The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-29

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plans Of their harsh treatment to the Britt %
| eoscrument, and with so much effect that ia a
| rev sienLy made between giand and Spain, ia
| HIS, additional aid more explicit stipulati ons
were insde III their favor A certain district was
| otsigra,td within which they should retire,
| where .rey should enjoy the right Of cutting
ana * poriipg wood; bur it was striogensly pro.
sded, also, that they should not pass over these
| limits, and that sbe privilege thus given tn
| .hem should not be considered a. derogatipg
in any way from rights Of sovereignty
Of the King Of Spain over the district In oues
tioD. Tns distriot was defined 70 be the terri.
tory lying between the rivers Wallis, or Belize,
ana tse Rio Hondo, an extent Of coast of about
Rfy miles.
Three years after. in 1885, another treaty was
made between the two countries, by which the
King Of SPAIN from seotilueDts OF friendship TO-
wards His Britannia Majesty" granted IN extent
Of territory for the Use OF the logwood cutters
sdditioSsl to that conceded in the treaty Of 1888,
embracing the country lying to the south Of the
river Belize as far as the river Sibuu, or Jabon-
an additional coast line Of about twenty miles,
making u ,otai OF seventy or eighty miles But
these exteos>ons were coupled with additional
AID more rigorous restrictions. The English
might cut ara export WOOD, or any other fruits
OF sbe earth purely natural or uncuitivated, bat
they were 10 make no plantations, erect no forti-
hcanoDs, nor organize any form Of government,
civil or military, and to see that these stipoia.
ious were observed faithfully, Spanish officer
IN yiE,tl snhi no suuso
examine ioto the real state Of things" But the
turbulent ice~ocd cutters dis not pay much at
ten,'on ~ the treaty, and kept on pretty much
dc before, thereby giving great offence TO the
neighboriDs Spanish anihorities who availed
themselves Of the breaking out Of the war of
1886 10 enoeavor 10 expei them; but the settlers
ased by Btiti-h force, r-pelled the assault, ana
| Becoming more presuming than ever, took I'D.
| vsktage OF sse state Of War to- organize
/ Iccai government, over which the BRITISH crown
named officer. with The title of " 3uperinteu-
dent of the Establishments. ia the Bay of Hon
durss"
|. Dsri0g the ware Of Napoleon and the commo-
tions OF me Restoration Spain PAID nut little at
4 tentios to matters remote ara Insignificant az
the eneroachments u the iogwood cutters in the
! Bay Of Honduras, sn0 therefore the local go
7erpnent estaol.shed during the war was kept
1p afterwards without remonstsance, uotwitb-
standing that the treaty betw England and
Spain Of 1914 expressly revived the treaty of
1856, with all VI it's stringent provisions The
BRITISH government, bewever, did not affect any
night Of sovereignty In tbe country; and although
II made regulations fer. the government Of its
SUBJECTS settieo there, the establishment was
nlways designated as a. settlement foy certain yur-
poses. ,aae Tie protection Int not uitts the territories
o~d demnsons Of has Mycay." After the indie
pe;s0ence Of the Spanish American colonies, and
their succession to the territorial tights OF Spain
the British government, not owing precisely in
which new nationality the district Of Belize
might fa,l endeavored to guard against all con.
tn<encies by introducing the clauses OF the
treaty Of 1856 In its treaties, not only with Cen
tval' America, but also with Mexico and
New Granada 1t was, in fact, incorpo-
rsied in BIER treaty With Mexico Of 1926,
and was embraced in the 2rojft of
treaty which she submitted TO the Central
American Minister ia LONDON In Ls31 Thus
lately aud distinctly did Great Britain recognise
the tights Of Central America over the district
as the successor OF the crown of Spain.
The settlers Of Belize, meantime. bad spread
their wood cutting establishments far to the
southwark of the river Sibun, the soutbernmost
boundary under the treaty OF I7SG, aud their as
sumptious, destitute Of warrant and in express
violation OF the treaty. came gradualiy.t be ac-
cepted by the government at home Aud when.
i'll 1856, the agent Of colOnizatiou company
aske0 the categorical question, What are the
boundaries of Belize ~ understood by her
Majesty s government" Sir George Grey, then
Under Secretary Of State for the Colonies, re-
piled, From the river Hondo Oh the north to the
river SorstoOD an the SOUTH aud as far west as
Gsrbutts Falls, and line drawn north and
south from that point, with the islands and Gays
OF the coast" These boundaries, proclaimed ia
al entirely arbitrary manner, are precisely those
which Guatemala has conceded apparently
without struggle, and in siavish submission to
British influence.
II will be remembered that under General
Tsylor's administration the office of American
Consul III Belize was abolished, as being q kind
of Indirect recognition of the legality Of BRITISH
authority there; and yet Mr. Ciayton in sn e1 post
.jacto protocol or declaration to the famous, or
gather infamous, Clayton and BulweF treaty."
specially declared that the provisions Of the trea
~, prohibiting both Great Britain and the United
States FROM occupying, fortlfying, OF colonizing
the Mosquito shore, or any part OF Central Anne
RIGA" were not 10 be understood as applying to
the establishment at Belize. II We are to accept
The er posi- faoto private and secret arrangement
Of the two negotiators as of the same binding
force and effect rs the treaty itself, then we Can
raise 10 objection to the Britisb convention with
Guatemala But if-and we affirm this to be to-
true erongd--there can be no such thing as
treaty unless it has received the constitutional