The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
NICARAGUA CANAL
ST. James Gazette Sees Trou-
BILE Ahead Between This
Country and England.
ARE HEADING FOR A CRISIS
And There Will Be a Diplo-
matte Deadlock or an Eng
liSh BaCkdOWn.

LONDON, Aug. 22.-The st. James
Gazette publishes scare article ask
ing how Great Britain stands with the
United States government i'll the mat
ter of the Nlcaraguan canal, and says
that it Will be we'll if the Rt. Hon.
George N. CurzOn, under secretary of
state for foreign affairs, Is asked to
give some explanation Oh the subject
In the house OF commons. Continuing,
the st. James Gazette remarks:
Heading Straight for a Crisis.
"As far as can be seen, we are head
ing straight for crisis and there will
be either diplomatic deadlock be-
tween the two countries or the English
will surrender important treaty
rights. The deadlock can be avoided
by discreet handling of the facts by the
never occur. Should a situation be
brought about in which the United
States finds it can ignore the United
States of Central America, then good
bye to any hope of retaining, much less
extending, our commercial hold of the
republics of the Spanish main, mar
ket in which we already suffer from
uncommonly sharp competition from
the Americans and Germans.
Rehearses N.caraguan Canal History.
The st. James Gazettee then pro-
ceeds to rehearse the history of the
Nicaraguan canal, claiming that the
accedence Of the United States to the
Of <ha
pany to guarantee further capital for it
would be an infractiOn of the Bulwer-
Clay ton treaty The st. James Gazette
then quotes President Cleveland's ref.
erence to the canal in his message of
1894, and says:
These carefully weighed words
were designed to create minimum OF
distrust in the foreign Office, and when
read in relation to the consistent moral
support given by the United States tc
the company's enterprise and the in
| sistent demand of the United States
people that their government guarantee
the entire capital, come what may, il
is plain that the ultimate object is not
SO much the cutting of the canal as the
firm and final establishment of the
United States Authority
in Central America. With the cana
completed, wholly by the United
States, the independence OF the repub
lies would be mere nominal. 1t is true
that English financial assistance wa:
sought by the American syndicate, les
the United States government falter il
giving the guarantee, but these nego
tiations have collapsed because it il
not proposed to allow the English cap
italists their due share of control
which Is sufficient indication of the ex
elusive power the Americans mean t,
exercise on the isthmus.
The Cardinal Point.
The cardinal point Of the whole mat
ter is, does the government mean t.
enforce the Bulwer Clayton treaty?
so, will she join the United State
guarantee of capital? Ii not, wha
steps have been taken to secure tn
neutrality OF the canal and the equal
ity of rights and opportunities of Brit
ish subjects? 1t is conceivable tina
events may SO shape themselves in tn
near future that the United States will
be practical masters OF Central Ameri
ca, but before we consent, any abroga
ton of the Bulwer- C ayton treat
| must be made by ourselves"