The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-27
BRITISH TO OCCUPY CORlNTO.
Nicaragua Will Not b Able TO Pay the
$4,000 Indemnity Demanded.
PERIOD OF THE ULTlMATUH EXPIRES.
And the British Government Has Not Mod
fled or Extended the rime-"hy
the United states Government
VIII Not Interfere.

COLON. COLOMBIA. April 2s-Advices
received here from Nicaragua tonight
are to the effect that at o'clock this
morning the Nicaraguan government hau
not handed its reply to the British ad-
miral.
LONDON. April 27.-Neither the Ad-
miralty nor the Foreign Once had re-
ceivcd any news from Nicaragua d.
midnight. The Morning Post says:
..,rhe neriod Of the ultlmatum having
exnlred. Il is regarded as probable that
The british will now occupy COrinto.
The government has not modified its III
timatum nor directed Admiral stephen
son to extend the time
BRITISH MARINES TO BE L,NDFD.
LONDON. April 2e.-The Standard Is
informed that British marines VIII pe
landed at CorintO tO-moucWi aisc tHdu
Senor Guzman. Ncaragdd's minister At
Washington. received dispatch from
.fanagua to-day. saying that the gove-l l.
ment would not be abs 20 pay the $'9"o
indemnity by midnight
The Standard learns that a powder
magazine near the corinto custom house
exploded this morning, killing several
men and woundIng others.
WHY UNCLE SAM CANNOT ISrrRFERE. 4,
WASHINGTON, April 26.-An intimate
friend Of the President. one entitled 70
speak. and who has talked with the Pres
ident about the present crisis in Mica
raglia. says this government, while fully
alive to the necessity of maintaining the
autonomy Of American States against
foreign encroachmcnts, can find no war
rant for interfering to prevent Great
Britain. or any other country, securing
reparation for an offence similar 10 that
charged against Nicaragua. He declared
that I'm the Mosquito affair Of a year ago
the United States had fully demonstrated
its determination not to permit the SOW
oroignty and integrity Of Nicaragua 10
be assailed when American war-ships
were stationed at BIuefelds. and when
the energy of Mr.. Bayard, our Ambassa-
dor 10 England. under instructions from
this government, succeeded I'm deterring
England from exerting her long-claimed
right 10 exercise a protectorate over any
nations OF this continent. The attitude OF
the United States on this question was
now as firm as IL ever was. but this gov
ernment could not undertake 10 shoulder
every quarrel OF the Spanish-American
Republics, whose faculty for getting into
hot water seemed In some measure at
tributable 20 their excessive reliance on
this country's help, as well as to their
impetuous temperaments and their fire.
quenuy irresponsible and autOcratic
rulers. If the United states were COM
PEELED TO take up all such quarrels as
the present one il wCud have no time 10
devote to the greater questions arising
such as the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute. 1t vas his understanding that Mica.
ragua's difficulty with England would be
promptly settled, and all the more quick
" because Of our position in the matter.
lie declared. however. that the dctcrmi-
nation of this government to preserve
Nicaragua's independence and her undis-
turbed control over her territory was
unchanged, and that the United States
would forcibly, IL necessary, resent any
attempt on the part OF any European
government to establish itself on this
continent.