, 1873-07-03
THE WAR IN ACHEEN,
DiHrntch OF 1scnr Admiral .Jcn lxius. Ot
tho Asinsic squniron--Thc Zeal
CnIIHoa OF tn War.

tho Asit,sic squndrou--Tho Zeal
Cnl1soa OF tho War.
Washnp!o" I5nne ~ Dfspatch TO ths Ntc FORK Herald
rotary Of 6tato tho lust dispatch OF IsoAr Admiral
JenkinH, commanding tho Asiatio squadron. In
reforonco to tho Acheon war. Admiral Joukina
wrltos at Hong Kong, and says: =
. Moeent OF evonte IN the 1sland Of sirnntra would
Soon aftor my arrival ut Singapore, noar tho end
OF Noyombor last, hoard many rlmors OF an
proaohing difFcultios betwoen tho Netherlauds
Batavian Government aud the Sultan OF
Acleon, whoae territories lo at tho north
woHtorn end Of tho Island Of sumntra.
I loarncd that tho President OF Jaws
had bcen appointed by llts homo Government an
envoy or commissioner to tho roignlng Sovereign
island of ann1atra not already osvled by or un-
dor tho protection OF the Netherlands Hovcrrl.
ment for tho purpoao OF settling Bome unnamed
And probably unknown to other nations-al-
found, however, TINT for aomo unexplained
reason tho Prostdsns, soon after hiB arrival at
Singapore from bangkok, whithor he Ind been
on diplomatic Borvlco for hla Government, pro-
IT had boon said it was his purpose to do. Prior
to hearing thoHo rumora Of Threatened diflcutfea
hotWoontho Netherlands Government and the Sui.
tan OF Achoon had thought Of visiting Point do
aalle, ana thence going over to sumatra, know
merchant vossolB wero In tho habtt OF trading on
that coast, receiving from tho natives In ox-
change for their goods tho vartous products Of
tho Inland, such rs pnppor, ttl1neric, camphor,
merchants at Singapore aud Ponang that tho
products Of tho dominion Of tho Sultan and
Acheon are how sont chiefly by Malay and
Clnoac small yoaso!s to those porta for tra,,s-
shipment to Europe and America, and that IL
rarely happens Of late that foreign yeBHcl goes
there. Furthermore, it Was commonly reported
that there was to DO declaration of war by
the Nethorlanda Government against tho Sui
TIM, as soon as tho necessary rroparationg could
be n,ndo. Revolving those 1nattoru over in my
mind, and feeling that We Ind no treaty, COM
mercial or other, with tho Sultan of Acheen, my
preaonco at that time near his capital in ycsBel
Of Of, var might bo m,aundorAtood, rot only by tho
nations generally, and TINT it probably might In
dnco false hopes on tho part Of tho ono antl cro-
ate ill-ill OH tho part Of tho other. without tho
possibility Of ita resulting in my real good to
OF Bumntra while tho troubles remained unsot-
tied. Tho Department. is aware that it raroly
occurs TINT United States yessol-ot-war
vista tho ports, Of sumatra, and my
to mako our flag bctter known than 1t could bo
By tho npppoaranco ut long Intervals Of smali
brigs or achoonorn 1adon with notions for barter
with tho natives Tor pepper and other articlca
lind very strong feeling on tho part Of the
than the Netherlands at tho Straits acttlomonts
against what they deemed tho oppression Of tho
tic oirorts Of tint Government to ind pretoxta
FOR taking possession OF tic eutiro ieland and s
foeling aooms to hnyo greatly Increased. since
tho alleged ratification OF a treaty botweon
former agroos not to interfere WITH tho lattors
conquoyts in tho islands Of tho sumatra gido of
tho Straits OF nfnlyeol,, and tho latter withdrawal
al prior claim agaipst tho islands on tho 8inga-
poro, Malacca, Penang. and Wo1foalov aiiio ~
thoso Straits It ia complained geucral,y by tho
merchants with whom hnyo convorsed ti,nt