Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-03
Special Cor. Of the Associated Press.
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longer than they did, they would have
been able to capture a British steamer,
the De Bay which arrived there two
days ago, loaded with a full supply of
modern, improved field artillery, rifles,
equipments and ammunition for about
5000 officers and soldiers of the Nj
caraguan army, and Admiral Stephen
son would thus have been able to col
lect the t15,5O0 claimed by Great Bri-
tain as an indemnity from Nicaragua
WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY.
But the British warships sailed away
on May 5th, and this most valuable
cargo arrived at Corinto on May 10th,
under the British tag, TO the great de-
light Of the Nicaraguan authorities,
who feared that this supply Of war ma
terial would fall into the hands of the
British. Ii is considered more than
likely that Admiral Stephenson would
have seized and detained the De Bay
until the indemnity was paid and
therefore there is a great deal of re-
J0lcing here at its escape. for it would
have made an admirable substitute for
the port and customs dues of Corinto.
which the British admiral was pre-
vented from collecting by the fact that
the Nicaraguan government declared
the port closed shortly after it was oc-
cupied by the British.
Nobody here doubts that had the Bri-
tish admiral captured this supply of
war material and satisfied Great Bri-
Jain's claim against Nicaragua, by its
sale, that the act would have so thor
oughly humiliated the present govern
ment of Nicaragua as to have caused
ITS OVERTHROW At ONCE,
by a revolution among the people. It
is not doubted that Admiral Stephen
son could have. taken possession Of the
De Bays cargo, i'm spite of the fact that
the steamer was under the British flag
as the war material was purchased in
Germany, in 1894, by the present gov
ernment of Nicaragua.
Then again, people here insist that
Great Britain was desirous of obtain
ing q "coaling station on the island Of
COri0to, and another "cOaiins station"
on Corn Island, near the Atlantic en-
trance TO the proposed inter-Oceanic
canal through Nicaragua. and thus
Great Britain would have been able to
control both entrances of the proposed
canal IL is also claimed that it was
the intention OF Great Britain to cause
the overthrow Of the present govern
ment Of Nicaragua and to place in
power native NicaragUans Of her own
choosing, and there are some prominent
natives OF this country who are very
fond of Great Britain.
IL is claimed by the irritated people
here that Admiral Stephenson and sew
eral of his officers, when at CorintO, on
April 25th, just before they actually
took armed possession of that port and
island, publicly declared to many per-
sons. among whom was Mr. w. T. Tis-
dale. a United States citizen, and the
agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, that
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
so often referred to in the United
States press and 10y that people. is a
myth. that the United States would not
and could not. if they desired, enforce.
and it is added that the British officers
asserted that the occupation of Corin-
70 was intended 10 test the question.
Tic should be said i'm conclusion. how
ever. that it has been denied that there
was any truth i'm the story that the
British officers made such statements
The export of the coffee crop of 1894
from this country is now so nearly
completed that a fair estimate can be
made of the aggregate, and il is be-
ueved that IL viii amount to sixteen
million pounds against about thirteen
million pounds last year. The season
for gathering coffee and preparing it
for the market has been very favorable
and the quality is
UNUSUALLY GOOD.
The price in Europe and in the
United States for good to boat quail
ties is from is to 80 cents, gold, per
pound. The export tax is two cents.
Nicaragua currency, per pound. if eX-
ported from COrintO and 2l2 cents per
pound if exported from San Juan del
Norte river This one-half cent per
pound difference in favor of Corinr0,
although seriously against the interest
of many of the coffee estates in the de-
partments of ChautOles. Granada and
Rivas. is for the purpose of influencing
shipments to be made over the Nation
al railroad. extending from the town
of Granada to the port of COrintO.
The aggregate of this tax To the gov
ernment of Nicaragua this yTar. 1895,
will be about $265,0o0, or. at the pres
ent rate of exchange. about $4,000
gold. This money is usually advanced
to the government by a bank, and eX-
Dorters 90 TO that bank for their tax
certificates and permission TO ship.
The oldest coffee states in Nicaragua
are but fourteen or fifteen years old.
vet some of them have over 100000
trees. yielding
A NET PROFIT ANNUALLY
duriug the past four yearsNof 1215 to 15
cents. gOld.~9er tree.
Mercantile and an other kinds of
business i'm Nicaragua appear TO have
revived to their former activity since
the evacuation of the island OF COrinto
bv -be British and many of these sol
5iers volunteers and enlisted men in
Nicaraeua's army for defense against
pritisb advance into her territory, have
rot,rred TO their usual occupations.
Tba government, however. is actively
rraDaring to submit to arbitration all
questions at issue between Nicaragua
ma Great Britain that have arisen out
NJ Nicaraeua's successful efforts in 1898
and 1894 TO maintain her sovereignty
over the Mosquito reservation.