New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-04
Of tho Clayton Bui~er treaty require Great Britain
"a deliver up the Bay IslAnds TO Honduras and ="
..,.,..c All relations with the Mosquitoes.

Clarendon wishes IL 70 Dc distinctly un"ei'
tina, Great Britain never held, and does NOT no"
claim 10 hold any possessions IN the M"Squ''o
country, but only protectorate. Idle oelhg
n,emsed. he declines, First To enter INTO any dls-
russion with the United States to the true inter-
nr.,a,ioa Of the various treaties Of Great Britain
with Spain. in relation 10 the Mosquito Coast anu
the Balizc. the actual state of facts at the tune
the CLAYTON Bulwcr treaty was formed being a. De-
tween Great Britain and the United States the thing
10 be looked at; the pcssessory rights OIL "re''
Britain as they then stood, no matter no" ac'
ourcd as against Spain, or any claimant unuei
Spain. that being thing with which the onlted
S,.,os hive nothing 10 dc. Second: He denies
that Great Britain has ever recognized the Prlhci-
nile that her engagements with Spain have been
necessarily transferred 10, and can be taken advan-
tage of by every fragment of, the Spanish monarchy
now existing, or which may hereafter exist on an
independent basis. Third: The Monroe doctrine
and the incapscity of the Mosquitoes, Is thus dis
posed of by his lordship;
"Wnh regard to the doctrine laid down by Mr.
President Monroe in 1923, concerning the future co
onizatiop of the American continent by European
States a. on international axiom which ought 10 Iegu
late the conduct of European States II cn ohly DC
viewed the doctrine of the distinguishes PeIsonase
who delivered it. But Her Majesty government
cannot admit that doctrine an international axiom
which ought TO regulate the conduct OF European
States The doctrine with regard TO the incapaci1y Vi
the Indians TO exercise the nights OF sovereign powers
must also remain doctrine on which each state when
has 10 dea with such Indians must be free 10 exercise
Is own policy and to follow the dictates OF It's own con-
science. .. CT. 49,,
ollo nj One
treating the Indian in the manner when MI bu-
chanan describes but this past practice, tOHgn gem
era cannot be taken as an inyarabie guide ior any
future policy. The period has not yet pas'ed oeyonu
the memory Of man at which Great Britain and the
United States now 90 noby distinguished in suppress
ing the slave trade, practiced and encouraged tlat
trade and deemed it legitimate. The PROJECT OF ne
public composed chiefly of negroes from the onted
States and originally established under the enlght-
ened and humane patronage of the United States,
would have been deemed fifty years ago, an absurd
and impossible chimera. Yet Liberia eXiSts ana now
Aourishes as an independent State. Already Great
Britain, in her own dealings with lndiahs' mas reco9
pized them as independent chiefs, while III her treaties
with foreign powers she has spoken OF their Tribes as
nations and stipulated for the restoration OF Their pos
sessions.
Fourth As to the Interpretation of the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty, it is denied that an agreement
"not to colonize, nor occupy, nor fortify, nor
"assume, nor exercise dominion" includes an
agreement not to protect and sustain the Mosquitoes
in their sovereignty and independence, especially
as there is clause in the treaty which provides IN
terms that neither party twill make use of any
protection which either affords or may afford, or
"any alliance which either has or may have " for
the purpose of occupancy, ratification or COLOMBIA
ton. Fifth As to the Bay Islands, it is commended
A. IL anJ hay he's 40
have ever had or now have settlers upon them,
dependencies of the Balize The case is thus stated
by Lord Clarendon:
eft was never in the contemplation of her Majestys
Government nor in that OF the Government Oh the
United States that the treaty Of 1850 should interfere
n any way with her Maestys settlement at Ballze or
its dependencies. II was not necessary that this
should nave been particularly stated inasmuch as IT Is
generally considered that the term Central America
n term Of modern invention-coud only appropriately
apply TO those States at one time united under the
name of the Central American Republic and now
existing five separate Republics; but III order that
there should be no possible mlsconceptlon al any
future period relative to this point the two negota-
tors at the time of ratfyng the treaty. exchanged dec
lalatons 10 the eject that neiihnr 81 The =, oon~
they represented had meant, In such treaty. 10 coe
bend the settlement and dependencies IN question.
CAS- to Ruatan and the adjoining islands, oil that
can be debatabe to them is whether they are island
dependencies Of Balize, attached to some central
American State Now, II cannot be disputed thst
whenever Ruatan has been permanently occupied,
either in remote recent times, by anything more
than military guard OF flagstaff, the occupation has
been by British subjects
80 1t is true that the Republic OF Central America de-
cared that il had flag flying in that island from 1921
TO 1882 but this fact merely rested on that Republics
declaration, and all that is positively known Is that
when the British Government were aware that ior-
egn flag was flying at Ruatan, a British ship-of war
was sent to haul it down; and since that time no at
tempt has been made to reestabsh III but on the con.
trary when on two three occasions complaints have
been brought by citizens of Central American States
against the settlers in Ruatan to the Commandant at
Iruxilo the Commandan has referred them to Ballze,
telling them that the island was British.
It is moreover fact that Ruatan has been, OF late
years without any nsgaton on the part other Maes-
tvs Government, spontaneously occupied by Brush
subjects and that the Superintendent of Balize has
been in the habit Of visiting the island, appointing the
magistrates in it, and generally managing its affairs.
In going back to ancient times, il is also well known
that in INA the English town formerly at Ruatan Is
cOlored as British possession in the Atlas Of the West
Indian Islands. II is certain that in 1888, 1889 and
1910 Great Britain not only asserted her right to the
same, but declared her intention to maintain that night
by force.
"Ihese circumstances without entering further into
the subject will at least prove that the pretensons Of
Great Britain to consider Ruatan and Bonaca depend
encies of Baze is OF long standing and existed GER
tainy at the period Of the treaty Of 1880 Indeed Mr.
Buchanan in bis statement, observes that Ruatan was
occupied in 1850 by Great Britain
"But f Ruatan was at that time known to be occu-
pied BY Great Britain as a settlement of Baize, aud
the United States Government notwithstanding con-
sidered to have been portion Of Central America,
and thereby comprehended in the treaty. which Balize
and its dependencies not the United States Gov
erpmen would beyond doubt have openly stated that it
did not consider Great Britain in the term island de-
pendencies and Great Britain was therefore Justified,
Since such exception was made in deeming that her
claim to Ruatan as part Of the Baize settomentwas
not about to be disputed"
We have to observe in conclusion, that the pro-
testations made BY Mr.. Clayton as 10 his under