Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
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THE CLAYTON-BULwER TREATY.
Tie Clayton Bulwer treaty" derives
its name from the diplomatists who
negotiated it: on the part of the Unit
cd States, Hon. John NJ. Clayton, sec
rotary OF state in President Taylor's
administration, and on the part OF
England, Sir Henry Bulwer. British
minister at Washington. The treaty
to use proper diplomatic language 1t
was a convention" and not treaty
was concluded in 1850. Its purpose
was to promote the building of an 18th
milan canal, to connect the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. In 1919 the United
States had made a convention with
Nicaragua for constructing such a ca
nal, starting at Greytown, on the At
lantic. But Greytown was occupied by
British settlers, and Great Britain
claimed a protectorate over the Mos
quito Indians, who held the eastern
coast of Nicaragua. The United States
desired Great Britain to waive its
claims, but as the request was denied.
the next best thing seemed to be the
establishment of a joint protectorate
over the proposed canal. This was
done by the Clayton Bulwer treaty"
one condition of which was that neith
er power should secure exclusive priv
iieges in the canal. and another that
neither power should occupy or exer-
else dominion over any part OF Central
America Since the convention was
made, and especially during the last
few years, the building of an isthuiian
canal has become Increasingly i!rDor-
tant to the United States; but Il is i'm
portant also that the canal should be
under the sole control OF the United
States. This could not be while the
convention was in force 1t has been
sometimes suggested. but never for
mally insisted upon in diplomatic cor
respondence, that Great Britain has
violated the convention by continuing
to exercise dominion over British Hon
duras. So long as Great Britain did
not take this view OF the matter. awk-
ward questions might arise after the
canal should be constructed.
THE EXPLORING HABIT.
That royal explore, TIE duke of the
Abruzzi, is not. IL seems, an exception
TO the rule that gentlemen who start
out TO find the north pole have to be
hunted up themselves. The history Of
polar expeditions is almost invariable
The intrt pid individual who fares
forth TO the frozen north always has to
be rescued. His bark is scarcely out of
right behind the headlands before an
other vessel is fitted out for the pur-
pose of saving him from polar bears
and similar Inconvenience The Ital-
ian prince, who is 10 be hunted up by
Mr.. hansen, is merely keeping up the
traditions OF polar exploration. Mr.
hansen will bring him home covered
with glory and frostbites. and his high
ness will either write a book or take
10 the lecture platform TO relate to an
admiring world how he subsisted on a
light diet of blubber and old boots for
two or three months in the interest OK
science They all do IT,
ENGLAND'S BOYCOTT On PARIS.
An English paper has this to say by
way of encouragement TO the Paris ex-
position: If you are going TO Paris
get vaccinated before you start Ac-
cording TO private letters from that city
smallpox prevails in an epidemic de-
gree. There has been no statement OF
this fact through the foreign newspa-
pers OF by the news agencies. Even ii
IL be true, there would be a disposition
to keep quiet about it. II will be pru-
dent to take precautions against this
and. as far as possible. against other
infections and contagious which great
miscellaneous gatherings of people
from every quarter of the world are
apt 10 contain and to propagate"
KIPLING IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Having arrived AT Cape Town and
four hours, Mr.. Rudysrd Kipiing has
prepared plans and specifications fol-
the speedy settlement of the entire
South African difficulty. As nearly a:
We can Judge from his cabled mani
festo, Mr.. KipHng favors shooting
about half the population of Cape Col
ony and hanging the rest The plan Ii
probably ali right, but il involves q
needless waste of ammunition, say.
the Chicago Chronicle. Why not line
the traitors up and read Mr.. Kipiing'.
poems 10 them?
RUSSIA Is MOVING TROOPS.
st. Petersburg correspondent says
Fresh alarm is spreading abroad from
south Russia with regard TO furthe,
suspicious military movements. Rus
sian troops are being concentrated a
Odessa. Perhaps, however, 1t is only
in timely preparation for the grand
maneuvers." Constantinople cor
respondent says: There Is a rumO,
that Russia intends TO ask Turkey fol
coaling station In the archipelago
either in LemnOs, Imbros or Mitylene.
PROSPECT OF CHEAPER BEEF
Early reports from the great cattl,
winter has been favorable to stock
that losses have been few and unim
pOrtant and that animals come out O
the blizzard season in remarkably GOO
conditica. This is regarded as some
thing uncommon, for many thousand
of young southern cattle were turned
out on the ranges last fall and had Il
rustic" for food during the winter