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4 sDIEIaN 61HFTcE hi June i96 1876.
III slis es sasg III
United States, dated the uit eh sas
placed ng XIV inIny tfh isasfsss ets
ts sIlgIses V tlle she
British Government and that of tile United
regarding fhe and eacs of tse
I ton 81 apsil ~ and THE subject Of Geffa
snerica generaly has received the afteusIT consad
IGNITION ot her alesty government
Before proceed to communicate so ySa sf
of her iIrepfy 81 this
Till hes leave fto remark ansWerto III Ma
oossf that direct coiasnuIll nfGn
man subject had for some time ceased batHeen s
j BaehanaH aTd such eorfesponaeilee lad
ceased became ppeased to her Govern
IneIt ttiat spondence was not keIg
question turned upon tlls of tfe
OF 1850, respecting which her Government
learnt for the firss Elis y
view had been taken by present of
the United States, different ron TEE s,rese
ing government SSS$55$ M
Tile treaty arose out of tEe various psoiaos
mad been started for
across Central America. betEeen sFle and
tne paettie and had reference 10 scheme
of ship canal b The river John a,id flie Lake
NaeaTa Tasias aa gaas
mnnicatioa, ,art 5e fsentYaI
they might pass. sload lie Nee for the tise o An iii.
aens aId should not fa exclnsfgs control
These Objects and purpaseaa aare sfearIy axnlainsd
and stated IN TIE frsE lics Il as loyg
. ne governments Of Great Britain ana thu Uni.
tsa states hereby declare tlias nor
other Will ever obtain or maintain fps a1v
control over the said ship canal that
neither will ever erect maintain any Hill
commanding tl1e same er n The og
occupy, or fortify or colonise assume 0r
4 any dominion over Nieara Gasta Hiea, ,tls Nos
Quito coast, Or any part Of Central America nor
either make use of any
q may ailord n any aliiance has
i have 70 Or with any State purpose
Of erecting q any such ations, or
Of oceupy or eoionising Nicaragaa
Costa Rca, the Mosqu coast, or any part of Gen
/ ra America or Of assuming Of exercising
| over the same. S5s
Nor VIII Great Britain or tile United states take
advantage Of any intimacy, or use any alliance con
aseaoa n influence tlt either
canal may pas, for the purpose Of acquiring or
ing, directly or indirectly citizsus
sof the one any rights or
commerce Or naFig cation troug said canal which
i shall not be offered on the same terms tO THE subjects
! or citizens of the other
4 Her Majesty's Government deemed that the plain
i and this article was
4 that each goyernrnea was rohibited from doing
what the words Of the declared that
neither mens shanld hereafter da but
both governments retained The giifs which they
previously enjoyed Wfeseitho rights were not ex
pTessly limited OF abandoned
it'll regard especially to sIie prefecton which foE
long course time the British has
from requiring that to cease aeknaWiedges
its existence, and coatenplates acr
the article says that neither part make as 0g
any profession gflIc y affords or may
ta1nng any rtfGations of occupying, fyfn
Or colonsing the countries therein specified. IEg
treaty, therefore does not existing
to cease nlt only forElts using such
n certain specified purposes
4 repeatedly informed Mr.. Buchanan that il was
the wish Of her Majesty Government
rom the proteetorate Of Mosgt1it taey
could doso with honor. securing adequate provision
for the king and the Indians of that country that
Ruatan was possession of her ersSVn and
that, as her Government could not consent
to abandon the proteetorate Mosquito or to give
4 up the Island OF merely pursuance af an
given by the Government 6f the United
States to q treaty hieh her
\ Government did not admit the most usual is well
as the most friendly course to pursue was to refer
the nleaning Of the treaty the decision of third
power. 55ss #$s 8s$sS sasssss
This offer was made by me To- Nh. achanat br fbe
direftion Of her Government twas seYeraI
times renewed and discussed between us. Mr. Gfamn-
ton ought, according te his Instructions
Il TO have communicate AT the time when
ne ItGtlptA lti my OIL Ge IuL OF sUYelnneTs
4 giving account of my conversations with Mr. Bu-
chanan but his not having done 10 as of little
sequence, as Mr. Buchanan had often assured me that
everything which had PASSED IasWeen MS Ind beer
duly reported to his government. am therefore bit &
loss to understand how happened that the pesdAn
should, as stated by Mr.. Marcy, have been iFsiueed
4 only by certain collateral incidents to4nar that arb
tration by third power of the difference between the
two governments in reati to Central America had
n been proposed by her hajestY's GoVeInmen
4 ~ miseonception has however, aiken place; Fhich
IS to he regretted on accoant of the DELAY which s
has occasioned; but this has been rendered compare
lively unmportant by the dispatch of Mfr. Marcy and
the course Of proceeding which he now proposes for
the adoption Of the two governments Her Maiestyis
4 Government being as solGitous Is the President to
preserve paired the friendly relations Of she two
countries, is prepared to enter into negotiations on
q these matters with sincere desre 10 bring them te
4 a speedy and satisfactory conclusion
Mr. Marcy is correct when he states that Great Brit
ain lays no claim to any possession territory on
Mosquito coast, and her Majestys Government consid
er now, as they have always the fu-
ture condition Of the Mosquito Indians which her
Majestys Government are hound in honor to PROVIDE
might be assured BY direct meg godatiens Z
is not contended nor never has been contsndsd;
4 that the British Government, consistently with the
stpuatons Of the treaty of 1850 could in the name
of the Mosquito Indians, g take with military force
and hold San Juan de Nicaragu or any other point
in Central Americas and her Government
agree with Nh. Marcy. that such proceeding would
be iTeconcable with the independence and neutral
ity of the Isthmus and would render the treaty
tory to the United States but such preension
ever been advanced and such proceeding has been
! contemplated. sS 5F$ 35 sg6
With respect to the district Of Belize, her Majesty
Government consider that the only question to de-
termned as regards Central America, is that Of the
boundary between that country and the British pos
sessions and in the settlement of that question no
insurmo bic difficulty need be anticipated
With respect to Ruatan aud the other Bay Islands,
these at different periods, have been held by Great
Britain as well as by Spain; and, having been again
occupied by British settlers, formal possession was
taken Of Ruatan in 1889 by Great Britain, which has
since been uninterruptedly maintained. The populas
ton increased fast, and magistrates were, from time
to time appointed by the Superinte Of Belize
!. until 1852 when these islands received regular
form Of colonial government, solely for the purpose
of their better internal administration: but Great
Britain did not thereby acquire any rights
1, that she did not previously possess. 3
! The Government of the United States, however,
maintain that even supposing the Clayton
treaty were only prospective in its operation, these
islands were no part of the British domnions earlier
Y than 1897. 84a $#ss5 Az
}, II the differences between the two governments on
this subject cannot be arranged by
there seems no reason why they might not form the
I matter of a reference toa third power. Is:
Her hajestys Government have learned with salts
faction thatyou are instructed to enter into eomnu