The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-03

at its escape, for it Nodld have been an
adlnlra5!e substitute for the port and Gus
tom duties OF Corinto, which the British
admiral was prevented from collecting by
the fact that the Nicara guam government
oSclateu me Pc | cIoSeQ Sporlly AFTER II
was occupied by the British. Nobody here
doubts that had the British admiral cap
tured this supply of war material and
satisfied Great Fritain's claim against
Nicaragua By its sale, that the act would
have so thoroughly Inundated the pres
ent government of Nicaragua as 10 have
ton. 1t is not doubted that Admiral Ste
phenSon could have taken possession of
The DGb2y'S cargo, in spite of the fact
that the steamer was under the British
tag, as the war material was purchased
IN Germany IN 1894, by the present gov
ernment Of Nicaragua.
Great Britain Greedy.
Then, again, people re- insist that
Great Britain was oeSlroUs CT obtaining
a ''coaling station" on the Isl. nd of CO.
Iinto and another coaIing Station on Corn
island, near the Atlantic entrance to the
proposed inrer-oceanic canal through Nj
caraSua, and thus Great Britain would
have been able TO control both entrances
Of The approaches Of the canal It is
claimed ii was the intention of Great
Britain TO cause the overthrow of the
present government of Nicaragua, and to
place in power native Eicaraguans of her
own choosing, and there are some prom
3nent natives of this country who are very
fond of Great Britain. 1t is claimed by
the irritated people here that Admiral
Stephenson and several of his officers,
when at CGrinaO, on April %. Just before
they actually took armed possession of
that port and island, publicly declared TO
many persons, among whom was Mr.. W.
7. Tisdale, United States citizen,
and the agent of the Pacific Mail Steam
skip company, that The Monroe doctrine
SO often referred to in the United States
press and by that people is myth; that
the United States would not and could
not, if they desired, enforce it. and it is
added that the British officers asserted
that the occupation of Corinto was in
tended TO test the question 1t should be
said in conclusion, however, that ii has
been denied that there was any truth in
the story that the British officers made
such statements.
The export of the coffee crop of 1894
from this country IS now so Yearly COM
pleted that Z. fair estimate can be made
of the Aggregate and it is believed that
Ii viii amount to i6000,00G pounds against
15 100000 pounds last year. The season
for gathering coffee ana preparing it for
tie market has been very favorable and
the quality Is unusually good. The price
in Europe and in the United States for
good to best qualities is from is to %
cents gold per pound. The export tax is
2 cents, Nicaragua currency, per pound
if exports come from San Juan del Sur /
OF via San Juan del Norte river This is J
favor of Corinto although seriously !
against the interests of many Of the /
coffee estates IN the departments of /
purpose of influencing shipments to be 1
made over the national railroad extend /
ing from the town Of Granada TO the port /
~ Cor3nIo. The aggregate of this tax
TO the government OF Nicaragua this |
year, 1885, Will be about S265, 600, or at the /
present rate Of exchange about $132, COO |
gold. This money is usually advanced to |
the government by y bank, and exporters
go to that bank for their tax certificates
and permission to ship.
Business Revived.
Mercantile and all other kinds of bust
ness IN Nicaragua appear to have revived
TO their CORNER activity since the evacu-
alton of the island of Corinto by the
British. and many of the soldiers. volun-
Ieers and enlisted men in NicaraRua's
army for defense against a British adj
vance into her territory have returned to
heir usual occupations. The government,
however, is actively preparing to submit
10 arbitration all questions at issue be-
tween Nicaragua and Great Britain that
nave arisen ont CT N:caragus's successful
Efforts in 1888 and 1894 TO maintain her
soyef eighty over the Mosquito reserva-