New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-30

FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE TROUBLE
RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT zE-
LAYA FROM WASHINGTON
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNEl
Washington, April 29-American interests Ia
Nicaragua are In danger. and feet has been
ordered 10 proceed 10 that quarter Immediately
This. in brief is tho latest phase OF the Mica
raguan situation. Two ships have started for the
ports OF the Republic and more are ready for
call in the Pacific, and three on the Atlantic sta
ton may be summoned Tie Raleigh has been
directed to proceed f. N Key West TO Greytown
with all dispatch Or the Pacific side the Alert
now at Panama has received similar instructions
by cable. her destination being San Juan del Sur.
the cable station just south Of Corinto. The
Ranger at Buena Ventura. Colombia, has been
communicated with, but not directed to sail
north. The Monterey left Acapulco to-day. os-
tensby for Panama.
This activity among the vessels Is occasioned
by important news received at the State De-
partmont to-day from Nicaragua. kilograms
from Greytown and San Juan del Sur advised
Secretary Gresham that affairs in the Republic
had become serious. and that the lives and
property Of Americans were threatened The
presence OF a fleet the Atlantic and Pacific
sides reported to be necessary. and urgent
appeals were made that ships be dispatched at
once These advices were received from Amerl-
can citizens in Nicaragua They said that "a
revolution in Nicaragua was expected to break
out at any hour. and that conflict between
the English force on shore at Cor!nto and the
Nicaraguan troops was apprehended Other In
formation was conveyed going to show the i'm
portance Of prompt action. Further intelligence
IS withheld by the authorities.
Mr. CLEVELAND APPROVES THE ACTION.
The news stirred up the officials. Secretary
Gresham came 10 the State Department somewhat
late this morning having spent the evening at
Woodley with the President. Soon after having
read the official mail which had been put on his
desk he received the teegraphic advices from
Nicaragua Immediately the telephone was
called into service. and the President was ac-
auairted with the facts. Mr. Cleveland an
nounced that he would come to the White House
at once. Pending his arrival Secretaries Gresh-
am and Herbert had a conference at the Navy
Department. the subject of the talk being the
number and names OF vessels available 10 b
sent to Nicaraguan waters. BY the time the
Presden. had arrived at the White House Sec
retary Gresham had formulated programme
His plan OF action was approved and Secretary
Herbert was promptly informed The orders to
the Raleigh and the Alert were thereupon issued
Il was also settled that the Montgomery, now
A. Mobile. would convey the Nicaragua Canal
Commissioners to Greytown. insuring the pres
once Of a second vessel at Greytown within a
few days
TIL, SHIPS AND THEIR FORCES.
The Raleigh is now only about 700 miles from
Greytown the Atlantic end of the proposed inter-
oceanic canal. Her orders are u proceed with
dispatch. which. under naval regulations. means
that she is To start on her mission with the least
possible delay-wthin twenty-four hours. or soon
er II practicable Secretary Herbert is OF the opn-
ion that the vessel was coaled on arriving at Key
West and that there is nothing else - detain her.
CAPTAIN Merrill Miller her commander. is an alert
officer. and as his orders will show that an emer-
gercy exists he will lose time In sailing. The
Raleigh is one II the cruisers, and is sister
Of the Cincinnati Her maximum speed is nine
teen knots but as she has been away from doct
for some time II is not likely that she Will make
more than seventeen knots At the latter rate
she would reach Greytown in fifty hours. She is
well equipped in battery and men. She carries
ten ave-inch rapid-ire rifles one six-inch rapid
fire rife eight six-pounders. four one-pounders
and two Gatlings. She also has four torpedo
ssts OF twenty officers and 292 men. including q
marine guard of one lieutenant and thirty non
commissioned officers and priyates. From this
force she could land a battalion Of al lut 200 off,
GERS and men.
The Alert is an old-type iron vessel OF l.020 tons
She is slow and as Panama is distant from San
Juan del Sur 900 miles going al her best
speed-ten knots-she will not reach her jestina-
ton In lese than three days. She carries two nine
inch and one eleven-nch smoothbores, also one
sixty FOUNDER breech-oading rife Her crew CON-
prises twenty-one officers and l27 men. Her land
ing force would not exceed total Of seventy-ave
all told.
OTHER VESSELS AVAILABLE.
Besides the Alert on the Pacific there are the
Monterey and Ranger AS stated. the Monterey
is en- route for Panama but she is Of the mon-
tor type and does not carry a great quantity OF
coal IL is possible-unless Captain Hgginson has
been instructed TO the conrary-that she Will stop
at Coruto The Ranger Is held at Buena Nentu-
ra subject t. orders The Atlanta, on the Atlan-
tic side is available for service In Nicaraguan
waters and will probably be sent there II needed
The certainty Is therefore that there VIII De TWO
ships at Greytown IN few days. ana one possi-
bly, two near or at Corinto. The possibilities are
many depending on the turn Of affairs In Mica
la2Ia.
The presence OF Warner Miller at the State
Department to-day may have had something 70
do with the determination of the authorities 10
send vessels TO Nlcaraguan waters. Mr.. Miller,
aa Is well known is much interested N having
the in;eroceanic canal completed. HIS interest
Is not only of a financial character. out ne re-
alizes the advantages that Will accrue TO this
country II the enterprise is carried through under
American auspices. While nothing official Is said
a the State Department or by Mr. Miller on the
subject there Is ground for the belief that the
ex- senator has represented to Secretary Gresham
the Importance and prestige OF feet being OF
TIN Nlcaraguan coast about the time the Canal
Commissioners begin the work OF surveying the
proposed route. fact which enters into the
case but which seems not TO have attracted at
tention Is that the commissioners constitute the
first official board that has ever had the sanction
OF Congress 10 examine into and report on the
feasibility Of constructing the canal.
NICARAGUA LIKELY TO PAY UP.