The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-03
SalVadOI's Guarantee That Nicaragua Viii
Pay The Indemnity in 10 Days Accepted.
The UNITED STATES PART IN 1t.
The British Warships to be Withdrawn
From Corinto at Once-The American
Men-of- War En- Reute-Sot Prop
er Case for Arbitration.

France. who arrived IN London from Pa
"is this morning, and had an interNle"
with Lord Kimberley. the British Foreign
Secretary. II is understood shat Amoas-
sador Bayard was present at the meeting,
although the statement OF Sir EDWARD
Giey. in the House Of commons QUAY,
that :ne United States had not suggested
terms for an amicable settlement. wonld
indicate that Mr.. Baysrd vas only pres
ont as amicus curia.
THE lEnMs or THE AGRrFMESr.
The conference between Lord kimoer-
ley ami Minister Medina, the Minister
from Salvador. resulted I'm a definite ar
rangcment cf terms of settlement ol the
trouble at CorintO. the substance OF vnich
was Immediately cabled 20 Secretary
| Gresham by Mr.. Bayard In the dis
yatch Mr.. Bayard said that Great bfi-
lain had accepted the guarantee made
law Salvador of the payment of the in-
domnity Of N7JO demanded by freat
Britain the payment to be made by Mica
rariia in London within a fortnight, ana
/ the British Government agreeing that as
| econ as Nicaragua confirmed this promise
10 pay and informed the British anniii Al
I'm charge of the naval force az tcilhio
! of that fact the Admiral would be In
structed to withdraw not only the force
OF marines which, under he command
| of CAPTAIN French now hold possession
of the custom-h0usc and other Govern
ment buildings at COrinto. but also TO re-
move his warships from the harDor-
rnE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED.
The dispatch from Mr.. Bayard was re-
! cefved at the state Department this ai-
tornoon bv Assistant Secretary Unl the
| acting Secretary Of state. I'm the absence
| through sickness of Secretary Gresham.
The President. in his country nome az
| Woodley. WAS promptly teiephoned OF the
receipt of the intelligence that settle
ment Of the Nicaragua diiiicuity was IN
prospect. ana Immediately drove 10 the
! White House where Mr.. Uni joined hln'
with 4 COPY Of the Dispatch Secretary
Uhl declined this afternoon 20 discuss
| the settlement. lie would not say wheth-
| er or not the result had been reached
through the good offices of the United
! states, nor would ne give any iniornla-
| tion about the matter
! The Government Of Salvador had deci-
| dcd 10 tender its good offices in the CON
troversy through Mr.. Medina its Minis
ter to Great Britain and France. In
structions to this effect were sent Mr..
J Medina Yesterday and he must have
! hurried at once from Paris to london.
as he arrived al the English capital this
morning That Salvador has guaranteed
the payment OF the smart money de-
manded by Great Britain. as seems TO De
! indicated by Mr Bayard's dispatch, ~ a
new and interesting phase OF the situa-
ton.
HEAVY DEMAND FOR THE CIRCULAR.
The great interest Of people generally
! in the aspect of the United States>in the
| Nicaragua trouble was shown to-day by
! the complete exhaustion of the pamphlet
containing extracts from the message OF
! President Monroe enunciating his famous
| doctrine. The edition delivered at the
Department Of State yesterday by the
Government Prinung-Offce, was OF 80
copies only. but by noon nearly all OF
! these had been given TO persons who ap-
| piled personally for them. \ number or
| kilograms and letters were also received
requesting tn pamphlet. and in anucipa-
! ton OF "A greater demand, another and
larger EDITION has been ordered, which
viii be delivered at the Department to-
morrow.
fNoGANp's SLIGHT CONCESSIONS.
LONDON. May 2-The Central News
| SAYS that Lord Kimberley, I'm response
TO inquiry at the Foreign Office this cvcn-
| ing in regard TO the status of the Mica
ragua dispute declined 10 discuss the
purport of the communications received
| FROM Nicaragua or from other sources
concerning the natter. hut II Is learned
from "a semi-ohical source that the ar
fair has been settled, England making
some slight concessions.
Tho Salvadorean Minister, 20 whom the
/ Nicaraguan Government has entrusted
! the management OF its differences with
Great Britain. had long interview with
| Lord Kimberley at the Foreign ONCE
to-day and subsequently had short ccn-
| ference with United states Ambassador
Bayard Later 1t was reported that the
dispute was certain 10 be amicably ar
ranged.
THE ALTRr AND THE WILD SWAN.
| WASHINGTON. -. c., May 2-Tho
war-sioop Alert left Panama this morn
ing for san Juan del sur where she
should arrive i'm about forty-eight hours,
the distance being about iy0 nautical
miles, ana the Alert In her present con-
dition being capable OF making ten knots
an hOur.
The Alert is under orders simply to
protect American interests. sno will
/ nnd at the same port The British gun
boat Wild Swan which preceded her sew
cral days. The two vessels were built
in 1873, and are remarkably similar. the
/ Wild swan being of l.lW tons. and the
! Aleris tonnage being 1.OlO. Respective
ly their lengths are 10 and ll5 feet.
The British vessel has 80 horsepower.
while the American has but 5f5. The
| AlcTtS battery IS largely OF Obsolete put
! tern, consisting Of two nine-inch and
one eleven-inch smooth-bore gun. one
| sixty FOUNDER bTeeCh-loading rifle one
three-inch. breech-loadng howitzer. and
one twelve-pounder. smOoth-bOre howit-
zer and one Calling
| The Wild Swans offensive equipment
is thoroughly modern. consisting of two
six-nch. and six five-inch, and two three
FOUNDER quick-ire rifles; two machine
guns. and one light, landings gun. This
| battery at each yolley would throw three
times the weight of projectiles that could
| be fred by the Alert the volleys would
be three times as frequent, and the ell
| fective range would be three times as
great
The Monterey may reach there at the
same time She is now within one nun
| dred miles of the Nicaraguan coast on
! her way to Panama. The Monterey Is
considered as powerful as the combined
British fleet in Nicaraguan waters.
NOT A CASE FOR ARBITRATION.
| LONDON. May 2.-In the House of
| Commons to-day. William +. Byles, Lib
eral member for the Shipley DIVISION OF
Yorkshire. West Riding. In accordance
with previous motion, asked the Gov
ernment n Nicaragua had offered TO re-
fer all questions regarding the Indemnity
| for alleged Injuries 10 British subjects
Including the expulsion of British Agent
Hatch. TO an arbitration commission, and
| II so why the Government had declined
TO accept the proposal. lie also asked
IL the Government of the United States
had rendered their good offices, or sug-