Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06

During the several months he was In
Washington. DR.. Madriz lived at the
Arlington Hotel. and, like the other dele
gates. received much social attention and
enjoyed the hospitality of official and
diplomatic circles. When he came he
could not speak word of English. but
he picked up a good deal while he was
here. and at his departure was able to
exchange few sentences in conversation
and read the newspapers very readily.
He carried back with him quite little
library of English works on political
economy. history and the science of gov
ernment
BY his manly character. his marked
ability and evident sincerity. he won
many warm friends. Ex-Secretary Root,
Assistant Secretary Bacon, the late Will
liam !. Buchanan, Ambassador Creel and
other gentlemen with whom he came
more frequently in contact formed the
highest opinion of him, and their friend
ship and confidence was demonstrated in
a practical manner.
Madriz Made Judge.
The most important result of the con-
ference was the establishment of an
nterna tional court at Catargo, Costa
RIGA. consisting of one judge from each
of the five Central American republics,
before which they all agreed to submit
for arbitration all differences that might
hereafter arise between them They
pledged themselves to abide by the deci-
sion. instead of going to war, as for
mery.
The success and influence of such "a
tribunal, of course. depends largely upon
the character of the men who compose
it. Secretary Root, Ambassador Creel
in the experimentation this is the first
permanent court of the kind ever es
tab lished-recommended the appointment
of DR.. Madriz as one of the judges.
Whatever his motives may have been,
President Zelaya accepted the recon-
mendation. Madriz became member
of that court.
Even then he did not visit Nicaragua
After several weeks in Mexico as the
guest of President Diaz and Ambassador
Creel lie went from his exile home in
Salvador to Cost Rica on an American
man-of-war. in company with the late
MI. Buchanan and Ambassador Creel
who represented the United States and
Mexico at the organization OF the trib-
unal.
And during the two years that have
elapsed DIR. Madriz has remained in
Costa RIGA without visiting his own
country. The gossips say he long ago
made vow he would never cross the
boundaries of Nicaragua as long as Ze-
laya was president. And if that is
true the VOW has been kept.
II SctIlS strange lndJ Leldyd should
have conferred such honors upon his
enemy. under the circumstances. But he
had his own reasons.
Career Of Madriz.
DR.. Madriz is native of Leon. the
largest city in Nicarauga and the former
capital and there he was educated and
entered upon the practice of his profess
sion. about twenty-five years ago
When quite young he DISTINGUISHED
himself as a commissioner to in
vestigate and report upon the relations
between Nicaragua and Great Britain,
which government for half century
had exercised a sort of protectorate over
the Mosquito Indians on the Atlantic
coast of Nicaragua. and had sustained in
authority native chief named Charles
Edward Albert Handy. 1t was Great
Britain's interference i'm the affairs of
the MOSQUITOES that originally provoked
what is known as the Monroe doctrine
The report of Dr. Madriz was the basis
OF negotiations which terminated in 1900
in treat! by which Great Britain re-
linauished her protectorate over the Mos
quitos in favor of Nicaragua.