Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-12
INVITED THE BRITISH IN
An English Version of the Blue
 fields Incident.
MOSQUITOES ASKED FOR PROTECTION,

When the Nicaraguans Appeared In Force,
 Tamar For AsSistance-The Troops Were
 Landed, but There Was No Fighting.
 SAVANNAH, March 12.-The report of the landing of the British at Bluefields, in the Mosquito reservation. was confirmed by the arrival of the steamer Elliot, Captain A. Brown. The Elliot, which is British steamer. left Bluefields on Sunday morn ing March 1. She arrived there Feb. 27- just one day too late to witness the arrival of the Nicaraguans.
 Captain Brown says the Nicaraguans en- tered Bluefelds on Feb D and 26. He did not know their exact numerical strength, but there was an armed force of 100 or 800 of them at Bluefields when he arrived. They brought no cannon with them. They simply entered under arms and without any resistance on the part of the natives. They hOisted the Nicaraguan flag over the custom house and over the other public buildings. The flags remained up during the time the Elliot was in port. There was no fighting.
 Mosquitoes Terrified.
 The Mosquitoes were considerably terri fled by the presence of so large an armed force, they were practically without protection in the city. Captain Brown says the reports that reached this corh,try with regard to the name of the British warship there are in error. It is not the Cleopatra, he said, but the Tamar
 The Mosquitos, he states, fearing they might be attacked by the Nicaraguans, ap- pealed to the Tamar for protection. Thurs day, March 1, the Tamar, without any au- thority from the British government as they had not time to get any such author ity, sent three boatloads of armed men ashore Captain Brown did not know the exact number of men, but between 50 and 100 landed. They were armed with car pines and cutlasses. The men went ashore in the steam launch of the man-Of-war and carried with them two gatling guns and three fieldpieces. The British forces did not land at Bluefields, but at Bluetields bluff. about four or five miles northwest of the city.
 There was some understanding between the Mosquito chief and the officer i'll charge of the Tamar. the chief asking that the men be landed for the safety and protec- tion of his people. The British soldiers went into Bluefields from the bluff several times while Captain Brown was there They could not go by land, but had to use the steam launch in which they carried one OI tue SdbllnS guns nefc was no uSul of any kind between March 1. the day the men landed, and March f, the day the FL liot sailed. Captain Brown says there was little excitement among the people.
 Nicaraguans Objected.
 The Mosquitoes were frightened when the Nicaraguans first entered, but after the landing of the British troops all excite ment subsided. and the people seemed will ing to rest easy and let things go as they were until the trouble between the Indians and the Nicaraguans is settled
 The Nicaraguans of course objected to the landing of the British troops and charged the British officers with an open violation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Little attention was paid to this by the British. The Nicaraguans wanted them to stick to the terms of the treaty.
 The Tamar sailed from Bluefelds on Thursday night for Colon for the purpose of cabling to England for advices. In the meantime the troops were left in camp at Bluetields bluff. The Tamar returned to Bluetields late Saturday night Captain Brown did not learn the result of the cor respOndence with the English department of foreign affairs. as he was five or six miles away from Bluefields and he did not land there again before leaving Sun day morning, when the soldiers were still in camp at the bluff.