The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-09
CAUSE OF THE RECENT TROuprp
IN NICARAGUA DONE
AWAY WITH.
INCORPORATED AS A NICAp.
GUAM STATE.
Not Known Whether the Rr;+sL w..
Take Kindly to This Move-soI.
vadorean Minister at London
Makes Statement

washington May 3.-The Nicararuo
government has recently done AWAY ,rir,
the Mosquito reservation, which hos ta.,'
the cause of the recent trouble, and has ~
corporated it as State of Nicaroo,o
with the name of Department Of ~
laya," named after the president Of H.,
republic. This action has been o,r,,
communicated to the state denort-ranS
The significance of the goyernmanl b o.
attracted little public attention. hrt IL
rs sad by otticials that it involves grsIfoc
conscientious than the armed ocrl,5s.
ton OF Corlnto. Now that tbe l.t5,r
crisis mas passed, officials are tur1;rIe
their attention, to what Great Rr;Ii55
will do towards Nicaragua's conrsa ..' y; ~
creating the new State and thns d.
rec !. s terminating al British authority
or influence in the old MOSQUITO corr.t,,r
Earl Kimberly has already given ToW WHY,
to Nicaragua that this new uuestio, LII LII
receive the kindly consideration Of Lnr
maJestys government after the demands
of the ultimatum are settled" mo
agreement Yesterday practically settles
these demands, only one of them. fin ar
bitration of damages to the properly of
British subjects, to be executed. ter
that will come the promise of "F,udly
consideration of Nicaragua's create of
the State of Zelaya out of whicl b9s
long been a sort of British dependelDa,
! The Importance of the creation fine
new State arises from the political ug.
giles since 1860 over the Mosquito COZ atry.
In that year England and Nicaragua made
treaty by which Nicaragua was riTen
sovereignty over the Mosquito country,
but the latter retained the right G. self
government. This latter right W. so
broadly construed as to include coinage
of money, collecting duties, etc. So
much trouble resulted that Franc Jo-
seph of Austria was called in as arbitcr
in 1881. His decision was largel, ssu-
timental. 1t allowed the Nicar,auan
flag to be raised in the country an, also
allowed the Mosquito people theil own
flag. The contention as to who gov med
the country continued until last -.ar,
when Nicaragua took forcible posss,siou
and expelled British Consul Hatch who
was accused of encouraging a rel ion
against Nicaraguan control of the n.uu-
try. This expulsion of Hatch and a. her
British subjects has been the cause the
trouble just settled. But while Ii set.
! Element has been pending Nicaragul has
permanently intrenched herself l. the
disputed territory and has establis ,al
complete internal system of govern nnt
1t is an execution of the plan q 'ns'
| which the British consul Is aCcus "4 Of
melting rebellion and for this laasOu
there is much apprehension as to wi her
Great Britain will consent to the ob.it-
GRAFTON of the old Mosquito country,
which was the seat of all British nhu-
ence in Nicaragua. The southern por-
tiOn is near Greytown, the eastern Ter.
minus of the Nicaragua canal, am this
fact has given the country is chic I'M
portance. Now that it is a Nicaraguan
State, Consul Hatch will have to BE- ac-
credited direct to the Nicaraguan govern
ment and not to the Mosquito authorities.
The return of Hatch was one Of the
terms insisted on by Great Britain.
| 1t is said here that about 10 days ago
an understanding in,the Nicaragua diff
Guilty was brought about by our govern
ment similar to that just affected through
Salvador, but the Managua authorities
did not even dignity our government with
an answer, and so events progress ID to
the occupation of Corinto; a proceeding
which has been as dsagreeable ID the
British government as it was t. our
IOwn, but one regarded as absolutely nee.
essary to convince the Central American
republics of their obligation to accorl for.
eigners full protection under right con.
Iveyed by the treaty and generally racog.
nized by international laws.