The sun., 1895-05-26

| wero barbarous countrios, lying outside the
! sphere Of Christian and civilized international
Law. And. furthermore, the American people
have the most grave and important imaginable
| Interest In inaking England and all other Euro
pean countries understand that tho United States
do not intend 20 permit any European power 10
share with thom tho control, in peace and In
war. of any waterway which may be opened to
connect the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean
through tho Central American isthmus.
This concerns not only tho Interests OF the Uni
tod States, for whom such waterway must con-
tinue and complotetho gigantic coast limo OF tho
Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, md tho Pacific,
bringing the furthermost points OF Maine into
tho most direct available communication by
wnter with the furthormosc points of Alaska.
II concerns the psaco OF tho world. To admit
EnSlnpd or any other European country into
partnership of any kind with tho United States
In the control OF awatcrway through Central
America, between tho Atlantic aud the Pacific
would bo inevitably to cntanRlc the foreign pol
Icy OF the United States with the foreign policy
OF any such European power. And of all
European powers, England especially, through
tho extent not merely Of her commerce. In ro-
spect OF which she must necessarily md always
be a rival o! the United States as well rs OF all
other manufacturing and commercial countries
but OF her colonial possessions. which now touch
and jostle IN all parts of the world the colonial
possessions OF other European powers, is
especially and preem'nently tho European
power which IL most behooves the United States
to keep at arms length from all direct connec-
tion and concern with tho United States In tho
control of any American waterway between the
Atlantic and the Pacific. This Is tho dictate of
common sense, and the relation Of tho existing
waterway between the Mediterranean and the
Indian Ocean to the international policy of the
European Governments and to tho prospects of
peace IN the old Worid stares us In the face as
an example and warning on this subject.
sivey in the hands of Turkey. of England. of
rnrnnn.n noac. ,yould nn,oro,,.iv y. ,,,,a,,
utop"n p.",o "ou 100. ous'y W niu'n
brighter than they arc to-day, when the fact that
England possessing no exclusive control of the
Suez Cannl. md not venturinp To claim onv snch
the stock of tho company which admins
t.rs that canal con,titn..a nernotro,
source OF suspicion to other powers inter.
ested In reaching tho Indian Ocean by
water aireetiy from the Meaiterraneah ana
perpetual motive to diplomatic in.risues and
combinations . involving ans the conssan. possibility
o., srea' european s,. eoaSa we wan. no SIM,
ap sss Of sos on s sao central nr
OF American stntesmen closely TO watch and 10
guard against any remotest possibility of such
Ststes bavn now desnitaiv and nnhlirlv
undertalen to snfecunrd and IN promois
Tho cnnstruction 6f N orcat .mericnn
wnterwav b,tween tho A Atlantic md the pacitic
through Tho territories Of the Central Americaiii
repuhIir NJ Niraraama il in n mater of nrima
imnnrtanc. To- escertain II we cnn Row /, ra,me
to pass thai mt The very moment when mn Amer
c. 'SS Ns ,S vas IN iHa eve W san fo
fah vas Va % ON tnS eve or III, neme iro
lean Government commission charged to ey
amine and renort unon the work. nrai.cted and
the English Government should have ordered
an English squadron in the Pacific to take vio-
Nicaroana tn hoist tho Rritisb hSp ovsr Micao
raguan buildings on Nicararunn territory. and
tbev mnst nnt :hald Enrnnd Rde cheapv 'h"t hmt
thai thev must not :" RELY a6solutelv" nnon the
limited STATES from
Nicaragua as they might treat questions aris-
west coast NJ 4 frica "
England without the knowledge Of the Gnted
relations betwecn the the United states and Nicara.
qua. proceedinrs distinctly unfriendly to the
but in eamee of the protests w np oS
even Of he advice OF the American Govern
%sn, @ Ss4s M y sSsy PresssaiSfs pssis,ysIy Sss;
certainly were calculated, to damage the
prestige and the influence OF the United
taken not only with the knowle,lee hut
With tho countenance and assent OF the
American Government.
said OF the patriotism, the fidelity tho common
sense OF the American Government, which
COuntenanccd and assented to such proceedings?
I'VE must look to Congress in December to SIZED
full and final light upon this point Meanwhile
many things indicate a virtual completely of the
American Government or at least OF some of its
principnl agents in those deliberations of the
British Covernment which led to the prcsentu-
tion of Mr. Ciosiing's ultimatum to Nicaragua
and to the peremptory enforcement Of that niti.
matum by the squadron of Admiral Stephenson.
Very shortly after the arrest at Biucfelds OF
Mr. Hatch and other persons. some of them
americans, by the Nicaraguan authorities and
some time before the presentation of Mr.. Cos
iing's ultmatum at ManaGua, it was publicly
stated at washington, and the statement was
repeated with apparent authority IN the English
press that President Cleveland had ex pressed
an Opinion that the Nicaraguan Goyernment
had behaved improperly in the matter / called
attention to this statement at the time In a let
ter to THE SUN and the statement does not
seem to have ever been coptradcted. Ger
tainly.if the President of the United States ex-
pressed any such opinion on a matter pending
between two foreign Cioyernments. Nicaragua
and Great Britain he substnntialIy threw the
weight OF tho tinted states iovcrnment
against Nicaragua and in 80 doing, necessa-
riiy encouraged any disnosit ion which the Brit