The herald., 1895-05-01

see whether the condition of immediate
evacuation will be granted If it is the
trouble is prs ctically at an end. If it Is
not it is believed in diplomatic ciclcs that
it will cause renewal of the reports that
Great Britain is not go anxious to settle
as to continue in active occup alton of
Corinto.
WASHINGTON, April 3O.-At the state
department the news that Nicaragua
would pay the $77, 500 indemnity within
fifteen days after the departure of the
British troops was seemingly expected,
though no direct advices had been re-
ceived by the department. In fact, Min.
lister Baker is now on the Costa Rica, and
there is very little commune ion be-
tween this go' ern ent and the legation
at Managua. L. was learned at tn depart
ment that the acceptance by Nict lgua
of the terms which have been proposed
does not mean that the affair is settled.
1t is understood Ambassador Bayard
throughout the controversy has had to
encounter the difficulty which is still pre-
sented. The British govt rnment wants
the money paid in the presence of the
British feet at Corinto, for while the
fleet is still there and the British are in
possession of the town. the British gov.
ernment, according to state department.
Official wants til. ayment made as un-
der duress.
1t is hoped, however. the offer made al
the suggestion of the United States, and
which Managua advlces say has been
satisfactory to the Nicaragua govern
ment, would be agreed 10 by the Brit sh
z.l:
have been received. 1t appears in this
connection that the threat OF revolution in
Nicaragua has given the United States
the opportunity to urge with more force
a peaceable settlement of the present diff
Guilty, as such result of British occupa-
tion might seriously threaten the lives and
property OF United States citizens. AS to
the possible arbitration of the remaining
questions in dispute between Great Brit
ain and Nicaragua, it is understood the
United States expects to be represented
and will probably not be refused by Great
Britain. This, it is said, will not be al
lowed to interfere with the settlement of
the f15.000 claim By payment within two
weeks as proposed.
Senator Morgan of Alabama. in an in
terview on the Nicaragua situation today,
characterized the insult to the Consular
Agent Hatch, "the hlmiest kind of q
pretext" on the part of Great Britain.
and said if private individual should
sue for damages on such a case he would
be laughed out of court. He had no criti-
csm TO pass on the administration, be-
cause. as he said, he presumed the ad-
ministration had taken proper steps to
prevent Great Britain getting foothold
on Nicaragua erritory.
But if it has not he added, ''the
congress will. even if Great Britain must
be driven off the continent at the point
of the bayonet."
Senator Morgan added he diu not think
the canal rruiect would be endangered by
the present complications. He said
This case has gone far beyond the
Monroe doctrine, far beyond the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. 1t has a character that
is distinctly its own and that rests upon
higher grounds than any doctrine or any
treaty ever made or enunciated. The
United States and the governments of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica have entered
INTO a solemn compact with each other
looking to the construction OF this great
maritime highway; the company, COM
posed mostly of citizens of the United
States, is organized and starts its work.
"Now comes Great Britain with the
domineering spirit of aggression that has
marked her course through the history of
modern times, and upon the slilnmest
of pretexts, the most absurd of excuses,
makes demand upon the government
of Nicaragua that she does not expect to
be complied with, and all in the hope
that through the default of the weaker
government she will be enabled to estab-
lish sovereignty over the territory and
thus control the. fuu ture development of
the canal and OF the traffic that may pass
through it. 1 believe congress. at it's
next session. will, if nothing shall be
done meanwhile by authorized powers
now in authority, effectually and finally
stop the aggressions of Great Britain and
absolutely prevent her gaining a foothold
in this most important point on the
American continent. 1 think there is
enough spirit in the American people to
put stop to this proceeding. Great Brit
ain is not going to stop 1t of her own
volition. Somebody must step in and be
disagreeable. and this seems to be very
good opportunity for the United States
to step in and assume that role"
Although the state department. has sanc-
toned the principle CT a right of Euro
pean nation to collect an indemnity for q
national insult offered to it by an Ameri-
can nation. or to secure redress for the
abuse or ill treatment of it's citizens and
infrIngements on their property rights,
it can safely be predicted that it will not
under any circumstances permit any
European government to attempt, by the
display of force, to collect moneys owing
by the South or Central American states