The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-29
HER MAJESTY, INDEED
The Text of the ImpSriOuS Ultimatum
to Nicaragua.
AN INSULT TO AMERICANS
No Doubt About IL This TIme-No
United States Citizen Wanted
On the Adjustment
Commission.
\ INSULT TO AMERICANS

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The ultima
tum issued by Great Britain to Nicaragua
has been made public. 1t is addressed to
Senior Barrios, minister of Nicaragua,
and contains among other things the fol-
lowing statement: "Her majesty's gov
ernment has carefully considered the vo-
luminous documents enclosed in your
note of Nov. % last, which you have COM
municated to me in justification of the
proceedings of the Nicaraguan govern
ment in regard to Minister Hatch, British
pro-consul, and certain other British SUBJ
jects, who were arrested in August last in
the Mosquito reservation, imprisoned and
expelled from Nicaragua, not only with
out any form of trial, but without any
communication TO them of the charges
against them, SO as to afford them an op-
portunity of absoving themselves" The
document then gives historical resume
of the event, principally as printed IN the
English and American newspapers during
the last six months, and says: with re-
gard to the conduct of Mr.. Hatch, her
majesty's government is satisfied, from
the report of her majesty's naval officers,
that it was perfectly correct during the
time that he acted as British pro-consul.
II have only to request that you will,
without delay, inform the Nicaraguan
government that her majesty's govern
ment cannot admit that any adequate or
reliable evidence has been produced to
Justify the arbitrary and violent action
against the queens subjects. They hold the
Nicaraguan government responsible for
these proceedings and they must require
them TO pay the sum of f15, 900 on account
of their action in arresting, imprisoning
and expelling the British subjects; fur
ther. 10 cancel Internationally the decree
of exile issued against them and to agree
to the constitution of a committee to
assess the losses sustained by them in
their property or goods in the reserve,
owing to the action of the Nlcaraguan
authorities. Such commission is to be
composed of British representative, a
Nicaraguan representive and jurist, not
a citizen of any American state, to be Sc
lected by agreement between tho Nicara-
guam government and the government of
her majesty; and failing in such agree
ment, by the president of the Swiss re-
public. The finding of the commission to
be by majority and the awards to be
final and to be paid within three months
| of the conclusion of their labors. Be-
sides the case of British subjects who are
| interested in the Mosquito reserve, there
| arc tuOS0 Ol OlueTS WHO DdfO 5uhOLSo
at the hands of the Nicaraguan
authorities, namely Arthur f. Sykes OF
| Sheffield, England, who had been working
on authority of the Mosquito reserve as an
engineer and was serving in the capacity
on board the Buena Ventura when on the
night of July 30 he was forced at the point
of the bayonet by Nicaraguan soldiers, to
get up steam and take a party of them
| down the river to the gold fields at Blue
fields and on his arrival there fortunately
released by the captain of the United
States ship Marblehead; also Joseph A,
Galea, a Jamaican settled in Great Corn
island, who early in 1891, was beaten with
the fiat of a sword for refusing to perform
military service and then made to serve
There is further unwarrantable seizure o.
the British schooner ANGELA by the gov.
ernor of Corn island and the detention o.
her owner and crew. For these outrages
her majesty's government must also have
satisfaction, and they require that the
sum of e50O be paid as indemnity.
"Her majesty's government is not pre-.
pared to discuss any question with regart
to the treaty of Managua and the recent
proceedings in the Mosquito reserve unit
this matter of arrest and Imprisonment
of British subjects has been disposed of
am sir, with highest consideration,
"Your humble and obedient servant,
| (Signed) "KIMBERLY.n