New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-05
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.

AID epcSb quettiOh VIII MT immediately satisfy thoss
VITO expect TO hnd in it the compensation We are IL
have Tor the step announced in the other dOcu nent
WHO wish 10 regard the dispatch the Central Amer
can question as the disps oh 90 the
'cruIin question, and to 10 the acceptance OF
our offer Of arbitration the or poi,t se,-og to
the oi-naesa OF AI. Champion in conn ecton With the
latter. IL ust IL deed be tauk confessed that Mr.
MaIcys dispatch Oh the Ceotral American question IT,
at hrst sight, rather perp king document aud that
1t y ot easy to know what to make Of IT, The Offer
OF btston 10 accepted but 1t ia accepted With sucb
qualifications and reserves that the acceptance spoeas
a. hltt TO be greatly neutruzed An ordinary reader
WIZ De very hkey 10 go away with the idea iat ~hat
tie American document Is that they acce Ut the
offer II an o. bratiOD wit this ing that IL
the dectiOD of the arbter is in their favor tney win
ttbDit to 1t, but that if it Ia against tnem thew yin
Dot TN tucb an important aud very compli. ated
question, hOw.vrr, rs the Central American one and
O. such critical Juncture Is the present. it will b.,
only justice - the subject To describe a. fully as po,
sbe what the nature Of the Am. rcsn conce sion q
ana n what sense and how far thew aceeds n, on,
proIose Of arbitration.
Ib. whole Of tbi- complicated dispute relating 10
Cthua Anenca hinges upon two main Questions. Doe
II question Ut propeTty-tO whom Do The =, Islsaar
btlcDg-to Hondpiss or to Engsndi The other u q
Buwer treaty.
Now, with respect to the rt question, i. can readily
be imagined that the title 10 this Or that ANAL islaod
IN remote part OF the Atlantic may not be quite 20
hxtd or 50 absolute and sscerta aimed Z thing a. \ title
100 oa.e ~ Gbeapside or PccsdilIy The ssss OF
- Az WI" Lave Oeen up 70 comparatively
cent time the sphere IF sdvt Lture uns~t,ed occu.
Psuoo, hegulaI tenure ana general experimentiziDg
bho 'nsi on new homes and residences. Sach and
sucn On Island looks plesssnt enough; Il has good
baibois, good timber, god soil. " shall ~e 70 snA
I'VE tbtref ny oil uleans; there appears no o.
reuon; the place is empty, ana We might a. ven
"bsve the benefit Of it," A party of Brtsber
accordingly occupy the leland It may 10 Rastaa OF
any obtT-and make themselves comfortable there.
Nv map published in this country in the course
VI three VI four years from this time and the island
NAKED red OF blue, - may be, ~ indicate that
" occupied by British itsideuts aud /, %. adhered
10 be hsh isls'd But years after the scs Of %
cupaoL, and after the G.vgraph.r ROYAL bss pointed
IL, i.anc rd or blue in bis map It Gomez ous that
1eighborn Kingdom or Iep,blc On the msislsod A.
"u}s considered this island 10 he its property, Aod
10" bogus be dispute. "Tast ISLAND Is nine" says
hoi ouise. slow was l to fsd out tbs, p rc,ors
'be Biiihber ''Al can say is, /, wss eupty whenl
came iheIe. Why don't you occupy your iol .ns, nt
syoofs No, posse-siOn is mite ten.ns Of the lac
N he 90 World, it's pretty nsary be whole Of 'ae
ia~ IN lie New Now, thee are the son. Of pre-
hires ~kicb the territorial dspnt a. to the peo-
P'ittoithip Of the Bay lslaods tufbs. The t.puts s
ia'b.r ike one OF those common disputes sbost ses1
- concert or psy at least before The pr-sen' eye
seat and leaves IT for minute " two. Ga someg
30, he hnts occupied, and ssys That lie my seat.
It's Diie, ssys TIE Dterloper "there vas ~ one
belle wbeL came IL il evident thai people may s.so'
eeioTeVtr about 'uch questions Of prvprieoShl- urs
tnt necessity generally settles then, speedily ponf o.
iact but the abstract question Of night coud be ssoe'