The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-01-02
p;can Government Pleased
with Negotiations Over the
Nicaraguan Canal.
+ ccsuilion Of That coun'ry's In
no.t, See Il Only After
Lon. ..''rovcrsy.
Minister calye Discusses tie Va.
,iou, Ehor's to Construct
,.c Biz Waterway.

,1rox. Jan. :.-The Costs
,,,nister. Senior Calvo, said III
n''" use Of a general talk Oh Nicara.
Wy .,al affairs, that Que Of the most
.,r,ory features Of tho extended
,.",o,a,ions. SO Tar as Costa N'ca was
- .,,ea was tho universal accept.
'o' II that country's substantial
and interests III the lsthmian
.r,xoy There never has been any
W." Va, i, these rights upon the part OF
c..,, Hiea. but for many years they
,,ero trough, into controversy, It be-
,a,wed that Costa Rica had no
.,gn territorial rights over any
-, q tie route and thnt ut most
-;nf.r..., could bc satisfied by com.
..a.n Inis brought about the use
:. IS, uar.e. .'Nicaraguan canal.
-. Sem, 10 leave ont of account
~. r..A,s w.scA Costa klca has IN the
,,a,.rnux he minister points out
-. .... r..r.s.A Of controversy now has
,...n.s.f. II. .tariiy closed and tha, there
a,f....t6 IS no disposition III any
cn'-tsr weston Costa kica's rights
,af cas... Foate.
Accent Canal Enoris.
I, ms question Mr.. CaIvo recalled
n, In. III .ts toward building the
cana, aaua- back to.isas. IN nil Of
whlra costa hlea had been strongly
fayorab.e il tge PROJECT aud invariably
had been ~ ssized rs q necessary
rarty H. tho LnaortakinI. After the
treaty q. ault, Ms signed. fixing the
boundar, s,lwtea Nicaragua aud
Costa hic4. gifted fscnchman named
TeAA Bailey made his appearance III
Centra. .inet4r,. aud negotiated Tor
cana. cones Il. II was not known
at ,nat t.nse, but aas since become We'll
established. tat NJ. Bailey WAS ex.
tcui.ng lart II tn. plans Of Napoleon
III T. sAlu 4 iooihold IN Mexico and
and Contra. America. and TO control
the great eommcrc.al waterway across
the .alauus. A concession WAS granted.
three parties singing II Jointly. NJ.
Bai..ey and the governments OF Me.
aracua and Costa Rica. This clearly
Indicated the recognized interests Of
Costa h.ca N the canal No work Was
Gone Oil tho concession, however. and
II q. s.a. Later another Ercnchman.
Mr. OAavc.!er. negotiated = second
French concession. also believed to bc
IN the interests OF the French plans
concerning Mexico and Central Amer.
ica.
Costa Eica's Rsghss Recognized.
The question Of Costa Rica's rights
irom tAe Arst came up after tho early
concessions had lapscd. aud for Is
year, there was much negotiation and
controversy over tho border line and
the tiieet this would have upon the
cana! Tho treaty OF limits had dc.
lined the boundary. but the actual lay.
ing out q lines never had occurred,
and iLls gave rtse 20 tho controversy.
"nen the concession was granted to
The Maritime Canal company. Nicar.
aqua was the first to grant tho conces.
SION Later. however. the interests Of
''s~a ih A0u " oS0A WY "VsS sSS~
osnizca by the canal authorities aud
second eoncession was granted by Costa
Mea here have tcen several arbi.
'sA'ion- On the boundary question.
ms, y PRESIDENT Cleveland as TO tho
"eaiy On limits aud moro recently by
.h american engineer. designated BY
,ls so'ernmcnt to actually lay out the
oOuhaaiy lines. The line finally was
"s'eed 4 ani run last July aud AS now
~ 'A"ik'a on the official surveys. il leaves
Io ~ .uFthcr room for doubt Of Costa
IVA territorial and sovereign rights
! connection with tho waterway.
.'A'e th'n al Of tho negotiations have
0shl1ea tho interests Of both the
sentiments along tho canal route.