Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-04-28

they crossed the British lines into the
interior They must do this to find a
market for the coast, being unhealthy.
is thinly populated. and the great con
suming class Of the population lives in
the interior
The first effect of the decree closing
the port probably will be TO divert
nearly all, if not the entire, import
trade Of the place TO San Juan Del Sur,
or perhaps RealajO, a sea port near by,
for it is improbable that many mer-
chants will take the chances Of get
ting their goods into Nicarafiua
through the British lines under the
circumstances. In this case, the
length of the stay of the British at
COrintO is prOblematical, conditioned,
as tJ is, upon collecting enough reve-
nue. from customs to make good the
indemnity demanded.
But another consideration arises at
this point. for our government has been
assured that the occupation will not
be permanent and indeed the first
paragraph of
THE CLANTON-BULWER TREATY
expressly pledges Great Britain against
any occupation of Nicaraguan terri
tory. So the problem viii arise how
TO collect the indemnity wiJnIn a rea-
Sonable time. This may be settled
SummMily by simply extending the
occupation and blockade beyond Cor
into so as 10 include all of the Pacific
ports of Nicaragua.
From the disposition shown by the
az f- no
done only by force, and is likely to add
very largely 10 the expense incurred
in the collection of the indemnity,
which items viii surely be added by
the British to the original sum. This
course, moreover, would seriously en-
barrass the commerce Of the United
States, and on this point Great Brit
ain has given Secretary Gresham GER
tain assurances. Another manner in
which the British may be able to secure
their ends is by a prompt declaration
of war and an invasion of Nicaragua,
involving the capture of the capital
Managua. and the imposition upon the
Nicaraguans Of the British terms as the
price of peace.
1t may be that the British govern
ment will be driven to the latter course
in the interests of the trade of our own
as well as her own merchants, which
she is bound to safeguard If goods
entered at COrinto after payment Of
duty 10 the British occupants should
DE seized i'm the interior. the owners,
BRITISH OR AMERICAN,
would have a good claim for reparation
and the only question is as to whose
duty it would be to secure this; wheth-
er the United States would feel bound
TO intervene in the case of an Ameri-
can merchant. Therein lies one Of the
factors which may involve our country
directly in the dispute.
PRESIDENT ZEALA'S PROTEST.
New York. April 2S.-The Asso-
ciated Press yesterday cabled President
Zeala of Nicaragua, asking him Tor an
expression of opinion as TO the situa-
tiOu in chat country Shortly after
midnight the following reply was re-
ceiyed.
Nanagua, Nicaragua, April p.
To the ASsOci 2ted Press. New York:
Nicaragua protests before all nations
against the outrage which Great Brit
ain inficts upon her by the military
occupation of the port of COrintO, in
order to seize from her by force a sum
of money which is not owed. in abso-
Lutte disregard of international laws,
and of the dictates of right. justice and
equity. Nicaragua, although counting
upon the sympathy of all, as she is
powerless 10 oppose the aggressor. is
ready to- submit the case without fear,
bewailug her smallness and her weak
ness.
I-fgraN ZETAYA