The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-06-08
Rumored Meaning of the Recent
Occupancy of Corinto.
WHAT AN ADMIRAL SAID OF IT
Farce, and Couldn't BE En-.
forced Anyhow

copyrighted, 1895, by Associated Press.)
Nicaragua, May 1S-If the British had
occupied Corinto a little longer they
would have been able TO capture the
British steamer the DELAY, which ar
rived there two days ago, loaded with a
full supply of modern, improved field
artillery, rifles and ammunition for
about 5000 officers and soldiers of the
Nicaraguan army and Admiral Steph-
enson would thus have been able to
collect the f15,500 claimed by Great
Britain as indemnity from Nicaragua
without any difficulty.
The British warship sailed away May
5, and this most valuable cargo arrived
at Corinto May 16, under the British
flag, to the great delight of the Nicara-
guam authorities, who feared the supply
of war material would fall into the
hands of the British. 1t is considered
more than likely that Admiral Stephen
son would have seized and detained the
Delay until the indemnity was paid.
and there is a great deal of rejoicing
here at its escape, for it would have
made an admirable substitute for port
and custom duties of COrinto, which the
British admiral was prevented from col
Letting by the fact that the Nicaraguan
government declared the port closed
shortly after it was occupied by the
British.
Nobody here doubts that had the
British admiral captured this supply of
war material and satisfied Great Brit
aims claim against Nicaragua by it's
sale, the act would have so thoroughly
/ 1rrr, 1faf Tod
/ to have caused its overthrow at once by
revolution.
1t is not doubted that Admiral Steph-
enson could have taken possession of
the Delays cargo, in spite of the fact
| that it was under the British flag, as
the war material was purchased in Ger
many in 1884 by the present government
of Nicaragua. Then again, the people
| here insist that Great Britain was de-
sirous of obtaining a "coaling station"
on the island of Corinto and another
coaling station on Corn island, near the
Atlantic entrance to the proposed inter
oceanic canal through Nicaragua, and
thus Great Britain would have been
able to control both entrances of the
approaches of the canal.
1t is claimed to be the intention of
Great Britain to cause the overthrow
of the present government of Nicaragua
and to place in power native Nicara-
! guans of her own choosing, and there
are some prominent natives of this
country who are fond of Great Britain.
1t is claimed by initiated people here
that Admiral Stephenson and several
of his officers, when at Corinto just be-
fore they actually took armed posses
sion of that port and island publicly
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was W. T. Tisdale a United States cit
izen and agent of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, that the Monroe
doctrine referred to in the United States
press and by that people is a myth,
that the United States would not and
could not if they desired enforce it,
and it is added that British officers as
serted that the occupation of Corinto
was intended to test the question.
1t should be said, in conclusion, how
ever, that it has been denied that there
was any truth in the story that British
officers made such statements.
The export of the coffee crop of 1894
from this country is now so nearly COM
pleted that a fair estimate can be made
of its aggregate, and it is believed it
will amount to 16, 600 900 pounds, against
about 100000 last year. The quality
| is unusually good. The price in Europe
and the United States for good to best
qualities is from 8 to % cents in gold
per pound. The export tax is cents,
Nicaragua currency, per pound, if ex-
ported from San Juan Del Sur or via
the San Juan Del Norte river. There is
one-half a cent per pound difference in
| favor of CorintO, although seriously
against the interests of many coffee es-
tates in the departments of Choutals,
Granada and Riva, and for the purpose
of influencing shipments to be made
over the national railroad extending
from Granada to Corinto. The aggre-
gate of this tax to the government of
Nicaragua in 1895 will be about $685., 900,
or, at the present rate of exchange,
about 1892, 900 in gold.
| TWO DEATHS IN A ABERDEEN FIRE