Ii. 20 0S
MAJESTY 90 far sordng them the least sueoot or even
oyecion IN dsowu them In solemn manner he
Vii equally do those may hereafter attempt settle upon
the territory belonging TO the sFsIlish domain na
By article fourteenth it was stipulated as follows:
, .s. 20 tSe King OF ENGLAND that be viii not again
,i ,v aet Of severity against the Mosquitoes inhabing
m part the which be evacuated by virtue OF the
present convenn on OF e connection which may
have ubed between the said Indians aud the English and
his Britannia Majesty his part will strictly prohibit al his
subjects from furnishing warke stores TO the Indians
in situated upon the frontier Of the Spanish posses
sioT,sr fSenate Doc. IS. vol. \. p q
Thi- treaty was made the ground of motion for
vote of censure in the British House of Lords in l7s,
and was denounced as being humiliating surrender
of the Mosquito country and abandonment OF the Mos
quito nation the allies of Great Britain The Minis
trv defended the treaty. the ground that the British
and lawful settlement, and that the Mosquito nation
were not allies and therefore Great Britain was not
bound TO protect them; and the vote of censure was
refused by large majority of the Peers. Thus the
matter remained, far treaties or laws were con.
cerned until 1912, when Spain adopted new and
written Constitution in defiance of the despotic pow
err of Europe That Constitution contained this ar
tee:
West the adjacent islands in both form part of the
Spanish doniIious' .
ton, and guaranteed her sovereignty. Guatemala
threw off the Spanish yoke in ls23, and became con-
federated Republic Its Constitution thus described
the domain which it covered:
The territory Of the Republic is the which formerly
eompr the ancient Kingdom Of Guatemala with the
cepiiOn Of the present. Chspas"
This Territory included the whole of the Mosquito
coast. The special and limited British settlement
between the Rio Hondo and the Silver, called the
Balize), belonging within the Spanish province OF
YucataD and by the revolution passed under the sway
of Mexico. Great Britain acknowledged the indie
pendence of Mexico STIMULATING at the same time that
British subjects dwelling in its territories should ENJOY
the rights which had been granted to them by Spain in
the treaty of 1856 and thus reairned and reestab-
isbed her own exclusion from Central America with
the exceptions and limitations before described. Hav
ing shown that there can be lawfully no Mosquito
Kingdom or King, need not prove that there can
be lawfully no British Protectorate of such an
impossible Kingdom or King. Although IT If superfiu-
ous viii show secondly, that in fact, there Is no
such Kingdom, King or Protectorate. In Central
America population, civilization and government,
ever since the period Of Spanish discovery, have
clustered on the high grounds inland and on the
Pacific slope leaving the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
which though exceedingly fertile, was pestilential,
chiefly unoccupied. Such was the contrast between
the regions that the early visitors desebe the COlo-
ny as situated between heaven and hell That coast,
including the Mosquito shore, stil remains haunt
"of savager whom three hundred years of contact
with European civilization has not only failed TO
Improve, but actually degraded and debased."
Among them the Mosquitoes, the most degraded
and debased of ALL They mixed breed of In
dams and negroes, in number about SIX thousand
They subsist chiefly by fishing and hunting, and live
on the banks Of the agoons the verge OF the coast
occupying other part of the extensive district COW
cred in their name by the Proteetorate. Their
blood is tainted and they diminishing in
numbers, like the natives of the Sandwich Islands
The British have built town, named Blewfeld, Mt
the mouth OF the Blewfeld River, which contains 600
inhabitants, of whom 500 are Indians and negroes,
and 100 are English. Nearly all the dwellings are
mere Luts; but there is house which Is built of
boards and in this the British agent lives, together
with native, who has been selected by the British
Government to personate king The British flag
waves over the edfice, although II Is recorded that
national banner for the Mosquitoes prepared
a, London and sent TO Blewfed. The claim for this
King that their choice ratified by number Of
the chief head men of the Mosquitoes, and show
certificate TO that effect, bearing their marks They
claim, also that the present King, or some of his lat.
predecessors visited Jamaica, and there invested
with the robes of royalty by British subjects. The
Mosquitoes are heathens. They have neither churches
nor schools, nor Ministry, Parliament, or Council
They have army or navy, no treasury, no customs
no taxes, revenues, no police, no industry, ne
trade no intercourse, diplomatic or otherwise with
any other people. There are indeed, at Blewfed
civil judicial, diplomatic, military and naval author
ties; but all these British; they execute only
British orders and 6eve oil their powers and salaries
from the British Government. These, doubtless are
the reasons why Lord Palmerston in speaking of thu
MOsqueto King said. he is as much a king a. yoi
or l." and Why as Mr.. Bancroft reports, the British
House Of Commons laughed when The being present IN
1912 they voted the appropriations to support tb
Charge o'Afares at the court of that imaginary MOI
aicl Ii any substance remained in the fctons OF a
MCsqueto nation and protectorate, il finally Dis
solved by the frank and manly statements OF Lord
John Russell written the 10th of January, 1851
with view to its being submitted to the Congress ,f
the United States. He writes:
lite evident that Great Britain frs, assumed the no
and deense the Mosquito Indians position Of IN
parties has changed First Spain instead Of
sovereignty Central America and prohibiting al cninere
under her sway has entirely her domain over