The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
IT LOOKS MUCH LIKE WAR.
INVITED STATES TO SEND SHIPS TO
 HICARAUGUAE WATERS.

UNIFIED S1ATEo TU SGND ""AAS @N
 1IcARAUGUAE WATERS. Secretary Gresham is Prepared to Insist
 Upon Full Recognition of the Rights on
 the American Continent That 1t Has Maintained for Seventy Ycars-Admirsi
 walker Ordered to Hold Himself In
 RssdIness for Action.
 Washington. Nov. 2s.-While 1t Is con- sidered doubtful that the attitude of Great Britain will continue unyielding in the face of the earnest representa- tions made by Secretary Gresham It IS incontrovertable that the United States is fully prepared to insist upon full recognition Of the rights on the Ameri- can continent which 1t has claimed and maintained for the past seventy years. The most important development in the attitude to-day was the action of the president communicating to Rear Ad- miral Walker intimating that in case of necessity for mobnizing an Ameri- can fleet on the Central American coast he should hold himself in readiness to assume command. This disposes of the gossip that President Cleveland had been displeased with Admiral Walker or that he had ever doubted the officers ability. It is understood that Admiral Meade will be ordered to transfer his flag from the New York in case the as- pect of affairs becomes more threaten ing, and that Admiral Walker will join ship at Key West. The gulf squadron, according to this plan,w become separate and distinct from the North Alt lantic station, which Admiral Meade would continue to command.
 The ships that could be assembled within ten days under Admiral Walker in the West Indies are the New York, Columbia, San Francisco, Marblehead, Castine and Montgomery, leaving the Minneapolis, Miantonomah, Raleigh, Atlanta, Cincinnati, with the Maine and Texas and torpedo boats under Ad- miral Meade.
 Commodore Selfridge's inspection board went to Philadelphia to make the final examination of the Minneapolis, and she will undoubtedly be accepted and ordered into commission next week. Her guns are being mounted and she can be made ready for sea in two weeks, but she will undoubtedly be retained for cruising duty between the capes of Chesapeake and Boston for several months.
 It is understood that to-day's dis patches from Ambassador Bayard show that behind Great Britain's refusal to approve the new N1caraguan local gov. ernment at Blueflelds the punishment of British Vice Consul Hatch plays somewhat prominent part. In the ear- Her conflicts between the Nicaraguans and the, Mosquitos commencing last February, Great Britain and the United States succeeded in preventing exces- sive measures. It was while this coun- try, with England, was restraining Nicaragua that the inhabitants of the Mosquito territory under Chief Clar- ence overthrow the temporary Nicara- guam military rule. At that moment the United States was recognizing the full sovereignty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito territory in terms more ex- plicit than had hitherto been used in negotiations based on the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty, and General Barrios had been received by England as a Nicara- guan envoy largely upon the represen- tations of the United States to negotiate a convention which would place Great Britain in an attitude similar to that of the United States
 Nicaragua crushed out the Clarence rebellion by drastic measures. Clarence and many of his supporters fled, but others, including several Americans and Englishmen, were arrested and banish- ed. While the legality of this action was never impeached the United States regretted the proceedings as it was cal- culated to embarrass the negotiations which would practically abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Among the prisoners banished was British Vice Consul Hatch, who, however, had not been recognized by Nicarag qua, and J. s. Hampton and E. D. Wiltbanak, Amer jeans. These three men were active participants in the rebellion.
 Lampton and Wiltbank have since been pardoned and permitted to return to Bluefields. It is understood that the Nicaraguans have been unaffected by the repeated and persistent demands of British Minister Gosling to extend a similar pardon to MT. Hatch, and that this is one of the real causes of Great Britain's present attitude. MT. Hatch owned property at Blueaelds which was confiscated The question of the right Of Nicaragua to recognize MT. Hatch as a consular officer is also to be involved.
 United States Minister Baker has been instructed to exercise his good ofices in inducing the government at Managua to restore MT. Hatch's be- longings and recognizing him as vice consul, with the assurance that the United States will use every proper ef- fort to prevent any future successful resistance to Nicaraguan sovereignty A at Bluefleds, Great Britain meanwhile osgive an implied guarantee that MT. Hatch would not be active in any fur ther conspiracy to- restore the rule of Clarence The United States could we'll undertake this responsibility on ac-5 count of the interests she had at state