The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

enterprise All engineers knew the additional
SAX miles could not be bull, In the specified time.
especially with the wet season Jus, beginning
The Portuguese invented this movable frontier"
" serve their own ends, and wasted no time In
ssN SS bs.n TGy ,Ss 0!if c.y Named ,Suc ,i%r0nn,iet !,
frontier on wheels, az I were, tina, could be moved
about at will IN their desire TO dodge the terminus
%, We railroad W. an interesting inc, Il was NOT
Bocr Republic and the Portuguese colony was
hArd by convention between the two Govern rnts,
and then quite u different frontier from either the
one 10 which the road had been completed and the
one SIX miles inland was agreed upon. Every
previous attempt 10 place the dividing line had
In May 81 1850 "a McAIurdo died suddenly
AZ his ,ndon home u paralysis Of the brain as
a result OF ovcrwork and worry. The following
Company vas seized by Portuguese regiments,
acting under orders from Lisbon. The Outcry
throughout Europe was very great In England
tie feeling against Portugal was intense. fndig
nation meetings were held publicly, and a sever
anr" = all relations with Portugal was strongly
advocated. u Was even proposed TO exclude
~warshlp, was hGrrlei To Delagua Bay with orders
"a Amrrira he AFFAIR was understood. The
estate, appealed to the State Department at Wash
lngtDn to demand repatriation, and Secretary
Blaine, GO. operating w III the British Government,
promptly made demand upon Portugal for pay
mrnt Portugal chose 10 trade upon her weak
ness Consequently, when the Lisbon Govern
ment pleaded guilt and admitted responsibility
land aud the United States were forced to give
ear 10 her en,reaty for d court Of arbitration to
hN the amount ~ indemnity.
SECRETARY lluiue fdN Orrd compelling Portugal
o. make lmme late separation 10 Mrs McMurdO,
but yielded to a request for arbitration. lie
forced Portugal, %however, 10 abandon its charges
ol technical breach Of contract. and confess un
warranted seizure, thereby reducing the arbltra-
tion 10 one Of indemnity only. Col. Robert &.
lugersoll, chief counsel for the American plain
! tIT -. ,,Nnraf.l Nth Mr. ain - vr.a.,, A
terms Of submission
In 1890 The President, Of the Swiss Republic
appointed three jnrists q his country to SIT as a
court 10 determine the value Of the railroad, con.
'rN>i"n anf lands. aud their future earning
capa,,.lN, :" that Portugal should at once pay
'he nns,shmcn AID the americans interested
arNltratnrs gave The Interested powers to under.
stand that It's labors would be completed in eigl.
AGA court Swiss Judges lad done a good share
OF the work 81 erhitrating disputes betW cen GOV,
errmente; hut the almost criminal procrastina.
ZION That has characterized the Deiagoa case
will doubtless cause litigating States 10 apply
cl>cw here 60 have disputes .adiudicated, More
than ON" Secretary Il State 81 the United States
sYughl ihr afnllIatcrS To render ,their decision,
y" Portuguese official, presumahly, has desired
I" hasten matters, for to fall dishonesty into
possession ii a railroad, paying Al these times
a net profit Il 500 600 a year is too excellent
= ii.on to iamper with. Portual naturally
l. %GrcHdiHg 10 have payday come, aud i will
~ y y % ~ AaAAh 'AANNiN VII wi III y y
gurNo Government to raise the ten or twelve million
dollar, for its high-handrd sppIiatiun OF other
%. pie , property
\ hoard * engineers sent to South Africa by
the Grl traitors rep, tted the value of the cunces-
sion alone t. he, On Dee. 81. 1895, 50 900, 900
~uufitigl ygluerS SNid II was worth sis, 900, OOO.
\ dozen times the ariilraturs have set a dale
FIR ann uuUinG their award; but something
always iuiery,neS. a holiday has 10 be taken,
Or an expert has t. l- sent 10 South Africa t.
Na'ueH pile ntlhst years railway sleeperS. Mean
while Lord Salisbury inquiry IS emitted To-
remain for days untouched beneath AN oficial
door at Beruc, leiJre the arbitrators can find
time 10 oren and prepare It for pigeonhol1ng.
Thus, In u moral sense, the Swiss arbltratOrs
years aco hccl ME the allies Of the Portuguese
Guycrnmrnt. Though per hitting their dllatorl
nrs, To serve Portugals aversion 10 paying for
properly deliberately stolen. In International
GThl'rHu rs there Is no statute or rule Of llmlta
ton. aud by Cul slant trading IN official courtesy"
decades may pass without the performance by
an Htl.tral ruurt II q little IL the duty entrusted
t. them. Nhe cause II arhiuation has received
a setback through thr Delagoa aroilrat0rs.
Dlugoa bay admittedly is the front door 10
tie Transyeal, more Than merely The key; and
the l}.igEpa railway is the most valuable sixty
miles - 'rackage IN the world, Its potentialItes
Oi Ngiue In time ui war are now recognized, ana,
the present conflict over. 1t will tie worth twice
Whist IL was year ago, for IL will carry a nations
,rAfNc Inder British rule Delagua Bay would
soon become one Of the busiest harbOrs II Eng
lana'S great Empire.