Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-05-04
BRITISH OCCUPY CORINTo
Nicaragua Refuses to Acceed to
the UItimatum.
highlands Marines Take the Town With
out Any Opposition - Attempt Co
Penetrate the Interior VIII
Cause Trouble.

Washington, April 27.-Nicaragua
has refused to accept the British ulti'
matum. This information vac com.
m%unicated to Rear Admiral Stephen.
son at a late hour last night. The three
days given TO Nicaragua To make reply
having expired Friday the British al
once took possession OF Corinto. The
garrison AIT Corlnto which consisted OF q
small force of $50 or 200 men, were with.
drawn to the interior, leaving the Brit
lsh In peaceable possession of the town
No opposition was made to their land
ing but 1t is stated by those familiar
with the Nicaraguan people that any
attempt On ths part of British forces "
penetrate into the interior, or in short
to leave the environments OF Coiinto
will be resisted.
Great excitement is reported to exls
not only at Corlnto and Managua, blu
throughout the entire republic. 1t 1:
now said positively that Nicaragua viii
not pay the $75, 900 indemnity demanded
by Great Britain. Should this determl
nation be adhered to n occupation 81
Corinto by the British government may
be indefinite. The British ultlmatun
provided not only for the payment oil
SIS. 900 smart money" to pro-Consu
Hatch. 1t included also a payment o
81, 500 to compensate a number of Brit
ish subjects who were arrested and
taken to Managua with Mr.. Hatch. am
provided further that a joint commits
sion shall be established to fix the dam
ages which resulted to these and othc,
British subjects as a result of their ar
,.ant n YI .vn,1sipn from tho Tpnnn1ip
The reading OF the ultimatum, 50 fan
as this commission is concerned is thai
1t shall consist of one representative OF
Great Britain and Nicaragua, the third
member mot TO be "A citizen OF any
American state" Various interprtta-
lions have been given to this qualifica-
ton. The Nicaraguan government con-
struets it TO apply TO "A citizen OF either
the United States on of Central or South
America. The British contention, un-
officially stated here, is that 1t refers
only 10 citizens of Central and South
America, whose countries are denomi'
mated as States" In European diplo-
macy the United States Is referred 10
by the terms United States" so long
however as Nicaragua sustains her own
Interpretation she will not agree to the
establishment of a commission TO con-
sist of two Europeans and one citizen OF
her own country. She feels that such a
commission might assess damages
amounting to millions of dollars and
that she cannot afford, therefore, to he
bound by such decision. The question
now arises. what will Great Britain do!
since 1T is c~ontended that the payment III
the smart money complies with only
A part of the ultimatum, 1T Is obvious
that her forces may r,main in posses
sion OF Cor.nto until some decision has
been reached regarding the claims Of
the other British subjects.
If Nicaragua declines, as ii is posi-.
tivtly asserted she will, to agree to a
commission unless a citizen of the
United States be "a member thereof, the
British. under present conditions must
continue in occupation Of Corinto. This
gives them a foothold on N~icaraguan
territory which they may retain for
years unless a compromise Of some ma
ture is reported.