The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-28

Washington, March 27.-The ultima
tum issued by Great Britain to Nicara-
qua was given out here tonight. 1t is
addressed to Senior Barrios, minister of
Nicaraguav, and contains among other
things the following statement:
Her majesty's government have
carefully considered the voluminous
documents enclosed in your note of
November % last, which you have
communicated to me in justification of
the proceedings of the Nicaragua gov
eminent in regard to Minister Hatch,
British pro consul and certain other
British subjects who were arrested in
August last in the Mosquito reServa-
ton, imprisoned and expelled from
Nicaragua, not only without any form
of trial, but without any communlca-
ton to them Of the charges against
them, so as to afford them an oppor-
tunity of absolving themselves.
Before proceeding to the examina-
tons made in those documents, may
observe that although Minister Hatch
was not, strictly speaking, an officer
in her majesty's consular service it
might have been expected that the
Nicaragua authorities in the reserve,
who carried on a correspondence with
him, and made use of his services in
consular capacity whenever End so
long as it suited their convenience to
do so, would, as matter of ordinary
courtesy, have communicated with her
majesty's government before reSorting
TO so extreme a measure as the arrest
of that gentleman.
Besides the cases of British sub
jects arrested in the Mesquite re-
serve, there are those Of others who
have suffered at the hands of the Nj
caraguan authorities, namely: Arthur
E. Sykes, of Sheffield, England, who
had ben working on authority of the
Mosquito reserve as an engineer, and
was serving in that capacity on board
the Buena Ventura, when, on the
night of July 80, he was forced at the
point of the bayonet by Nicaraguan
soldiers to get up steam and take
party of them down the river to the
Bluefields Bluff, and was on THE arrival
there fortunately released by the cap
tain of the United States steamer
Marblehead; also Mr.. Joseph A. Galea,
a Jamaican, settled in Great Corn Is
land, who early in 1894, was beaten
with the fiat of a sword for refusing
to perform military service and then
made to serve. There is further I'M
warrantable seizure of the British
schooner Angela by the governor of
Corn island, and the detention of her
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her majesty's government must also
have satisfaction, and they required
that The sum of $500 be paid as indem
nifty.
Finding of the Commission.
The finding of the commission is to
be by majority and the awards to be
final and to be paid within three
months of the conclusion of their la
bors.
Il don't know that there are any
other points in the documents which
you have communicated to me of
sufficient Importance <hat [ should
specially notice them. have only to
request that you will, without delay,
inform the Nicaraguan government
that her majesty's government cannot
admit that any adequate or reliable
evidence has been produced to justify
the arbitrary and violent action taken
against the queens subjects. They
hold the Nicaraguan government re-
sponsible for these proceedings, and
they must require them to pay the
sum of fla, 900 on account of their ac-
ton in arresting. imprisoning and ex-
polling the British SUBJECTS; further
to cancel Internationally the decree of
exile issued against Them and to agree
to the constitution of q commission to
assess the losses sustained by them in
their property or goods n the reserve
owing to the action of the Nicaraguan
authorities. Such commission IS to be
composed of a British representative
Nicara guam representative and a
jurist, not a citizen of any American
state, to be selected by agreement be-
tween the Nicardguan government and
the government of her majesty, and,
failing in such agreement by the
president of the Swiss republic.
His Conduct Correct.
The document then gives a historical
resume of the event, principally as
printed in the English and American
newspapers during the last six months.
The document says:
with regard to the conduct of Mr..
Hatch, her majesty's government is
satisfied from the report of her ma
jesty's naval officers that it was per-
fectly correct during the time that he
acted as British pro consul"
Continuing, the document says:
I'm previous letters which have adj
dressed to you L have explained that
her majesty'S government is not pre-
pared to discuss any question with re-
gard to the treaty of Managua and the
recent proceedings in the Mosquito re-
serve until this matter of arrest and
imprisonment of British subjects has
been disposed of. So soon as the de-
n1ands which have made in my pres
ent note be satisfied, 1 shall be pre-
pared to receive and consider in
friendly spirit any representations of
those questions which the Nicaraguan
government may desire to make to her
majesty'S government.
81 am, sir, with highest considera-
ton, your humble and obedient SER
want,
fSiened1 "KTMRERIv