Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-02

London foreign office, and it is be-
leved that they will be accepted.
Washington, April o0.-Some sudden
and unexpected orders issued to the
United States naval vessels caused a
sensation for time until the purpose
of the orders was explained. The
Alert, which has been stationed for a |
month or more at Panama, Watching
the revolution in Colombia, was or
dered to proceed at once to San Juan
del Sur, the nearest cable port to Cor
into, Nicaragua. The Atlanta is now
on her way from Kingston, Jamaica, |
to Key West, and it is expected to az
rive at the latter place any moment |
where she will find awaiting orders to |
sail at once to Greytown, the eastern
terminus of the proposed Nicaragua
canal. The Montgomery, now at N o.
bile, will follow the Atlanta May 7, |
with the Nicaraguan canal commission
aboard. The Monterey having sailed |
Sunday from Acapulco direct for Pan
anna is not expected TO touch COrinto.
Upon reaching Panama she can be or
dered to Nicaragua if trouble arises in
the future. Secretary Herbert eX-I
planned briefly the meaning of these
orders. He said that the movements
of the ships had absolutely nothing to-
do with the present occupation of Cor
into by the British. The real purpose
was to guard the American interests
in Nicaragua against the consequences
Il, 1. /
result of the disturbed condition of
the country. Being asked what meas
IRE of protection the commission
would receive in pursuance of it's
work inspecting along the line of the
canal, the secretary said that the
Montgomery would remain at Grey
town while the commission was in
the interior, and with two ships on
one side and one on the other they
would surely be forced to protect the
commission and all other American
interests that would be endangered
by revolution. The action of Secre-
tary Herbert may be attributed to-
the visit of ex-senator Warner Miller,
of the Nicaragua Canal company, and
of some reports made by him on the
basis of private reports as to the real
condition of affairs inNicaragua, and
to those coming to the Nicaraguan
minister directly. Certainly the char
acter of the United States vessels
which are ordered to Nicaragua is
sufficient evidence that Secretary Her
bert does not expect them to come
into hostile conflict with the British
ships for if it came to that the small
cruisers Atlanta and Montgomery
would find themselves opposed to the
whole British West Indian squadron
while on the Pacific side the Alert
would be left single-handed against
the British Royal Arthur, Wild Swan
and Satellite. In Miller'S conferences
with Secretary Gresham and other
cabinet officers he brought out clearly
the fact that the British threatened to
20 to Greytown and San Juan del
Sur, two important points on the At
lantic and Pacific ends Of the canal.
The cabinet officers are impressed
with Miller's statement of the case,
and one of them characterized 1t as,
the strongest thus far made. Miller
said TO an associated press reporter
that the occupation of Corinto by the
British does not necessarily affect the
canal company in itself. but it may
lead indirectly to serious results. The
revolution which is threatened as the
result of the British occupation may
disturb the canal company by pre-
venting work upon the surveys and
the building operations and the pos
Sible destruction of its property. The
company. he said, wanted protection
of its interests. if not from Near
aguan government. then from the out
side
Advices received by the Venezuela
legation state that popular Subscrip-
ton has been opened at Caracas for
Il statue of President Monroe, which
is to commemorate the Monroe doc
Trine.
Washington. April 30.-While there
are many wild rumors flying about
the city touching affairs at Corinto.
some to The effect that the difficulty
has been patched. and the British
have withdrawn on a basis of sub
mission of British claims to arbitra-
ton and others to show the British
had extended the original program so
as now to include and despatch a
feet of war ships to collect the debt
owing by Honduras. it appeared that
none of them had any real basis. or
at least they failed to attract the in
terest of the state department which
evidently looks upon the possibility
of revolution in Nicaragua as a
phase of the case possessing great
Importance just now, and which it re
CARDS as an absolutely essential one to
provide against, so far as it threatens
American interests. among which, Of
course, are included those of the Mic
araguan canal. The story of a con-
templated onslaught on Honduras is