Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-12-06
THE NAVY AT WORK
Haste Being Exercised in Mat.
ing Cruisers Ready.
SOME TROUBLE ANTIcIPA1pn

Administration Expects to be Sust,,-
In Its Efforts to Prevent Forei.n
terference at BluefeIds-The Prs,,.
dent and Secretary Gresham Conf.
WASHINGTON, November 29.-Aso.
suit OF conference at Woodlev to.d.r
between the President and Secra,o,.
Gresham the cruiser Columbia. wbioi
had been for several weeks at Kingston
Jamaica, was cabled peremptory order,
to proceed at once to Bluefelds for tbs
protection of American interests. NJ,
Gresham's visit to the Presidents Conn
try home followed Immediately upon an
interview he had with the Nicaracror
Minister. All the officials acquainted
with the affair refuse to divulge the roo.
son OF the hurried orders to the Colum.
bia or to confirm statements of tronblo
in Panama in regard to refusal of Great
Britain to recognize the Nicaraguan oov'
ernment. Acting Secretary McAdoo said
that, if it were true that the Columbia
had gone to Bluefields, it was probabIv
on a cruise, conforming with the estab.
lished policy of the government to keen
ship in Central American waters sp
the Navy Department had no recent 70.
ports from Bluefields indicating trouble
there. 1t is learned, however, on excel.
lent authority that not only the Colum.
bia, but the Marblehead, which arrived
at Kingston to-day, will remain at Blue.
fields continuously this winter, and that
the Montgomery may be sent there from
Mobile, but that preliminary ordershave
been sent to New York to have all tbe
ships in commission of the North Allan.
tic squadron prepared for West Indian
cruise at the earliest possible moment.
In addition the sailing orders for the San
Francisco, which was to leave December
Is to become the flagship in European
waters, have been withheld, and she NAV
be sent Immediately to the Gulf Of
Mexico.
The Castine's cruise to the South At.
lantic, which was to commence early
next month, will in all probability be
interrupted when she reaches the West
Indies. Instructions to prepare the
Minneapolis for sea at once have also
been sent to the Navy Department
chiefs. There seems to be in fact almost
a war scare pervading the navy, brought
about by diplomatic rumors to the effect
that Great Britain, which several
months ago expressed willingness to
recognize the full jurisdictional rights OF
Nicaragua over the Mosquito coast,
shown disposition to resent what ap.
pears to be the practical annexation Of
the territory and it's complete ncorpora-
tion as portion OF Nicaragua. As long
as the interoceanic canal bill seemed un.
der favorable consideration at the last
session of Congress Great Britain re-
mained quiescent in the Mosquito con.
troversy, and as result of conferences
which were held at Washington Lord
Rosebery's Cabinet consented to receive
special envoy from Nicaragua, whose
mission related solely to abrogation Of
the treaty, which gave Great Britain a
guardianship over the now almost ex-
tinCt tribe of Mosquito Indians. This
envoy, it is understood, has been in
London for some time, but when Con-
gress adjourned without acting on the
canal bill the organization committee Of
the canal company went to England in
September last to seek money, and the
suggested abrogation. OF the British
treaty has been put in the background.
Not until to-day was it definitely learned
that Great Britain had declined to recog.
nize the legality of the new order OF
things on the Mosquito coast, and that
it had SO notified Nicaragua; although
such action has been anticipated for
| caNrarn1 ,ron1yo ,r,h,a1 &c for thp
fact that the Columbia and Marblehead
were not long ago brought home. 1t
may also explain to some extent why
the Montgomery was sent south to Mo-
bile, ostensibly to test new description
of Goals. The near approach OF the
meeting Of Congress, it is said, gives the
President assurance that he will be sup
ported to the fullest extent in prevent
ing foreign interference near the route
of the proposed interoceanic canal.