The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-10
1t Is SETTLED.
England Renounces Right Of Sever"
eighty Over Mosquito Territory.
She Respects tho Full and Paramount Sow
ereigpty Of tho Siceraguan Government
"A Diplomatic Triumph to tho Cxcd-
1t of Gresham and Dayard.

WAsY1SGToS, Jan. 4.-Secrctary
Gresham communicated to the senate
Thursday his response to the resolo-
ton of December :, calling upon him
for information with regard to the
progress of negotiations on the ques-
ton of sovereignty over the Mosquito
coast.
Great Britain" he says, has given
this government the most positive as
sovereignty or protection over the ter
ritory, but on the contrary respects
the full and paramount sovereignty of
the government Of Nicaragua. y
This outcome OF the long correspond
ence between the secretary OF state
and the British secretary of foreign af-
fairs is regarded with much satisfac-
ton in the senate, especially by those
through whose instigation the rcsolu-
tions of inquiry were originally intro
duced 1t shows that the administra-
ton has practically succeeded in set
Ting one of the most annoying inter-
national questions that has pcrplcxcd
this government for about fifty years.
and to the settlement of which some Of
the ablest statesmen of the United
States, including Clayton, Marcy, Cass,
Seward. Fish. Evarts, Blaine, Ercling-
huysen and Bayard devoted their best
efforts.
The controversy resulted from the
efforts of the United States to open q
CT ~
time that the Pacific coast territory
was acquired. Following the treaty Of
1916 with New Grenada (now ColOmbia)
which led to the construction Of the
Panama railway, n treaty WAS conclud-
ed by the United States with Nicar-
aqua in 1910 for canal from Greytown
by way of Lake Nicaragua.
Great Britain. however. maintained
a protectoratc over the east coast Of
Nicaragua, claiming the guardianship
of the Mosquito Indians and their ter
ritory under treaty with Spain, made
in 1856, and to neu,ra lizethis European
menace to the Atlantic entrance of the
canal, which was repu-nant to the
Monroe doctrine. the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, which hasisincc proved one OF
the most irritating arrangements, was
ratified ia 1850.
From that date until now tn United
States and Great britain have not
ceased their contentious over the
status of the Mosquito territory. but.
rs shown in the report by Secretary
Gresham covering the correspondence
and submitted Thursday the Mosqui-
tos have finally been completely incor-
porated under Nicaraguan sovereignty,
and Great Britain has absolutely sur
rendered all claims to the protection of
the territory and recognized the par
amount sovereignty of the government
of Nicaragua.
1t is now believed by the department
of state that this perplcxing question
of the sovereignty of the Mosquito
strip and the adjoining territory, which
has been difficult problem with many
administrations and secretaries Of
state, has at last been settled satiafac-
torily to the United States in such Il
way as to insure for all time the Amer
lean control of the canal. If this sup
position proves to be true it will lie !;
diplomatic triumph which must bc
credited to Secretary Gresham and
Ambassador Bayard.