New-York tribune., 1895-05-01
SENATOR .MORGAN'S VIEWS.
PLAIN LANGUAGE ABOUT ENGLAND'S
COURSE IN NICARAGUA.

OF p1,rIY AND BRAGGART AND SOME
BopY OUGHT TO CALL HER SHARPLY
| TO AcCol-NT--NOT CRITICIsING THE
ADMINISTRATION. BUr CON
GREss MAY HAVE SOME
THING TO SAY.
FEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
Washington April Ex-senator Morgan cha'r-
man of the Senate Committee on Foreign Ana's'
discussed at length this'afternoon the Nlcaragua'
difficulty After expressing the BELIEF that the
situation did not warrant the fear OF any damage
being done to the interests of the canal he SAID
The question now comes. why should We resent
the attitude of Great Britain in this case lhere
is a good deal OF talk about the Monroe poctme m
and the Clayton Buwer Treaty but that tax
makes mt very tired This case has gone ca, lar
beyond the Monroe Doctrine; far beyond me 'Iay
ton Bulwer Treaty. 1t has character that IS ds.
tnctly its AMI that rests upon higher gi@uhns
Smanciatsl nSr late The rnitci states and the Govern,
mcnts of Nicaragua and Costa Rlca have entered
construction OF tins great maritime highway, Inc
Isni,,.J s,,to' is organiyod and starts the work.
These snhi c;. " the United states have paid out
nrisc ana have - all i..ne. sto,a ready 20 con
riee the canal without A. Intervention or sil Oh
ta.r rot asked for the interference of congr-ss
They haze been r'i'r to mple'e the canal ana
Sow ONES Great Rriian. with hat, domincc,ins
spin. 4 aggression mat has marked her course
ihrc'. nout the history of modern times. ana ui'1
cSe si,inines, of pretevle. IN most absurd oi *
cusos. makes 4 10 nanf upon M .oN"rnn.n' %,
Nicaragua tn ~, toes not expect - BE- comphcl
wth and al ia n ope ,hat through 'ne -
ns the weaker Goyernmrr' she VIII he "hah'l W
establish sovereignty over i-e ic.rtory 1nt thD-
control the future deveo'meni o. the ''nhl an an.
of ne tran. that may pass through ~ = lu ~.
here stand ne three g Vernm'ntr '-oi-d 'r"ih"i
hy nj ,,., s9+wn ~ fqHpas' to preven, ~ orsn r
reference With this International p,o1ect Il y
a violation o the .nroc Doctrine d, o, thc lay,
,oniBuI~er Treaty i or Is yqanon nrIne o. me ~
NOT CRITIcIsING CLEVELAND.
rbov, no criticism, to make Of the Adninia;-at or
for the simple reason that do not Know "h"' inc
Administration has done in the prescu. efp,fgency
hnye rersed With no oficer OF ths Cove Ar'ent
who j. N a position to understand the policy 9ow
being carried out. and am wholly ignorant OF te
state Of affairs. ! presume ian! the Senator gave
particuar emphasis TO the words, that the Adinin-
,s,ration has done the rgh, thing. that 1t has ad-
hered TO American principles and has insisted upon
the plain rights Of this country and OF NicarAs"a.
90 no, kn9" M M, 'haf nformain su am assuming that
the Administration Is taking the righ' coufse bu.
If it should prove that the Administration has not
done what / believe 10 be the right thing IN the
prenses,ha; is to say ina mas sn,ezns n9. mis- It,e
Government and obtaining li,n upon nLthcY com- on
gress at IT'S next session WI am d 11hEar Hau n s he
withdrawal Of all British interests from The Me-
araguan territory.
ENGLAND'S TRADITIONAL POLICY.
I do not believe that the American people are
fools as a rule. do think that they are
wholly blind to the character OF Great Britain ana
the attitude OF that country toward the rest or the
world John Bull Is the same to-day In 1875. as ne
was In l775 Nothing in the mean while mas oc-
CURED TO change the character Of his disposluoh'
He is the grasping. greedy. clever ieIo" al
WAYS ready TO enlarge his territories ana his power
He looks upon America with the sam" eyes to-day
that he did when were band OF colonies. ana
though he Is a little more cautious In his atgrrs-
sions In Nicaragua he Is playing the same game
that he was then. lie has squeezed us our OF Yer
ritory the western coast, giving us ire. sea
board on the eastern edge OF ,his continent re
had not been necessary 10 fight Germany In order
crease his dominion over a large part Of Venezuela
The President OF the United states tried to give
over Island In that group as Was proposed by
the cable concession would nave surely been 10
give Great Britain absolute control OF the entire
And here in Nicaragua. and in this day Of enlight-
cnm.nf we sec this same nation. with s record OF
cent,,riesa record Of aggression. Iespoc squeezing
G nc Teh TO n5,nn foothod in land where the interests
OF the United States are paramount
HER FI.IMsY PRETEXT.
Nor do ! think there Is living in this
country to-day who can read who does not laugh
10 scorn thu pre.ext that Great Britain Is making
to-day that she has anything Ike case against
Nicaragua The cause OF the present controversy IS
shallow. nimsy and nonscnsicaL II is paipably
a case where a gree. strong fellow has deliberately
put chip his broad shoulders. ana wheh the
little fellow mas knocked it OF, has shaken 1t
OF in order to pick quarrel. The Ncaraguan
Government found this man Hatch fomenting strife
the Indians and srv nTsrons on cz1n a nrobnby
coast IT, was "a PAN La aufs h hight have BEEN
British Consul. II Great Britain had APPOINTED him
sich which she had not DONE and ne might have
been recognized automatically under % t!-se crcum-
stances If Mica ra;ua had issued 70 him al eheqhatur
which she mad not OF course, there was within him
fbe noseibliv of being Of great importance. wnich,
unfortunately for the position 'o,y. Ne va was hD': ~
He taken away from ne ferritory wnere i, hS
take him away from region where ne whS Ipihcn.-
moi ,un,shrd he was not hanged nor was he treated
with any great ndisnliy us case presents hohe on
Waller VINO has been sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment by a French ccurtmarfaI
HER PRIDE DREADFrLLY WOUNDED.
We, this oimp,e act OF prccaution by this weak.
defencelcss nation has 50 wounded the bi'sh prlde
has 80 harmed the prcstige of the great fnssh ma
tion. and has bcsmirched ana peu'ass'ed 'h'
dignity OF the empire. to have inflicted damages
on Great Erjtain amounting TO exactly $1,000.
Now this sum IL merely the amount qi the pccu-
MARY value e the injury done TO ,me sens,uye t
She win nut as de for the present. to be adjud-
Gated later, the consideration of tns i'lf"s W. IN IN
YOU know. II any American citizen were re to set up
such plea that in any court 9' hr ' ANU nr
Would be- ry"n from i the courthouse with his
cause ground 10 powder IL renoacity ene should thus
autocraiicaIIy So" III ~ such plea for damaSes 10
his personal character ana ms snISd land to the other
just ! know the American eJb,i,dlsh nueride
sneerng at Gr'a. Britain 70, at,I.id" ns iowari III
think there is enough American si,, nrdcan, ~ ne
Great Britain ls not going 10 @ s,Op IN n and be- dsn
vcllilpn somebody has got 10 % S,e very good oppor
unty for the United states 70 ,n the land tbs
would insure ready response ~ a.,