The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-12

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ten hours.
The Elliot reached Bluefeds on her
last trip from Savannah Feb. q, Tuesday
of week before last. She was just
one day too late to witness the arrival of
the Nicaraguans.
THE NICARAGUANs IN CHARGE.
Capt. Brown says the Nicaraguans en-
tered Bluefelds Feb. % or 20. He does
not know their exact numerical strength,
but says there was an armed force Of four
or five hundred of them there when he
arrived.
The Nicaraguans, he said, brought no
cannon with them. They simply entered
under arms, and without any resistance
on the part of the natives they hoisted
the Nlcaraguan flag over the custom
house and over the other public buildings,
and took charge of the town. The flags
remained up during the time the Elliott
was in port there.
Capt. Brown says there was no fighting,
and the armed forces that entered the
city met with no resistance from the ma
tives. There was no occasion for any out
break he says, under the circumstances.
WANTED BLUEFIELDs FOR ITS REVENUE.
The Mosquitoes, he says, were consider
ably terrified by the presence Of so large
an armed force, as they were practically
without protection in the city. He did
not inquire into the exact cause Of the
trouble between the Nicaraguans and the
Mosquitoes, but he larned that the former
were jealous of the large revenues the In
dams were receiving, especially from the
industries around Bluehelds. Blue6elds
was paying the Indians too large a rev
enue, and wanting to gain possession of
that port they simply went over and took
it without any resistance.
1t was thon that the Mosquitoes APP
pealed to the officer in charge of the
British man.of-war Tomas. Capt Brown
says the reports that reached this coun-
try with regard TO the name Of the Brit
ish war ship there were in error 1t was
not the Cleopatra, he says, but the
Tomas. He did not know the name of
the officer in command.
APPEALED TO THE TOMAS FOR PROTECTION.
The Mosquitoes he says fearing they
might be attacked by the Nicaraguans
appealed to the Tomas for protection.
Thursday morning. March l. the Tomas,
he says, without any authority from the
British government, as it had not had
time to get any such authority, sent three
boat loads of armed men ashore
Capt. Brown did not know the exact
number of men but he says between so
and 100 were landed. They were armed
with carbines and cutlasses. They went
ashore in the steam launch of the man-of-
war and carried with them two .gatling
guns and three field pieces.
1t was impossible TO get into the barber
or anywhere near Bluefelds in anything
but small boats on account Of the fact
that the harbor is SO shallow
LANDED AT BLUEFIELDs BLUFF.
The British forces did not land at
Bluehelds proper, but at Blucfelds Bluff.
about four or five miles northwest of the
city. There was some understanding,
Capt, Brown says, between the MOSQUITO
chief and the officer in charge Of the
Tomas. the chief asking that the men be
landed for the safety and protection of
his people.
The British soldiers he ssys, went into
Bluedelds from the bluff several times
while he was there. They could not 20
by land. but had to use the steam launch.
on which they carried one of the gatling
guns.
no FIGHT Up TO MARCH t.
There was no fighting of any kind be-
tween March /, the day the men landed
and March 4, the day the Elliott sailed
Capt. Brown SAYS there was little ex-
element Of any kind among the people
while he was there. The mosquitoes were
somewhat frightened when the Nicara-
guans entered but after the landing of the
British troops he says all excitement sub
sided, and the people seemed willing to
rest easy and let things go on as they
were until the trouble between the In
dams and the Nicaraguans IS settled.
SAID THEY VIOLATED THE TREATY.
The British forces were landed Thursday
morning. Capt. Brown says little excite
ment was produced and the people here
seem to be much more anxious about the
matter than those who are directly con
cerned.
The Nicaraguans Of course OBJ 'ected to
the landing of the British troops, and
charged the officers in charge Of the
British with an open violation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Little attention
was paid to this by the British. The
Nicaraguans wanted them to stick to the
terms Of the treaty
CABLED TO ENGLAND FOR ADyICEs.
The Tomas sailed away from Bluefelds
Thursday night for Colon for the purpose
Of cabling to England for advices about
the matter. In the meantime the troops
were left in camp at Bluefeds Bluff. The
Tomas returned to Bluehelds late Satur-
day night
Capt. Brown did not learn the result Of
the correspondence with the English de-
partment Of foreign affairs as he was
some five or six miles away from Bile
fields and did not land there again before
leaving Sunday morning. When he left.
he says the soldiers were still in camp at
the Bluff.
Capt. Brown had a Bluefelds paper,
but lost it somewhere en- route
before he had an opportunity Of reading
the news in connection with the present
disturbance.