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foothold a. that policy implies, the mattei
becomes serious in It's relations 10 funda
mental doctrines held by the United States
| In the cnse OF Mr.. HATCH, too, the delay
or refusal Of Nicaragua TO liquidate the
British claims may by no means be due
| either to neglect or to the desire to avoid
recognized obligations. Nicaragua presum.
ably feels that she ia the injured party. II
| not the ono properly to receive damages.
| She denies, to begin with, that Mr.. HATCH
ever received hisexequatur from her at Blue.
fields, so that she cannot recognize his official
| status. And ON the merits of the case she
holds TIM. lac was engaged with Other foreign
| traders in abetting the rebellion of Chief
CLARENCE against Nicaragunn authority
when the latter had been recognized. The
penalty ot expulsion she regards as light
one. in view Of the serious consequences OF
success in the attempt, and perhaps further
as IL fair precaution to take.
OF course that is only tho Nicaraguan
view. Great Britain is justified, apparently,
in insisting on tho official status OF Mr..
HATCH; AMI while it is true that summary
expulsion ny the executive authority was
expressly authorized in an act Of the Mica
raguan Congress, she firmly holds that
the rights and property Of Mr.. HATCH
could not be taken away without sub
sequent naturalization in case of err
roneous judgment. We find that after
the futile attempt was made last summer
to restore Chief CLARENCE, and the Nicara-
guans had regained CONTROL Minister
MADRIz deported by one steamer about n
dozen persons, including Consul HATCH and
there other British subjects. 1t has been
said. also, that the withdrawal Of the exc
quatur of Mr.. BINGHAM, her Consul at
Greytown, and the suffering of various
losses at Bluefields by her traders and
planters, furnished England with addi-
tional grievances.
AS to that, there might be claims set up
for losses suffered by American citizens
who took part with the British in fomenting
the revolt. But. even il our Government
should consider such claims as proper, it
might not, in view of the facts, be
pcremptory. Two Of the persons eX-
PEELED with Mr.. HATCH were Americans,
who have since been allowed to return.
But the killing of an American citizen, Mr..
WILSON, at Rama, by ARGUELLo the acting
Governor Of that town, has never yet been
dtultu Huu dtltT tIc was III
rested he escaped; and yet for this failure of
justice we have not applied force in calling
Nicaragua to account.
1t is nverred that there is no ground for
fearing that the present move of the British
Government will have as a result any at
tempt to restore Chief CLARENCE. In a
communication sent to the Senate a year
ago, a despatch from Mr.. BAYARDwa quoted
saying that Lord KIMBERLEY had assured
him that mo protectorate over the Mos
quito Indians. in substance or in form, nor
anything in the nature Of protectorate, is
desired or intended by the British Govern
ment." Other facts are cited to show that
Great Britain will not seek to revive the
local rule of the Mosquito Indians Still. in
view of the growing importance of Mica
ragua, by reason of the interoceanic canal,
her controversies with European powers
may we'll be carefully watched by our coun-
try, especially when they result in peremp-
tory demands. with the proposed method of
enforcing them unknown.