The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-04-30
NICARAGUA's GRIT.
She Plays a stragetic Movement, Not
Down on the Programme---a Com
promise Probable.

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The long talked of landing of the
Queens forces at Nicaragua has
been accomplished. These troops
were landed for the purpose of col
lecting claim which Great Britain
holds against that country, No
sooner had they landed than the
custom house was closed as a port
of entry, and the town evacuated
by citizens and troops, alike. Mic
aragua will follow up these tactics
whenever the British occupies one
of their seaport towns, and it need
be, will abolish the tariff ON all COM
modities and take chances on this
mode of warfare. In the meantime
if any nation will step in and help
the Nicaraguans, they will show
that they are not averse to the
smell of gun powder.
The United States attitude in the
matter has been severely criticised
by press and politicians, in allowing
the British troops to land without
even a protest.
The London Observer says of the
matter:
1T is probable that some En-
glishmen feel regret that we have
been forced to take stringent meas
ures against a remote little govern
ment. The only consolation we
have is that we could not help our
selves. The truth appears to be
that the Nicaraguan government
is thinking quite as much about
what would be good for it, as to
what would be best for the Nicara-
guam people.
"Now that the admiral's forces
are in command at Corinto it may
be hoped that the Nicaraguan gov
ernment will find itself in a position
to make the concessions required
by the ultimatum." ."
Hon, James H. Budd, of Califor-
MIA, says 'The United States
should never have allowed British
marines to set foot on the Nicara-
guam shore. In the beginning we
should have demanded that Eng
land submit her claims to arbitra-
tion and we should have forced her
to do so. If diplomatic protests
we're not needed there should have
been American marines in Corinto
to prevent the invasion. The Mon
roe doctrine expresses the policy of
the United States as it does the
sentiment of its people and this is a
violation OF the spirit of that doc
trine."
Senator Morgan in speaking Of
the affair, said; "Nicaragua's
right to close the port is undoubt-
ed, Every nation has the power to
designate ports of entry and to
change them at will To land goods
at Corinto while it is closed would
be smuggling and the payment of
duties to the authorities would not
alter the fact, AS soon as the
goods were taken into the interior
the Nicaraguan forces would seize
them and either confscate them or
compel the payment of fresh duties
and would be perfectly justified in
doing so, BY her action Nicaragua
has deprived Great Britain of the
power to obtain at Corinto the in
demnity she demands, If another
port be seized Nicaragua can close
that also or repeal her entire tariff
law and allow all goods to enter
free of duty, She could also declare
an embargo on imports from all
nations except those whose goods
she is debarred by treaty from ex-
cluding. She could not exclude our
goods because our treaty with her
prevents it, but she could exclude
Great Britain's because the latter
has made war on her and thus has
abrogated all treaties between
them" .I" 4
1t Is stated now that the United
States has asked Great Britrin to
give Nicaragua a fortnight to pay
this debt has been acceded to,
This will give Nicaragua time to
mass her troupes If it means to
fight, as it will also give Cleveland,
Gresham n Co, to study up on the
Monroe doctrine. Let us hope that
the weak nation, in It's weakness,
may not be crowded off the earth,
without a protest at least from this