The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24
ENGLAND AND Brazil
Trinidad Trouble Causes
Serious Concern.


tine Joins Hands with Her-Urged
On by Monroe Doctrine.
Washington, Jan. 22.-The cabled
announcement that Lord Salisburys
note presented to the government at
Rio Janeiro demanded that Brazil
should accept arbitration to decide the
ownership of the island of Trinidad be.
fore February -, in default of which
the island should be considered as be-
longing to Great Britain without fur
ther appeal, has caused serious com
ment here, which has not been dimin
ished by the further statement that
Brazil had definitely refused the pro-
posal and had demanded that Great
Britain should Immediately restore the
island to Brazilian control. Nor has
the situation been rendered less acute
bv the intelligence conveyed in United
Press dispatch from Buenos Ayres an
nouncing that the Argentine govern.
ment had cancelled the English cable
company's concession and had made
common cause with Brazil. In official
circles deep significance is attached to
the concerted action of the two largest
South American republics in directly
antagonizing British claims to Ameri.
can possessions.
Conference with Olney.
Minister Mendonca of Brazil spent
half an hour by special appointment
. with Secretary Olney at the state de
partment yesterday afternoon, and ii
is suspected that the interview related
to the decisive stand Brazil had taken
in regard to Lord Salisbury's note.
The Brazilian view of the matter is
that to expect them to arbitrate the
Ownership of Trinidad would be as
Reasonable as to ask the United States
to tamely submit to England's estab-
Fishing a colony on an uninhabited
Florida key under the British flag, be
cause it was a desirab cable station
and fit for nothing else.
Pender's Men Secretly Landed.
A naval officer who is entrusted with
the duty of keeping account of the sub
marine cables of the world explained
the Buenoe Ayres dispatches to-day as
follows: IAN English company holds
lbn GAC1uSIFS COACSSSlOA lOI COdSUN lot
cables in Brazil, the concession having
about twenty years more to run. Sin
John Pender, the cable king, several |
wears ago determined tn secure tele |
graphic connection between his great |
Systems and the Pacific coast of SoutE |
America. TO that end he entered into
negotiations, being successful in al
most every country except in Brazil |
where he was antagonized by the |
English company. lie asked Brazil |
for the use of the island of Trinidad as
an intermediate station, but the En-.
glish company in Brazil opposed this
hnd defeated it through the very fact !
that Trinidad was Brazilian and there 1
fore included in its own absoluteecon J
cession. Sir John Pender went ahead
however with his negotiations witlf
other countries until a Sufficient Time
bad elapsed for an .Rnglish wayYshin -
go secretly to Trinidad D fsd land there
number of Sir JOIN Pen5ay,s ,, r,1, IN
ployes. The Ehgl1j "A Fac was raised
the cable compaz.;as onerat;ves wer,
leftein possessi! n and the warsbir
steamed aeax aga:n The onIv in.
ha 0asanss ~ Trif;dad to-day are Sin
Co'l1 e., enc sSrss zen taken there by the
English ,SSg5vsrnment.
10 CIeveIand's Action.
Inc CONCESSION of the Argentine gov.
ernn/ent, which was especially favor
t4at country o daSs prTsdea eonhsctns or the
With the company's main line on the
African coast and proceeding thence tc
Trinidad, the new port of La Plata.
he Falkland islands and SO around to
,aile, the Argentine government Civ
ng the right only for 'he landing al
IA Plata. 1t is learned from mem
per of the diplomatic corps, who has
he confidence of the South American
representa- tives, that Argentine's action
cancelling the concession is due to
President C.eveland's special Monroe
Doctrine message. and is inspired by
he hope tlat the United States will
ecogniLe the right of Argentine te
he Falkland islands which were forci
Dly taken by Great Brituin with the
cquiesence of the United States sub
eouent to the Monroe doctrines
Ailanciation. The islands were owned
and settled by Spain, and thus became
part of the Buenos AyreS republic.
SuiII Adheres to Her Claim.
Argentine vigorously protested wher
they were seized by England and in
proclamation declared that though Ar
Ayentine was unable to resist the power
ful force of England it continued tc
FIRMLY adhere to its claim to the right
full ownership of the territory Under
these circumstances Argentine on the
*l5th inst. informed the cable company
that it considered the proposed landing
place at Trinidad as illegal and that it
could not recognize any alleged permit
Ito use the Falkland islands, conse
qucntly by it's own terms the concession
fell to the ground. 1t is intimated thai
a specially accredited minister from
Buencs Ayres will soon come to the
limited States to endeavor to reopen the
dispute as to the ownership of The
HFalklend islands in view of the stant
taken by President Cleveland on ths
Venezuelan boundary dispute.