St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-17
NO LAND FOR JOHN BULL.
Hint That the Monroe Doctrine
VIII Be Enforced.


WASHINGTON, April 16-It is i'm
possible to secure from the state de-
partment anything like an explana-
ton of the attitude it has assumed to-
wards the dispute between England
and Nicaragua, beyond the declara-
tion that the map of Nicaragua will
not be changed by any action on the
part of Great Britain. This means. of
course, that Great Britain will not be
permitted to acquire any of the terri
tory Of Nicaragua, even under color
of the old protectorate over the Mos
quito reservation, which originally ex-
tended southwark to the San Juan
river, and so commanded the eastern
approach to the proposed Nicaraguan
canal, to the construction of which
the United States now stands COM
mitted by the action of the last con-
greSS.
The announcement made in London
that Great Britain had declared the
Nicaraguan respor Sc to her ultimatum
to be insufficient was fully expected
at the state department.
- Mr.. Bayard, our ambassador at Lon
don, has been using his good offices to
bring about a peaceful settlement of
the dispute, and in Washington Secre-
tary Gresham has been counseling
the Nicaraguan minister, Dr. Guzman,
probably to make such concessions as
may be consistent with Nicaragua's
national honor. AT the same time it
is known that the secretary has en-
itertained a doubt of the soundness of
the British contention of a right to
claim reparaIion for the expulsion of
its consular agent, if he has really
been guilty of fomenting rebellion dur
ing the Bluefields disturbance last
year, and this he has probably COM
municated to the British government
as a reason why it should not be over
hasty and dictatorial in the treatment
of a small and defenSeleSs nation. 1t
is not believed that the state depart
ment has gone so far as to serve
formal notice on Great Britain
d. Uhough earnest peace presenta tions
have been made) that she must not
lombard Greytown, however, for that,
1t is said would be equivalent to a
declaration that no European power
may hereafter wage war upon any of
the American republics ever in a case
involving, as it is claimed in this case.
the national honor and it is quite
certain that every one of the powers
will repudiate such a suggestion. But
in the present case it is felt here that
there is little probability that Great
Britain would proceed to such an ex-
treme course as a bombardment of a
town in which the largest interests
were owned by foreigners, with whose
nations she had not quarreled, and it
is much more likely that even if
Nicaragua should finally refuse to
meet the conditions of the ultimatum,
the British would essay to collect in
demnity from the Nicaraguan Gus
toms.
NO FORMAL PROTEST..
It is learned that the state depart
ment has made no protest against any
proposed british action in Nicaragua
for the very good reason that the
British government has regarded the
issue between itself and Nicaragua as
one in which no other nation can have
any concern. and has not acquainted
the government of the United States
with its exact purposes.
No vessel of the United States is
now at Greytown, but the vessels
composing the squadron of Admiral
Meade are now at Colon, within a
days sail of Greytown.
1t is said at the navy department
that the fact that the six vessels are
now within reach of the MOSQUITO
coast is due to accident, and not de-
sign. The department has been in
formed that Admiral Meade expects to
reach Key West on the 18th of the
month, and as he is now only five days
sail from that point he can remain
five days in the vicinity of Greytown.
and still carry out the itinerary agreed
upon. There are no orders compelling
him to be at Key West at the date
named, although it was part of the
general plan approved by the depart
ment before the squadron left on the
cruise 1t is probable that the Atlanta
and Raleigh will remain where they
have been for some time Cat Colon)
after. Admiral Meade. with the other
four vessels, departs.
The Monterey arrived at Mazatlan,
Mexico, today on her voyage south
ward.