The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-06-06
THE BRITISH EVACUATED COR
INTO JUST THREE DAYS TOO
SOON FOR THEIR GOOD.
THEY HAD A FINE CdANCE ~
GET THEIR INDEMNITY
Nv Capturing a British Steamer Loaded
With Munitions of War For Nicara-
guans-A Superb Coffee crop
This Year and That Country
Getting All Right.

Monapua. Nicaragua, June 2.-(Copy-
righted by the Associated Press)-ll tne
british had occupied Cornto a niue
longer than they did, they would nave
been able to capture British steaillti'
the dc BRAY. which arrived there lW0e
DAYS ago, loaded with full supply u
modern improved field artillery, riilts,
eauipments and ammunition ior uDout
200 officers and soldiers OF the Nlcafas uII
army, and Admiral Stephenson wo lna
thus have been able to collect tHe Lio,,}y
claimed by the British as an lhdehlil!
from Nicaragua without any dlilculty'
Rnt the British warship sailed away
on Nav r and the cargo arrived on May
9 nnder the British flag, to the great
deli0ht of the Nicaraguan authorities
who feared that this supply of war ma
terial would fall into the hands OF the
British 1t is considered more hkely
that Admiral Stephenson would nave
seized and detained the de Bray uhIll
the indemnity was paid, and therefore
there is great rejoicing here at its escape,
for it would have been an admiral SUD
iect for the duties and customs OF the
Port of Corinto, which the British were
prevented from collecting because the
Nicaraeuans declared the port closed;
II il not doubted that Admiral Stephen
son would have taken possession oil the
de Bray's cargo in spite of the tact Ihal
the steamer was under BMush uaS,
as the war material was purchaser III
Germany in 1891. Then again people
here insist that Great Britain was de-
sirous of obtaining a coaling station on the
island of Corinto and a COaling station on
Corn island, near the Atlantic entrance
70 the proposed nter-Oceanc canal through
Nicaragua, and thus Great Britain would,
have been able to control bOth entrances
nf the nroposed canal. 1t is also claimed
that il was the intentiOnof Great Britain
10 cause the overthrow OF the present gov /
eminent Of Nicaragua and place IN power !
native Nicaraguans of her own choosing:
and there are some prominent nallNes Oh
this country who are very fond OF GreaL
BRITAIN. 1t is claimed by the irritated
Deople here that Admiral Stephenson
and several of his officers when at Cor
into on April %, just before they ac-l
tually took armed possession OF that port
and island publicly declared to many
persons, among whom was Mr.. w. / !
Tinsdale, United States citizen ana
the agent of the United States Steamship
company, that the Monroe doctrine, So
often referred to in the United states
press and by the people, is myth when
the United States would not ana coulu nor
that the British officers asserted that the
occupation of COrntO was intended toI
test the question. 1t should be sad IN
conclusion, however, that it has been de-
MED there was any truth in the story
that the British officers made such state
ments.
THE COFFEE CROP.
The export of the coffee crop of 1891
from this country is now so nearly COM
pleted that a fair estimate can be made
of the aggregate, and it is believed that
il will amount to 16,00000O pounds against
13,000,000 pounds last year The season.
for gathering Golfea and preparing al
for the market has been very favorableI
and the quality is unusually good ThcI
price in Europe and in the United States
for good to best qualities is from Is to,
22c gold per pound. The export tax isl
cents, Nicaragua's currency, per pound,
if exported from CorintO and 1-2 cents
per pound if exported from San Juan
del Sur or via the San Juan del Norte|
river. There is IL cents per pound
difference in favor of COrintO. although
seriously against the interests of many of
the coffee states in the department of
Granada and Riyas, and it is for the pur-
pose of influencing shipments to he made
over the International road.
The aggregate of this tax to the govern
ment of Nicaragua this year will be about
$265,000, or at the present rate of eX-
change, about E132, 1000 gold. This money!
is usually advanced to the government
by bank and exporters go TO that bank
for their certificates and permission toI
ship. The oldest coffee stations in Mica
ragua are but II or IL years old. yet some
of them have over 100000 trees, yielding
n net profit equally during the past four