Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-06
THE MONROE DOCTRINE

Must Be Rigidly Observed by Great Brit
ain In the Bluefields Settlement, Notwith-
standing the Natural Desire of the Naval
Authorities to Disclaim any Menace to .
Friendly Foreign Country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-The present
condition of the Nicaraguan involv-
ment appears to be this:
The United States distinctly refuses
to reopen the Mosquito question at the
point where negotiations were proceed
ing year ago, when the only law
in the disputed territory emanated
from Chief Clarence and the fiji.
clustering supporters he had gath.
cred around him. The reopening of
the question at this point appears
to be what Great Britain desires. 1t is
held by the United States that the new
government established by Nicaragua
at Bluefields is admittedly vast i'm
provement upon the irresponsible rule
of an ignorant half-breed, and that
Great Britain, in common with the
United States and other countries, in
the interest of commerce should now
he willing to hold an organized gov
eminent to account for the mainte-
nance of order and for the protection OF
foreign interests in that sparsely set
tied country.
While to some extent the negotia.
tions which England herself invited
under pressure, looking to the abroga-
ton of the treaty of Managua, in
volved the threshing over of much old
straw, the indisputab BILE fact remains
that Great Britain has known and
tacitly agreed to the new order of con.
troll which has existed at Bluefelds for
several months: that Great Britain has
been fully aware of the approval ex.
tended by the United States to the
Nicaraguan assumption Of RESPONSE.
bility for the preservation of law and
order there. and that Great Britain
has refrained until goaded by the ex-
pulsion of ex-Consul Hatch, from re.
habilitating the claims of an ancient
tribe of Indians whose present mem
bers consist of Jamaica negroes. half.
breeds and law-resisting whites of vari.
Gus nationalities.
Under these circumstances. the
United States could hardly do other
wise than resist an attempt to retu3n
to the old order of things. For forty
years not the slightest progress had
resulted from the continuous and ex-
asperating negotiations growing out
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with its
voluminous correspondence, until Nj
caragua secured complete and final
control over the Mosquito territory last
August.
The valuable time consumed by the
great statesmen of this country and
Great Britain in the exchange of ideas
resulted in affecting the convictions OF
neither in the slightest degree, and
with the recollection of this hopeless
discussion of question forced upon
the present administration it is re-
garded as certain that the United
States will not be induced to again
throw open to proftless discussion the
principles of the Monroe doctrine,
which are now held to be firmly estab-
lished beyond any possible friendly
contention by foreign power.
Notwithstanding the natural desire
of naval authorities to disclaim any
menace to a friendly country, in the an
nounced intention to maintain unusu
ally large fleets on both coasts of Cen
trail America this winter, it is not de-
MED that the ships are held in readi-
ness to proceed under telegraphic or.
ders, nor is it regarded as most i'm
probable that the fleets, while cruising
near Nicaragua, Panama or Venezuela,
will even passively encourage any dis
respect for the American flag in those
waters.