The sun., 1895-03-28
rNGLAN DIS ULTIMATUM.
o,oKTMBERLET,s LETTER TO THE
MINISTER or NICARAGUA.

s,c,rnrua Authoritics Should Have
r,rmun,cated with Her Msjesty's Cow
.-,r.nt before Resortinr TO So Extreme
u.a.-re as the Arrest OF Consul Hatch
The Demand for Indemnity Is Coupled
-,,h /. Demand that the DEGREES Expel-
,.r British subiects Shall ne Cancelled.
v,surSGrox, March a7.--Tho full text Of
e,..t Britans ulLimatum to Nicaragua 10 as
follows: r,,,r,o,, o,.-,,r r., on ,sos
.,,, rs,r Modesto Barrfos. Minister QJ Nicaragua.
s,p. Her Maiesty's Government have care
Ali, considered the voluminous documents en-
.,,s,d in your note of the 22d November last,
Itch YOU have communicated to me, in justih-
..,,on Of the proceedings of the NicaraEuan
government In regard to Mr.. Hatch, British
s,o.ronsul and certain other British subjects
rho were arrested in August last in the Mos
o,i,o Reserve. imprisoned. and expelled from
Nicaragua not only without any form OF trial,
I'm, without any communication to them Of tho
,h.rces against them, 80 as to afford thom an
ornor,unity OF absolving themselves.
BEFORE proceeding to examine tho statements
wade IN those documents. may observe that,
.uhoueh Mr.. Hatch was not, strictly speak.
inc An officer in her Maiesty's consular servics.
1, might have been expected that the Nicnra-
,u,r authorities in the Reserve, who carried on
4. correspondence with him and mado use OF
nj, service In consular capacity, whenever and
an lons Mit suited their convenience to do so,
vould. ss n matter of ordinary courtesy. have
communicated with her Majesty's Government
h.sor, resorting to extreme measure as tho
arrest OF that gentleman.
The British subjects who wero arrested on
Aur. lG and takon TO ManaGua. were. besides
Mr. HATCH British pro-consul:
Mr. W. B. c. Brown, Mr.. II. Brownrigg. Mr.. j.
". Cu.hbert. Mr.. y. A. Hodgson Mr.. John Tay-
lor Mr. John o. Thomas. Mr.. MARYLAND Tsyl lor,
Mr. W. Glover
OnAug. ~ two moro British subjects were
arrested, Mr.. q. y. Hail and Mr. Hubert o.
BoiLen and another British subject, Mr.. Joseph
p Moody. was arrested on Aug 80. There were
ais, further arrests OF persons said to be British
subjects viz. Green. Martin. Thompson. and
Joel f,oddcn.
The object OF much that is contained in tho
paoer. cor municated by the Nicaranuan Gov
srnment appears 10 bo to connect Mr.. Hatch
and other British subjects arrested with tho dis
turtance which took place in the Mosquito Re-
serve in July last.
Msssrs Hatch. Brown, Brovnrigg. Cuthbsrt
EA Hodgson. John Taylor. Markland Taylor.
and Glover. in statement made on the 7th OF
September. have sworn that they did not in any
courage tho riots In the Reserve.
Mr.. j. 0. Thomas also denies any completely In
he riots.
Asto Mr.. e. P. Hail. who was kept in prison
for six days, and only released on giving an
Undertaking to leave tho country. he states that
u police magistrate he endeavored to quiet the
pope On the 9th of July. but was shot at and
vent home and resigned the next day. His
Uatemen, IL supported by sworn statements
made by two Of the police. British subjects.
Mr. Hubert O. Boddcn, who was kept in prison
for three days and was released on the interven-
ton OF tho Captain of the United States ship
Marblehead. but was exiled Is in ignorance of
the causes o! his arrest and exile.
M.J. T. Moody states that he Is in ignorance
Of the causes Of his arrest and punishment.
Among the dispositions which are brought for
ward by the Sicnraguan Government as proofs
syains, Nj. Hatch ure those OF ). w. Cuthbert,
s. A. Hoagson. and Charles Patterson when
under dotention. The a.st-named person 10
represented to have deposed that it was Mr..
Hatch who encouraged the movement against
the Nicaraguan authorities a nd that he was al
WAYS In the midst OF the insurgents.
A. HodEson Is represented TO have stated
m Tho Of s
Mr.. Hatch. and that he was present ut them then
and sfterward when they were held elsewhere.
frmed that Mr.. Hatch was nearly always pres
.n, at the meetings Of the Council and advised
Now two of these depuner.s. Messrs. Cuth-
bert aud Patterson. In a statement made to Con-
nlBingham. while swearing that they did not in
any way participate in or encourage the riot Of
the 5th ot July and did not furnish or import
arms ann unition for use in the disturbances,
na tf The ~ ,InM BY the MiSi.ter OF @ war. % and
written in Spanish. which was signed by US. but
wecannot say that II is correct, not knowing
The language, but compelled to sign"
The third deponent =. 4. Hodgson. IN sworn
statement made ON the 18th September, afiirns
thai while under arrest at Blnetields Bluff he
no rs.pecttas M MI Hatch, that Nj Hatch did
ls.t his business house door on the etk Of
!uly: that le did not insttgatr or advise the
!aaaieans t" take up arms. but that he warned
them not 20 90 so. and posted up notices to the
anne effect; that the Chief Clarenee. after he
s,lI sI reipststed, did no; reside At Mr. Ha.ch's
meeting of the Council! was held at Mr.. HatcL's
house and that. excepting b.seechng the peo-
vim the affairs Of the 5th and 9th July; that he
,aodgsonj was asked TO sign tho statement, but
nSasssed Ns TO have it read to him IN English.
hewas compelled 70 sign It.
Hubert o. Bodden, who is another Of the de-
pntnts quoted in the documents coinmuni-
Gated by the Nicaraguan Government. states in
SiTorn statement tnat he was arrested on tho
s sSns r hac sH1 oEsr IN s asrS to
.tI snyes that on his pleading ignorancs tho Judge
x. na he vas lyipg And thai ~ you do not speak
sent back to prison. where he remained tnree
oays. when he was released on the intervention
Stthe Captain OF the United States ship Marble
lead the Judge informing him that he was
eIlisd. but that he ought to be shot.
with regard to tho other dispositions pro-
aaced BY the Nicaraguan Government, the evil
cence as to Mr.. Hatch's conduct at the time OF
the disturbances is mere heresnv. and Is not
only IN contradiction TO the sworn statements to
which have just referred, but is at variance
WIN the information obtained by her Majesty's
on the spot.
,lnotice from the dispositions which you have
seGpmnirnicatetl 10 me that Green. Martin. and
!.lompson are stated to have boen concerned in
iae police riots on tn. 9Th OF July. and that Joel
DilcG Is said 10 have taken part in the attack
"a the blutf ON the following day. Her Maiesty's
,yoNyernmept ar. not fully informed as To how
.ner cases have been dealt with by the Near
.gasn Government. aud they are therefore eT-
"ucei from consideration In my present note.
,,Asto the other British subjects arrested. may
JOSef'r tlat after the police riots OF the 5th of
,,.S and the attack on the palace that night.
we we town Dt Bnehelds wGs without organized
s|era'neut until the Mosquito chief. at the
,eQlssi OF the merchants and others. issued a
POSITION
,lhe NicaraRuan Commissioner was within