ENGLAND AND NICARAGUA.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1735, 1 May 1895, Page 2

ENGLAND AND NICARAGUA.

WA R IM;AfI NE N T BRITISH WAR SHIPS IN. READINESS ;Ne'w York, April 26. British warships are lying within a mile and a-half of the Custom House in, Coriuta, and the. guu s. cover the ycity, ;whTch is .undefended. . The. Nicaraguan Government has issued orders not to permit the landing of the British soldiery,, and three thousand troops are being massed at Corinto to give effect to. them. -' April 27. Martial iaw has been proclaimed in Nicaragua and ; telegraph wires are being cut. > V . - • April 28.:.' Four, hundred marines from tho British warship Royal - Arthur, with two- machine .-''guns, "'were landed' in twenty-two boats, and have occupiod Corinto.. .

The.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.Briish, and crossed the lagoon separating the town from tho mainland,; arid t.re now in a strongly entrenched position.] / . ' The'warships are ready to bombard if tho entrenched troops interfere with the marines; v .

Most of the residents of Coriuto have retired to San. Juan.*” . The "Nicaraguan public has subscribed £20,000 to meet the indemnity demanded by the British Government. President f Cleveland, speaking in connection with the: trouble, said it was necessary to . maintain the (.independence of the South American! State against Arided and ho would resist by armed force any attempt of a European Power to estab lish itself on the American Continent. However, in the case , of the trouble with Nicaragua he thought the circumstances did not warratit intervention by'the United States. .*■ New Youk April 29. The; civil officials in Corinto fled after locking the public buildings and taking the keys withJthem. Later information states that the British sailors and marines with the exception of about fifty have re-embarked on boat'd the warships, and the town is practically deserted., There is "considerable excitement in Managua, the capital, in consequence of an abortive attempt to wreck the British consulate, and the populace is clamoring for arms to: oppose the British,.