Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06
ENGLAND VS. NICARAGUA
John Bull Says He Does Not
 Covet Territory There.

NO COMMANDMENT IS INTENDED. The warshIps sent to Managua Are Two In-
 significant Cruisers. While the United
 States Has Magnificent Fleet Within
 Easy Reaching Distance of That Port.
 WA>luNuroN. April G-Tho British minister of foreign affairs has within the past 4S hours informed Mir Bayard that Great Britain does not desire an inch of NicaragUam territory. but that a proper indemnity shall hN paid to tho British proconsul Hatch and uthcr of kcrk ajvS- tvs Suhlccts who wuro driven out ot Blue fields during tho troubles in the Mesquite reservation last autumn.
 Assurances have also hCCn given that, while Great Britain will show an earnest Grtrrminati0n to collect this indCmn'ty, thrrc k littlo If any probability that Grey town will ho homI,arlcl hy a British tl,rt in tho event that NIcamgua shall hr slow in complying with Great Eritain's re- quest.
 Tho flagship Royal Arthur of tho Brit ish squadron in tho raciilr, which arrived at Panama on Thursday morning. has hccn cruising along the coast of south America. having left Coquimho Chile, Feh -. and after d month stay at Cal lao proceeded north.
 IL is pr'sumcd she will visit Corinto Nicaragua which k tho nearest port to Managua, tho capital hcfurr April l6, when Great Britain expects an aEswCr to her ultinl;.tum.
 Rot Formidable ships.
 Tho s,nlu British crli>rr Wild Swan. which lrit Ca!lln on March : and iS now in ;n, v:r.ultt uf Panama, will join the RNyal Nrlliur @t C"riuto.
 Officials in Washington express little cuu,r~u al"ut the movements of thcso ships. a> they arc not particularly fnrmi- dah)r NcS~vl> The Royal Arthur is un- arm rrd. although pussrSsing q cry heavy battery. S&v is n twin screw, shcathod ship If 7.1uO tonS similar to the Column h,a and Minneapolis, hut compared to them her horsepower is small. being; only l2, Uoo to their 9l,00|. and her coal ca parity Is but $50 tons, while the Alncri- can racers carry J, 45O tons each. She is $50 feet long, 2i feCt draft and was built in lN'l, She mounts ono 22 ton | rifle, l@ six inch quick firing. l2 six puundrrs. five thrrr puundrrs and sevcn marhinH guns.
 The Wild swan is an insignificant vcs- | Scl. Rear Admiral Henry r. Stephenson commands the flagship and Is an rxpHri- rurrd officer, who will pr"hahly bc relied upon tn exercise considerable caution in trying tn friEhtrn Nicaragua into paving | daml, ,,S for tho expulsion of Nico Consul | Hatch. The only other ships of tho Brit i>h Pacific squadron ar' the lIyacinth, 450 l tons. which whS at CallIu last month; tho | Nlm!h. 9.ulD tons. which left lionululu 1 for FS }Ui0,Hult on March r.. and the | Pheasant L2u0 tons. under repairs at ES | QuimaEl;
 | Movements oT the Big Vessels.
 It iS nut likely that many if any British War >re>rl> will thnatcn the cast cast of l Nicaragua rhv flagship Blake and the Canada Cleopatra. Butzard. Mohawk. | PArttidGr and Pelican wrrv to rendezvous at Bermuda in Marvh on their way north. | Tho Tartlr k at Slvauilla guarding the l mouth If inc OTiuuCn. the MaEiCiCnnC | waS nt Barl.,du> HJ last accounts. and the l T'urmalinr k at St. .Iuhn'S. N. F.
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