Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
'SHE WANTS THE EARTH.
ENGLAND MAKING SUSPICIOUS
MOVES IN NICARAGUA.
In Violation OF the Clayton -Esu,wer
Treaty Bhey Land Troops In the Mos
quito Country.

The report of the landing of the
British at Bluefelds in tire Mosquito
reservation has been confirmed by the
arrival of the steamer Elliott, Capt A.
Brown, at Savannah. The Elliott
which is British steamer, left Blue
fields Marsh 4. Capt. Brown says the
Nicaraguans entered Bluefie DIS on Feb
25 and 20, about 500 of them, with only
small arms. They hoisted che Nicara-
guam flag over the custom house and
over the other public buildings. There
was no fighting. The Mosquitoes were
considerably terrified by the presence
of so large an armed force, as they
were practically without protection in
the city, and fearing they might be
attacked by the Nicaraguans appealed
to the British steamer Thomas for pro-
| lection. March 1 the Thomas, with
out any authority from the British
government, sent three boat loads of
armed men ashore. They were armed
with carbines and cutlasses, and the
men went ashore in the steam launch
! of tie man-of-war, carrying with them
two Gatling guns and three field
pieces. They did not land at Blue
| fields, but at Bluefields bluff, and then
went into Bluefelds from the bluff
/ There was no fight of any kind be-
tween March /, the day the men
| landed, and March 4, the day the
Elliott sailed.
The Nicarag uans, of course, objected
TO the landing of the British troops
and charged the British officers with
an open violation of the Clay ton Bull
wer treaty. The Thomas went to
Colon for the purpose of cabling to
England for advices. In the meantime
the troops were left in camp at Blue
fields bluff. The Thomas returned two
days later, but Captain Brown did not
learn the Jesuit of the correspondence
with the English department of foreign
affairs.
Washington special: The question of
the territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the
British empire on the continent of
North America may soon be n subject
of international diplomatic concern.
The state department will move de-
liberately in the matter, and will give
the whole history of the controversy
| over the Mosquito country thorough
investigation before communicating
with the British minister or dispatch
ing gunboats to the Caribbean sea to
look after the interests Of the Monroe
is not yet codified in the law OF ma
tions," it has been established, and it's
principles steadily and successfully
maintained by the United States
against France and Spain and this
position will not be departed from now
that the intruder is Great Britain.
The Mosquito country has an area of
about 1000 square miles, thus exceed
ing Connecticut and Rhode Island in
size, and it's territory is in the richest,
most fertile and valuable part of Cen
trail America.
The city OF Bluefelds, which the
British have seized, is the only town
of importance in the disputed terri
| tory. In consequence of the great de-
veiopment of the trade in tropical
| fruits, and the fact that it has regular
lines of steamers TO the United States,
Bluehelds is assuming a position of
prominence as port. 1t is located on
lagoon that has an area of 100 square
miles.
The Mosquito Indians, from which
| the country takes its name, have>prac-
! tically disappeared, although they are
represented by the mixed races that
now occupy the territory. The British
claim to "a prOtectorate over these
Indians is very old, but was never
recognized by the United States or
Nicaragua, and has apparently once
been fully surrendered by Great Brit.
ain herself. The Encyclopedias Brit
tanica says: The Mosquito reserve
had enjoyed semi-independent posi-
ton under the nominal protection of
Great Britain from 1895 to 1880. BY
the Clay ton Bulwer treaty of 1850 Eng.
land resigned all claims to the Mos
quito coast, and by the treaty of Man
aqua in 1860 coded the protector ate
absolutely to Nicaragua.