Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-09

CAPTAIN BEDFORD PIN.
From the New York Herald.l
p~REEERRIN THE NICARAGUA CANAL re
NJ. DE LEssEPs' sCHEME-MRs.

L nEC
NJ. DE LEssEPs' sCHEME-MRs.
DUDLEY's DEFENSE.
Csptain Bedford PIN, of the royal
navy and member parliament, return
ed Yesterday to his W country Dad
ed with materials for his forthcoming
book. "Around and Across" and the
hest wishes of a legion OF American
friends. President Cleveland has ap-
pointed Captain PIN, who is a barris-
ter at law, with offices at the Inner
Temple and Gray's Inn, London,
standing counsel for the United States
in Great Britain on all matters rela-
fine to the Central American Isthmus
from Darien to ~Tehuantepec.
"Without vanity" said Captain PIN
to a Herald reporter yesterday, ~
| can say that no man living
has the practical acquaintance with all
projects looking to the establishment OF
interoceanic canals in Central America
that | have. When in the hydrOgraph-
zeal service of the British navy, from
1916 to 1851, 1 surveyed the Bay OF
Panama, and subsequently was senior
naval officer on the Atlantic side, after
which | crossed and recrOssed the
Isthmus at Panama, Costa Rica II
Nicaragua many times, and now
possess, besides extensive landed
properties, franchises and concessions
on the Mosquito Coast, the only pro.
file of the land between the lake OF
Nicaragua and PINS Bay, on the
Atlantic, The fate of the Nicaragua
Treaty is familiar to the public, and
venture to say that between this and
the next meeting of congress that trea-
ty will have undergone notifications
of a nature not unfavorable to the Uni
ted States"
NICARAGUA PREFERRED TO PANAMA.
"What do you think of M. de. Les
seps' undertaking to build the Panama
canal?"
81 am thoroughly convinced that the
only feasible line through Central
America is by way of Nicaragua,
There a railway and CAM
should be built, and both should be
absolutely under the control of the PEG
.pIe of the United States. l went down
to Panama in October last to examine
the canal works of the French, and
have satisfied myself that M. de Les
seps' scheme is impracticable. NJ. dc
Lesseps bases all his estimates for the
OUTLAY al Panama upon the the cost o.
the work on the Isthmus of Suez
Now, no two localities could diffel
more widely. At Suez you have
low, fiat expanse of sand, more or les
hard. At Panama you have a billy
not to say mountainous, district, GOV
cred with primeval forests, breathing
malaria whenever disturbed. coulC
show that a canal at the Isthmus O
Panama under the present auspices l
impracticab!e."
In regard to the position OF the
French in Central America, Captain
PIN said that the French were en-.
couraging disorder and revolutionary
excuses in order to have an excuse fol
calling upon their government to holsl
the French flag over the Panama anc
declare it an independent state under
French protection. referring to thu
action of President Barrios i'll Contra
America, Captain PIN said:-
UNITING H AMERICAN STATES
81 think the idea of uniting the fiv
Central American States is a good one
but the time for carrying out thai ide
is very inappropriate, for Mexico wi
undoubtedly crush the attempt. Their
can be 10 question that the action G
General Barrios was fastened by tn
Nicaragua Canal Treaty. l am full
aware of the great difficulty OF avoidin
conflict with Guatemala should tn
attempt be made to bring the Nicars
qua canal under the control of tn
United States. Yet l feel Presider
Cleveland ought to lose nc time i
saying to Guatemala, Il do not propos
t. interfere with you in your struggl
to unite your people, but the instar
you put in jeopardy the object whic
is near to the hearts of my country
men-viz the control of the Nicara
qua canal-that instant l shall int
fere with no uncertain sound Sue
intimation would alone suffice to pr
ven any interference with Nicaragu'
and in the time between now and tt
meeting of congress in December til
presidents clear intellect will
amend the present treaty as to mal
it acceptable to all parties"
"Do you think the present compile
tons between England and Russia wi
lead to warp
sit is very difficult to answer tn
question when | consider the men wi
at present govern England's destinie
Ihave always had an extreme dlstru
of Mr.. Gladstone"