Mohave County miner., 1884-12-21
TELEeRApHIc SUMMARY
THE xIcARA6uA TREATY--sYxoPsIs or
THE CONVENTION xrcExrLr

THE CONVENTION xEcExrLY
CONCLUDED.
New York, December ia Times
special from Washington says: The
convention concluded between the
United States and the republic oi
Nicaragua at Washington on No
vember 18th, 1884, recitss in its pre-.
amble that the high contracting
parties, 10 maintain and improve the
good understanding and friendly re.
lstions which now happily exist be
tween them, TO promote the com
merce Of their citizens end make ar
rangements with respect to q shir
canal between the Atlantic aud Pa
cific oceans by the river San Juan
Lake Nicaragua and thence TO the
Pacific to the harbor of Brito, have
named as their respective plenipo-
tentisries. Frederick Frelinghuysen,
Secretary OF State Of the United
States, and General Joaquin Zavata,
Special Envoy Of the republic OF
M carsgua.
The United States undertakes the
construction in accordance With sur
veys and plans alresdy partially
made under and by direction Of A.
@. Aenocal, civil engineer Of the
United States navy, to be immedi-
ately completed and gerfectsd with
all possible dispatch, . ship canal
suitable for all the demands and re-
quirements Of commerce, to begin at
the port Of San Juan de Nicaragua,
or Greytown, and to intersect the
San Juan river above the Rio Grande.
and thence BY the River San Juan
to Lake Nicaragua and across the
lake TO the mouth OF the river Tel
Medic, and thence to the Pacific
ocean at the harbor Of Brito.
In consideration Of this undertak-
ing on the part of tho United States,
the republic Of Nicsrsgus is 10 cede,
grant and convey TO the United
States Of America the right OF way
through her territory, along and
across the water highways thereof.
and 10 addition thereto in perpetuity
strip Of land three miles wide on
each side Of said canal, together with
the ports and harbors of San Juan
de Nicaragua, or Greytown, and
Brito, respectively on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts.
The obsolute ownership, control
and management Of the canal is 70
be exercised by tho United States,
but Nicarsgus is to have one.balf Of
the tolls levied and collected on the
commerce Of the canal. The lands
granted to the United States become
its property and part Of its domain.
Nicaragua. however, retains certain
rights Of police regulation. to pre-
vent, if necessary, smuggling or lille
gal importations into her own terri.
tory.
The greater part Of the treaty re-
lates to the defining Of the bounda-
ries Of the land granted TO the United
States and provisions relative to DO
lice regulations thereof. The tolls
are TO be regulated by the United
States and collected by it's officers at
the ports Of entrance. The Govern
ment OF Nicaragua is, however. TO
have the power Of keeping permsn.
ent commission OF agents with a
right 10 inspect the respective oper-
ations, TO ascertain the tonnage Of
vessels, to examine accounts ard re
port thereon, but not to interfere in |
the supervision OF our Governments
management, direction and admins
trxtion Of the canal. With the right |
Of domain, the United States, Of
course, has power 10 make whatever
provision she may deem necessary
for the protection and defense Of the
canal. Therefore, sue osn build forts
and make whatever provision for
defense the exigenciss may demand,
but she undertakes not to employ or
use any Of these for her armed forces
against the Central American States
to Nicaragua, save, Of course,
for the protection Of her own prop
srty. There shall be no discrimin
stion agsipst Nicaragua in canal
tolls,
The only benefit which Nicaragua
obtains In return for these valuable
concessions to the United States is
The development of her natural re-
sources and her share OF the canal
bolls. These advantages will un-
be considerable. There is
also TO be reciprocity In trade 10.
.ween the two countries, and in all
the commerce Of the two
nations is TO be on an eqnsl footing.