Great Britain and Nicaragua.

Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1895, Page 2

Great Britain and Nicaragua.

It is officially reported in Washington that the Government has agreed to the British treatment of Nicaragua, and it is explained that the despatch of a warship to Corinto is meant to allay the anxiety of American subjects. Nicaragua, in abandoning Corinto, desires to prove that Great Britain is violating the Monroe doctrine. As the Nicaraguans remain obstinate, 400 marines occupied the Customhouse and Railway depot at j Corinto. The British warships are lying within a mile and a half of the Customhouse in Corinto, and their guns cover the city, which is undefended. The Nicaraguan Government has issued orders not to permit the land' ing of the British soldiery, and 3000 are being massed in Corinto to give effect to them . • : Martial law has been proclaimed in Nicaragua, and the telegraph wires are being cut. Four hundred marine from the British warship Royal Arthur, with two machine guns, were landed in twenty-two boats, and have occupied Corinto. Troops seized the Customhouse and other public buildings, over which the British flag was then hoisted. The local garrison withdrew on the approach of the British, and : crossed the lagoon separating the town from the mainland. They are now in a strongly entrenched position. The warships are now ready to bombard if the entrenched troops in- 1 terfere with the marines. : The Nicaraguan public has subscribed £20,000 to meet the indem» nity demanded by the British. Government. , President Cleveland, speaking in connection with the trouble, said it was necessary .to maintain, the independence of the South American States against armed Europeans, and that he would resist by armed force any attempt of a European Power to establish itself on the , American ■ Continent. -However, in v the case of the trouble with Nicaragua, he thought the circumstances did not warrant the intervention of the United States.