The sun., 1902-06-07
Mr Morgan sticL. to the ditch.


volcanic activity IN Nicaragua and the
evidence collected by that s,ngle-mlnied
old hero in support Of his faith IN the
innocuous character and future good bc-
havior OF the few insignificant cra.ers
that 10 admits To exist thcTcabouts
We have now seen. also for ia" first
time, the full text of the letter or cer'lh-
cate procured hv Mr. MORGAN from the
Nicaraguan Minister Srhor LUIs T..
CoEEA, conveying tho telrgraphlc de-
Spatch Of denial from President /ftsYA
10 which we have already referred
30 firmly convinced IL MIR MORGAN
Of tho bcnignity Of the Nicaragua vol-
canoes and Of the distinguished consider
alton they would probably show 10 any
canal enterprise inaugurated under his
auspices, that he records this remark
ahle pledge or promise;
=, Tar a. am concerned. uil contn.. TO
ds "a q, d.'oH lniu IN ~. providence ~ D"n H'
rlcd VITA hot lava rather than run away from .
ls,a..r sofne other place tas been stsken vI'h
essill .as,s OF covered Win the ashes and lava
- ,o.D,npes 1t 50 Work tha, d~serv.,'h 'he coyr.
aS- - mrn Who are moved b. scn'c ~ duty
This is n noble and courageous deClara-
t.nn on Mr. MoRGANs part, and no doubt
No country would acquic-oc IN his de-
termination To stay and dig IN Nicaragua
until driven out by the hot lava. provided
u was his own $500 Jpo 90 and not merely
his personal pride Of prejudice that he
va, proposing to invest IN q canal IA
that particular region
A. We said Yesterday. Mr. MORGAN
easily and cheerfullv dispo-cs Of the
REPORTS of resent activity on the part Of
Momotombo and A-nSosCa, a. related
IN TuE SINS dc> patch Of Nav ~ from
New Orleans, and subsequently con-
iIrmed IN every particular hv the local
reports in three Central American news
papers which have come under our oh
-crva'Ion. namely the u, ,nOcTdciG of Ma
uas.d, ri Iris dc Ia Tad. of Granada
and the Dtrrio iC Csutro- tmCrlc1 of
Guatemala CItv He brushes away all
of tins cumulative evidence II the truth
of the statements IN question ab>n-
lu'elv conclusive evidence, We think
almost cvcrvh"dy will admit. except
on the HYPOTHESIS that the enemies II
the Nicaragua route have brIbcd the
Nicarayuan and Gusremalan editors 10
lie hrd2enlv To their own \icaraguan
readers about events of sensational i'm
pJ-ianya saii 20 have occurred right
there in Nicaragua before their own
ewes and under their own noses-M MIR
MORGAN brushes all thus away with
an alleged telegram from President
XTIAY. tn Minister CoREA, saving:
.as aess Published about r~reEI eruption, of
vol-sn1~s and earihg .As~s IN Nicsrsg4A entirely
fa4.r
This was IN reply 10 despatch ~ June
! from Mr. CoREA al Mr. NoRG.N's in
stance. The senator ingcnuouslv makes
public the inquiry a well "a the res ponse.
Tins i what Mr.. CoREA teegraphcd TO
President ZELAY.:
10, .rs--, 'or re to sn'r-- 90 ,'y q, to "a.
,rlla o' puNu,sed ,'s,-'',ns thsl volcanoes .
NIcarss-A have r-renuy Dsrn -r4puon.-
Now. a. the published accounts Of
volcanic erup,ions id not appear here
until Nav -. and A. Mr. CoRFA did not
communicate to Mr. ZFLAYA IN the fore
going telegram m" substance Of the ncvs
published here. and. furthcrmore. as
Mr. CoEEA said not a word about earth
qgahcS IN his telegram of inquiry, how
Wa President ZFLAY. able to know IN
June what IL was he vas asked To deny,
Tha, denial : shaped :" ~ To seem very
comprehensive, and u Is unquc-tIonably
shaped thus m view of senator MoRGAN's
convenience IN hls present emergency.
But u u also 50 phra,ed that it, author,
Il confronted with the specific narratives
in the newspapers Of his own country,
could tax. refuge IN tho explanation
that those accounts related 10 erlp-
f,ous and seismic disturbances begin
ming away back on March q, while he,
ZEIAYA, supposed that Minister CoRFA
merely wanted To know II there had been
anv new eruptions or aTthquake- IN
N.alrlgua within the past two or three
dave. or wc"k al the most
We DO not fui here tho evidence Of
great trJrSn"~- IN the part of the IN
tere>tcd \IcardCIan statesmen who are
rushing to Mr. MORGAN AS stance IN hls
hour - need. The remainder Of Min
l-te- JoEEts letter does not strengthen
our estimate of hi- value a. witness.
We are now quoting from Mr.. CuREA's
statement TO Mr. MoRGAN.
may add also. that N.cargus hAs no, had
,rs volcanic errpIion nce isU and at that ume
.,,~s4u, Declared smoke and A.hes. tut no
lava Suour we. a..rdpf injured and no property
~as tr,iro. IS ., 'lat occurrence
This j. tho N!caracusn Ministers
ilurtv way of diSmi~~ing the world
famous crup'ion of the mountain which
hold the record for terrible energy and
volume of solid output urtd ~ per
sorrnancc was surpassed by krakatoa,
and. later by Pcl""
NJ tuREA continues To instruct Mr..
NoEG,N. and, through Mr. MORGAN. the
United states Senate:
'.r VII observe On the usp TIA, oil OF ts-
,ui-aaor, % NicArAguA are connned 10 the Psciae
c .4st me uear,u W the lac o' the cana being