The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-19
REDCOATS PRESERVE ORDER.
BRITISH MARINES DO POLICE DUTT
ar BLUEFIELDs Br REoUEsE.

Ths Yates states Cs-.-i $50 Otssr Res,-
d.-t. Asked Capt. How. q. I-tsrfsr. ..s
Have Th.-kss tsi- e. Fsreh-.,t-Ths
Niesr.s-.-s SIN Ce-troi the Government
NEW ORLEANS. March 1S.-By the Southern
Pacific steamer which arrived here to-day from
Bluehelds. tits learned thatths situation 10 un-
changed there. The Government 10 still in
the hands Of Nicaragua. but all the Nicara-
guam troops have left. aud the town IL being
policed and order II being preserved By the
British marines landed from the man.otwar
Cleopatra The marines were landed at the
request Of the United States Consul British
Consul. and property holders OF Bluenelds,
who feared that there would be serious dis
turbance. and that the town would be
burned by the Nicaragusn soldiers. The latter
were lswless set and when In liquor COM
mitted numerous outragea They broke down
doors and invaded houses. they arrested re-
spectacle citizens on the street and II became
dangerous for any citizen to walk on the main
thorouehfares Finally the situation grew 80
strained that q conflict occurred between q
number OF drunken soldiers and the natives.
In which two OF the former were killed Their
angry companions threatened to burn the
town.
The outlook was 80 threatening that the citi-
zens. headed by the United States Consul.
signed q petition asking Capt. Howe to inter-
fere. All the Americans at Bluenelds. Of whom
there are n large number signed this paper
They we're so well pleased with the action Of
the British marines that . memorial, hand
somely engrossed on parchment and encassd
in q mahogany boz. was presented to Capt.
Howe thanking him for his action The ma
rines interfered with no one and confined
themselves to policing the town. Capt Howe's
efforts seemed directed toward getting the
property holders Of Bluefields together to form
. temporary government until . stable and
permanent one could be organized. Meanwhile
the NicaraRuans remain In control and have
levied new taxes and duties. both import and
export. which are very burdensome to the ma
tives. They have placed . tax OF 10 per cent.
on bananas. the principal export OF the eoun-
try. and an import duty on -four and all other
American products, the dutyto be paid In gold.
The merchants have paid nothing yet. but
have given acknowledgements OF the debt
until the question Of the Government is
settled. Although grateful to the British
man-of-war for protecting them. the Ameri-
cans Of Bluehelds are humilisted at
the failure OF the United States to
act They say that England and the United
States were notified By their Consuls at the
same time that there would be trouble In
Mosquito. The British man-of-war Cleopatra
was ordered there at once. Tho Ksarssrge
was ordered to Nicaragua. but was lost on the
way. The Americans think another vessel
should have been sent there BY this time
The NicaraGuans declare that they were In
vited by the Mosquito Indians to interfere In
the Affairs OF the country as the Indians were
being oppressed By the Jamaica negroes who
have settled In their country. The Indians
say, on the other hand. that they never pro-
posed that Nicaragua should assume control
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