The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-30
WAR VESSEL NEEDED
Incidents at BluefieldS Described
by Wealthy Planter.
Americans Anxiously Waiting the Ar
rival of United States Cruiser
General Foreign News.

NEW ORLEANS. March 29.-Two YES
sells arrived here to-day from Bluefields.
Nicaragua. Mr.. John McCafferty. a wealthy
planter of Bluefields, in a letter after de-
scribing the occurrences in Bluefelds dur
ing the temporary occupation of the Brit
ish marines. says:
mo sooner had the British marines been
withdrawn and the vessel steamed away
than the very unreliable and incapable
Lacayo brought thirty soldiers and several
boxes of arms and ammunition from Rama
This was a direct violation of an agree
ment entered into by and between Lacayo
and the British consul, in the presence OF
the Hon. 5. G. Braida, our United States
consul, that Nicaraguan soldiers would be
neither brought to Bluefields, nor would
Nicara guans be put on the police force dur
ing the absence of the British war ship
The presence of these Nicaraguans on the
river steamer created the widest excite
ment. In less than ten minutes fully one
thousand citizens, Americans and Creoles
Were armed with revolvers. 1t was a try
ing moment Owing, however to the timely
action of the United States consul who
was enthusiastically supported by the
American element, Lacayo was again
brought to terms, binding himself this time
to confine the intruders to his residence.
If one shot had been fired there would not
have been a Nicaraguan alive in Blue
fields inside of thirty minutes thereafter,
including Lacayo. who deserves to be shot
for the many outrages which he has per-
petrated against the inhabitants of Blue
"A general meeting of the citizens was
then convened at the International Club,
when the action OF the Americans cans was
shall be rendered TO Lacayo, and that the
Americans will remain neutral, pending the
arrival of a United States war ship, unless
1t should become necessary to defend their
homes and property, when, even then, they
will be directed by the United States con-
While every true American must be in
favor Of the enforcement OF the Monroe
the right OF aese ps
ing TO their own laws and customs, within
the reservation, as defined in the treaty or
Managua, should be also enfo"rad by the
government of the United States. For, If
the government of Nicaragua should now
assume the direction of the affairs at Blue
fields and the Mosquito reservation the sev-
eral growing industries created and carried
on by Americans, and in which millions
by arbitrary taxation. 1t would be the
lemon squeezed dry-a game which the Mic
araguans understand only too well, espe,,
cially when the Americans are not backed
up by war ships"
The Picayunes special correspondent at
Bluefields sent by the steamer Bergensen,
letter conveying the startling information
that the match had been finally applied to
the powder magazine in the Mosquito reser-
walton, figuratively speaking, and unless an
American war ship reaches the scene short
ly the interests of this country will suffer.
The letter is dated 4:30 p. m. March 70, and
says: "News has just been received from
Rama to the effect that William Wilson,
an American, was shot by the governor of
Rama last night without provocatiol there
for. Wilson died at o'clock this morning.
The governor, Nicaraguan by the name
of Aguilla, who is nephew of Lacayo, the
commissioner. refused to let a boat leave
Rama last night with Wilson, who might
have been saved If brought here for treat
evening. One Shot fired here Would cause use
the death of every Nicaraguan in Blue
fields We are waiting the arrival of an
Chi how tir,aa
cure further particulars, the yessel will
leave in moment"