New-York tribune., 1895-09-12
ENGLAND SEEMS SATISFIED.
v,-erHER DEMANDS ON NICARAGUA AP-
pARENTLY DROPPED.

- &c DISTRIBUTING THE SMART MONEY Ex-
acted BY THE SEIZURE OF CoRINTo. AND
,s NOT LIKELY TO PROVOKE coNTRo-
yERsY WITH THIS COUNTRY OVER
THE QUESTION OF ARBITRATION.
washington. Sept. lin dispatches to the De-
,srtment Of State. dated August 2S and "a Con-
.ul OHara. Of San Juan del Norte. Nicaragua,
rrounces the distribution OF the indemnity OF
200 paid by the Government Of Nicaragua in
,.snonse 70 the British demand for damages be-
,ouse Of the Buehelds affair. The amounts re-
ce,vea by individuals range from flOO to f4SOo,
,hs British vce-consul. Edwin Hatch. receiving
the latter amount
As the original British demand was for flo,0oo
.mart money 10 be paid for the insult TO the
British flag in the person. Of Vice-Consul Hatch,
and left the question Of damages to Hatch and
other British subjects in their private capacity
Oar further arbitration. this dispatch would seem
,o indicate that the British Government had
abandoned It's original intention of pressing fur
ther claims and was willing to rest content with
the payment of the $4,000.
TERMS OF THE ULTIMATUM
In the British ultimarum, which was dated
rebruary 26 1895. and was handed to Don Modesto
Barrlos. the special envoy of Nicaragua sent to
London tc adjust the matter, Lord Kimberley.
che British Foreign Secretary at that time, said:
with regard to the conduct, Of Mr. Hatch: Hate Her
Ms3esty's Government is satisfied from the reports
OF Her Najesty's naval officers that was perec,-
" correct during the time that he acted as British
Iro-consul
,ord Kimberley then enumerated other British
subiects. who he said were arrested and exiled
without Just cause in the Mosquito Reserve trou-
tles and said in regard to these cases:
hat wi without
,sy inform the Nicaraguan Government that her
Majesty's Government cannot admit that any aue-
ouate and reliable evidence has been produced TO
Justify the arbitrary and violent actlon TAKEN
against the Queens subjects. They hold the MICA
raguan Government responsible for these proceed
fngs and they must require them TO pay the sum
OF :l5 01 on account of their action In arrestng
,mprisoning and expelling those British subjects
and to agree TO the constitution of commission to
assess the losses sustained by them In their prop
erty or goods in the Reserve, owing to the action
OF the Nicaraguan authorities, such commission 10
be composed Of 4 British representative, a MICA.
ary American State to be selected by agreement
between the Nicaraguan Government and the
Government OF Her Majesty and falling such agree
Cent. by the President of the Swiss Republic
1t will be remembered that the publication OF
this ultimatum in the dispatches Of the United
Press on March 27 exclusively. elected storm
OF comment and some attempts at explanation
II was said in a semi-of1cial manner from the
British Legation that the term American state
as used by Lord Kimberley was intended TO ap-
ply to the South and Central American States
and was not designed 20 exclude the Unlted
States or to reflect in any way upon TINS country
CONTENT WITH WHAT SHE HAS GOT.
When a British fleet. under Admiral Stephen
son, seized the Ncaraguan port Of Corinto on
Saturday April q, 1895 to secure payment OF the
fl5 900 smart money demanded, there was consid-
cradle discussion as TO what the demand for
other damages would be- especially as the Brit
1.d Ia tie rllf "A
demand for further sum of $500 for compensa-
t,on for some British engineer detained against
his will by the Nicaraguan Government Cwhlch
demand seems to have been incontinently
dropped). When Nicaragua. by the friendly IN
tervenilon Of the neighboring state OF SaNauor'
was enabled TO guarantee the payment OF the
fl50O0 the British fleet sailed away without max
Ing further demands.
No efforts, so far can be ascertalned mere,
seem to have been made to establish commits
sion 10 assess additional damages: The clear IN
ference therefore. seems 20 be- from such po,-
tions Of the report of Consul OHara as the state
Department has allowed to leak out. that Great
Britain has rested content with the tlo.oW ana
has no intention Of provoking controversy WIN ~.
the United States over the question whether the
sentence in Its ultimatum excluding from the ar
btrat!on board "a citizen Of any American
State" intended to apply to the uniteo
States II Consul OHara has expressed any
opinion on this matter. the State Department mas
not made 1t public. and the general impression
Is that the Nicaraguan incident has been cioseo
BY the first payment OF fl5OOO
A SCRAMBLE FOR CONCESSIONS.
Other portions Of Consul O'iara's report given
out by the Department relate to some apparent
ecranble among Americans for concessions The
Consul says. on the authority ofone Of the local
newspapers that the Nicaraguan Government
has granted concession to ]. Lasche. repre-
senting the South Dakota and Central American
Trading COMPANY Of South Dakota, for 2o,o0o
hectares Of land at any point on the Atlantc
coast of Nicaragua in alternate lots In return
the company is to provide steamer 70 ply De-
tween San Juan del Norte and cape HraClas d
Dios calling at intermediate ports Cohsui
OHars adds:
!; is said that Lasche is now In the United states
He has been given six months within which 10 de-
posit $40 OJO as an evidence OF good faith About
half way between here and Bluehelds there is
natural harbor under the lee or Monhe! IHii an h
deepest draught when the wind Is from either the
north or east At comparatively small cost mar mar
Dor could be made at that point not only alloIuIs
complete shelter 10 vessels with the vino from al!
without the aid OF lighters and large enougn 10 tos
accommodate many steamships and other vesses az
The same time The Rama is but a rev ni.eh souen
OF there. ana the lands along tne fitsi as Ia
other -ropcai crops. II IS believed 10 De pait Oh
1asche's scheme to improve this harbor estapisn I
town at Monkey Point. build a railway 10 the iNa."a
River, and. after selling lands along .ne d pptber
productions TO the railway, on whlch they "ouiN
then be transported TO Monkey Point.
Consul O'Hara states. however, that Tbomas
r. Drew and other Americans are negotlatine
with the Government of Nicaragua Tor the pilN-
Iege of improving Monkey P)lnt