The sun., 1894-11-29
OUR WAR VESSELS READY.
PREPARED EoR A Snow or FORCH
ON CENTRAL IMERICAN COASTS

Secretary Herbert Report. 60 the Fresiae-t
Be Assembled within Tea Days to Gusra
American Interests on This Continent
AdmirnI walker Nouacd 90 Hold utu,-
self In Readiness to Take command IL
Case n should ne Necessary TO Mobi.
h1e Fleet on the Central American Cou-t
List OF the War ships that Couid Reach
the West indies within . Few bays
The History ofthe Trouble In NicnrnRus.
WAsHISGToN, Nov. oS The President at
Woodley to-day received from Secretary tirssh-
am an official Navy Department memorandum,
showing how completely the navy is in condi-
ton to meet an emergency ON either the Atan-
tic or Pacific coast Of Central America. Willis
it is explained that this memorandum was pre-
pared for the use OF the President in mis- annual
message simply to enable him to inform Con-
grcss what precautions had been taken To i'm
sure respect for the Monroe doctrine, and to
guard American interests among the politically
unstable Governments south Of us, 1t IL learned
upon unquestionablc authority that II relates
solely to the announced determination oG Great
Britain. communicated yesterday to Ambassa-
dor Bayard in London, to frown upon the inter-
ference Of Nicaragua in the local and domestic
affairs Of the inhabitants of Mosquito Territory,
Nicaragua in control Of the international mat
ters Of the Mosquito coast.
The explanation offered at the state Depart
ment was that the information was given the
President for use in connection with strong
recommendations he intended to make regard
Ing American control Of any ship canal that
may he built across Central America without
any special reference to Nicaragua. and prom-
inent naval officer. who helped 10 prcrare tho
n1R nil ba . ,l,,, i,,
formation was to be used in connection with =
portion Of the message treating OF the continual
state of unrest prevailing in Central America,
as evidenced in the Salvadoran cmhrOglio. and
the menacing attitude of Mexico and Guatemala
over the boundary question. as well as tho
Nicaragunn disturbances and the resulting
necessity of maintaining n strong fleet con-
stantly In the Gulf Of Mexico and the Caribbean
Sea.
These conflicting explanations cast no doubts
upon the exclusive ann ,uncement by the
United Press yesterday that the United States
was prepared. BY display Of force. IL neccssa-
ry. to prevent any foreign interference in affairs
at Bluefieds, II diplomacy should fail to effect
this object While 1t Is considered doubtful
that the attitude OF Great Britain will continue
unyielding in the face of the earnest representa-
tions made by Secretary Gresham, it is incontro-
vertible that the United States are fully pre-
rights on the American continent which they
have unequivocaly claimed and uninterrupted
ly maintained for the past seventy years.
The most important development in the atti-
tudc of the United States to-day was the action
of the President In communicating to Rear
Admiral Walker an intimation that. in case Of
the necessity for mobiliZing American fleet
on the Central American coast. he should hold
himself in readiness to assume command. It's
n md hat Atnfr Il lad. -.
dered to transfer his flag from the New York,
In case the aspect Of affairs becomes more threat
eninR. and that Admiral Walker will Join tho
ship at Key West. The Gulf squadron. Accord
ing to this plan, would become separate and
distinct from the North Atlantic 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 Fran
cisco, Marblehead, Castine. and Montgomery,
leaving the Minneapolis. Miantonomoh. Raleigh.
Atlanta, and Cincinnati. with the Maine and
Texas and the monitors and torpedo boats under
Admiral Meade.
Commodore Selfridge's Inspection Board went
to Philadelphia to-day to make the final exam-
ination of the Minneapolis, and as she Is known
to be ready she will undoubtedly be accepted
and promptly ordered into commission next
week. Her guns now being mounted and
she will undoubtedly be retained for cruising
duty between the capes OF the Chesn peakc and
Boston for several months.
II is understood that to-day's dispatches from
Ambassador Bayard show that behind Great
Britain's refusal 10 approve the new Ncaraguan
local government at Bluehelds tine banshment
of the British Vice-Consul, T.. d. Hatch. playsa
prominent part. When the Mosquito
Indian rule was overthrown for a second time by
Mica In ha NIT falt
confident that full justice would be done to
foreign property holders as soon as the impetu-
ous ardor Of the Nicaraguans had Il chance
to cool. In the earlier conflicts between
the Nicaraguans and the Mosquitoes Cor
those claiming to he Mosquito Indians,
In February of the present year, Great
Britain and the United States succeeded in pre-
venting excessive measures. IL was while this
country, with England. was restraining NcarA-
qua that those Inhabitants under the youthful
chief Clarence overthrew the temporary Mic
araguan military rule. II so happened that Just
at thismoment the United States through their
diplomatic channels, were recognizing the full
sovereignty OF Nicaragua over the Mosquito
territory In terms more explicit than mad hith-
ertO been used in negotiations based on the Clay
On-Bulwer treaty, and that Gen. BaTTiOs had
been received by Rngland as Nicaraguan en-
voy, largely upon United States representation,
10 negotiate a convention which would place
ireat Britain in an attitude similar 10 that OF
The United States.
Then Nicaragua undertook to crush out the
Clarence rebellion by drastic measures. Clar-
ence and many OF his supporters fed. but
others, including several Americans and Eng
shmen, remained at Blueheds, and were taken
under arrest to the ManAgua capital. where .
iecrse was issued banishing them from tho
country While the legality OF this action un-
Ter Nicaragua's Constitution was never i'm
peached. the United States regretted the pro-
'eeding. as IL was clearly calculated tn em-
IaTrass the negotiations which would prSCti-
ally RbTOgate the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
Among the prisoners banished was the
british Nice-COnsul at Bluehelds, Edwin ID.
latch, who. however, had not been
by Nicaragua, and J. :.
Iamptnn and T.. ID. Wiltbank, American
planters. These three men were active partici-
pants in the Clarence rebellion. Hampton and