Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-06

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ENsENADA, Lower California, April l,
1S91.-The vigorous censorship exercised
over news on the peninsula by both the
Mexican government and the English
company, together with the apathy of
the American colonists, occasioned by
the great business depression prevailing,
makes it extremely difficult for the ex-
listing conditions here to be known by
the outside world. Every event, favor
able or unfavorable, is suppressed by
those in power, until our old-time
friends in the United States have almost
lost sight of the little band of pioneers
who came down here with the great
boom of 1887, and were stranded on Its
ebb. A glance at the history of the
past few years will be necessary
in order to understand the present stu
alton. In 1856 the Mexican government
granted one of its alluring concessions
to Luis Huller, the Louisiana million
aire, which included the northern half
of the peninsula besides many leagues
on the mainland. George Sisson, typ
ical Colonel Sellers, roped in Connecti
cut corporation, who without dollar in
their treasury, but rising with the flood
tide in the boom of 1887, got q real es-
tate firm in San Diego to float the enter
prise for 10 per cent. commission on
sales. The San Diego men sold every
thing in sight. Then the Connecticut
crooks turned over their Is, 900, 900 acres
to an English syndicate, who imported
an Indian army officer, who planned
and planned, while the colonists looked
and looked.
Then came the flibuster excitement
of a year ago, which the great majority
of people on the outside were disposed
to regard as farce. But where there
was so much smoke there must have
been some fire. Your United States
marshal came down here with host of
detectives and gathered a mass of evi.
dence. The government at Washington
sent out special agent, who made a
long and exhaustive report, the gist of
which was that while no covert act'
had been committed, nevertheless plans
had been well laid.
1t is true, and beyond successful con-
tradiction, that the English company,
individually if not collectively, were en-
gagged in the flibustering scheme of
1890, and that its plans were we'll
known to its principal officers both here
at Ensenada and at San Diego, who
not only discussed but encouraged
them. The cunning hand of
Johnnie Bull in holding out financial re-
ward to handful of American citizens,
them not little, for when the Mexican
government had indisputable documen-
tary evidence in hand that it had
warmed to life British viper, it sud-
denly let CO. In the name of that great
American, McGinty: "How much did
they get for it ?"
The question now occurs, in the light
of present suspicious movements, is the
English company again tilibustering?
First, it was plan of the movement
of year ago to throw large force of
alleged railroad laborers into the penin-
sula, who would be suddenly supplied
with 10000 stands of arms and 100000
rounds of ammunition.
Then full-fledged republic would
spring at once into life, amid the pro-
posed Scottish fandangos at Ensenada,
but really under the protection OF the
English company, while English men
of-war were to be in the offing.
Now what is the present state OF
things? Already several hundred men
are at work (?) at San Quintin, sweep
ing up dust for railroad grade. Ru-
mors of a revival of another flibuster-
ing scheme have been rife for several
weeks. Be it said to their honor that
no American is known in this matter.
The rumors come from Mexican officials
close to the English company. Many
mysterious movements of late have been
noted on the part of the company-the
storage of large quantities of commits
sary stores, both here and at San Quin-
tin, and the quiet gathering of large
forces of alleged laborers. And now the
news comes all the way from
Connecticut that some of the
very ones concerned in the old
company have purchased and shipped
the exact amount of army supplies that
Uncle Sam knows was ordered for the
company year ago by war general
who didn't amount to Hill of beans 1t
is reported here that these supplies have
already left San Francisco on south
bound schooner, and will await near
some southern port for a London cable
gram. 1t is known that the old Mex
lean tub, Democrata, has been ordered
here, which shows that their govern
ment is on the lookout, and shifts dan
ger from afar.
On the whole, things here are very
corky. English oppression and busi-
ness depression, with thickening rumors
of filibustering, make it appear as If
things are going to the demnation bow
vows. L.
[Apropos of the above letter, it is a
! fact that the Mexican steamer Demo
crata has arrived in San Diego, and the
San Diego Sun of Monday in referring
to it, contains the following:
IAN interesting rumor got around this
morning that the Mexican man-of-war
| Democratic had been attracted here by
the report that the schooner at Catalina
was filibustering craft, and would call
outside the harbor for a San Diego con.