The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-04-01
IAN AMERICAN GIBRALTAR
England Ready to Seize the Harbor
Of San Quintin.
A Scheme to co,on,se San ou,ntin witt
British Subjects and s-,.e tho Port
on tho Protext OF Protecting
British Interests.

DENVER, March CSC E. Anthony,
who made public the plan ofthe Eng
lish governmet to seize the harbor of
San QuintiD, on the California pcnin-
lula. snys:
II was engaged by the original Inter-
national Railway company OF Mexico
FIVE years ago, to explore the peninsula
of California and write up its mineral
resources. Prominent among tho
stockholders of this company were
Quintella, member OF parliament, and
Sir Edward Dwight Atkinson and Sir
William Goss. Sir Edward was con-
nected with the secret service OF Scot
land yard, He WAS chairman OF the
reorganized company. while Sir Will
liam was made resident man.
ager. Upon obtaining control they
imported from India Captain r. S.
Scott, an officer in the royal en-
gineer corps, who was given two
years furlough to colonize portion
of Mexico. In the course of converse.
tion with Scott soon after his taking
control OF the company's affairs, he
stated that it was their intention to
COLOMBO exclusively with British sub.
iects and proposed to build q railway
line from the peninsula south OF En-
sensda to Yuma, SO that they could
bring English colonists directly
through on English ships, landing at
Fortress Monroe and ticketed direct to
the company's headquarters ut Ensen-
ada The company's steamer plying
between San Diego, Cal, and the PEN
insulA at frat sailed under the Amer
ican flag, but now they have settled
upon that Of Guatemala. which flag
they hoistcd a few days ago
The captains first and only colon
iEation scheme consisted in sending
out q corps of Typographical engineers
to carefully map the interior, and by
using Colonel Denton's surveys and
the coast survey Of the United States
steamers Narragansett and Ranger
they were able to make IN excellent
map o. the whole country. They did
not stop at the American boundary,
but included the harbor of San Diego
with its dcfenses and the naviga bio
portion OF tho Colorado river. All OF
these maps were said to have becn
promptly forwarded to the British war
department, and so satisfactory was
this colonization scheme that the cap.
tain was made q major
"The English company has for some
time been giving the harbor OF San
Quintin full attention, Us that is the
only landlocked port within their con-
cessionA 1t is noble hnrbor, which
can doat the entire English navy. An
arm of the mainland reaches out to
SEQ in q csescent-shaped peninsula and
incloses body OF water some two by
ton miles This arm is composed en-
tirely OF lava and has an irregular sur
face with five distinct VOLCANOES, which,
whom fortified, will give the world
another Gibraltar There is scarcely
hatful OF soil there, yet the company
has abandoned the former city on the
main land, which is perfect garden
spot, and started another town on this
lava foundation, where 1t will be fully
protected by guns planted on the
heights.
II they follow out the designs and
plans in hand they will erect coal
bunkers and warehouses large enough
for San Francisco. Inasmuch as they
have forfeited their concession by not
locating the required number Of colo
nists, the Mexican government is likely
soon to declare their contract void, and
then the English will no doubt insist
upon taking possession under the old
cry of protecting the interests of Brit
ish subjectA
Five or six miles have been graded
in eleven months since the contract
was given and the concession from
Mexico calls for tho completion of fifty
miles by tho end of another month, in
order to earn $4,000 mile subsidy
OF course this is out of the question at
this time and no effort is being made
to comply with the contract.
Then the company has to cstnb-
lish certain number OF families in
the fertile valley, where the soil under
irrigation is marvelously rich and
capable Of producing all fruits and
vegetables. Instead of colonizing the
English since entering into possession
hare, by every means in their power,
sought to drive away Americans, who
are considered obnoxious.
Tho internal company was first
organized by Edgar L. Wells. son of
Gideon Wells, of the United States
navy, and. all rights and franchises
we're transferred through an American
banker who did not know the main
objects Of his principal The sale was
almost compulsory, as the American
ran short of funds and turned the prop
erty over to the English October, 1890.
English agents have bought several
islands in American waters and hold
them in names Of private individuals,
and in the event of war they could be
quickly fortified"