McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
THE MoHEMENrs OF BARRros.
Belief that N WiH be Well for the United
States to Prepare for Work,

Belief that It WiH be Well for the United
States to Prepare for Work.
Washington dispatch: Information received
here as to the movements of Barrios is not re-
assuring. Diplomats and naval officers are
keeping a close watch of the situation, and
there is great deal Of gossip both as to the
intention Of Barrios and as to the allies upon
whom he ultimately expects to rely. Special
interest attaches to the suggestion that Bar
rios is inspired by France in the interests Of
the Panama canal, on account of an interview
imputed to Rear Admiral Jouett, the COM
mander of the North Atlantic squadron, who
has been ordered to Central American waters.
According to this statement Rear Admiral
Jouett is of opinion that the French are behind
Barrios, and that the United States will do
well to get ready for business. He is reported
to have said: ''Well have to take hand in
this matter sooner or later, and, in my opin-
reason that | am so DESTROYS of sending to the
seat of trouble all the vessels that We can
muster. and have suggested that the ITALIA
poosa,' Dispatch and Dolphin all
be sent to join in, my squadron. l
vessels apd do not intend to be vahss
over rough-shod. The French are going to do
everything in their power to prevent the con-
struction of any canal but the Panama canal,
and in my opinion Barrios' movements are not
made Of his own accord, but you will find that
the French are at the bottom of them They
will stay at the bottom until the time to come
to the top, and then they'll come, and we had
better look cut. Now look at that Panama
canal the French have spent millions and in
tend to spend millions more, and they do not
intend that it shall be wasted. To this end
they have secured the ownership of nearly the
xr1,n 10 nff ha roitr on2n hot II
tie strip of land, less than fifty miles wide,
thev have massed Is, 900 wOrkmen.
'TheY are workmen now, but when the time
comes they will prove to be so many trained
French soldiers. Do you suppose that there
are no French army officers on the Isthmus of
Panama among those workmen, and do you
suppose tLat every move We make, or rather
that we don't make, is not known in France
immediately If you do you are mistaken, and
it won't be a great while before you will find
out your mistake"
Those who arr interested In the Nicaragua
canal scheme neglect no opportunity to en-
courage such runiors. Immediate representa-
tives of the French legation are mutually un-
willing to talk upon such matters, but gen.
tleman well informed as to opinion in that
legation says that the reports which attribute
the pronunciamento of Barrios to French in
fiuences are as false as they are ingenious.
''The simple answer to all this gossip" said
the gentleman, sis this: The people Of France
have no fear of any competition to the Pana-
ma canal which could be offered by any pro-
posed canal along the Nicaraguan route, nor
do the people of France believe that the pro-
iected Nicaraguan canal will ever have any ex-
istence except in the minds of the spectators
or on paper. For the rest, the Panama canal
scheme is entirely private enterprise. 1t in
wolves no political interest. The government
of France has had go official relation to it at
any time, and does not intend to have nor has
he opnI,cy ,,ur,fH down hiynf TO inIi
cate t. at under any circumstances it would at
tempt to exert jurisdiction over this enter
prise. That, in a nutshell, is uneuestionably
the attitude of the French government toward
the Panama canal. 1t therefore is hardly ne
cessary to say that the French gevernmenthas
not inspired Barrios to a revolutionary move
ment which eontemplates the establishment Of
protectorate in the five Central American
states in order to prevent the digging of the
not probable canal"