The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1896, Page 1

= VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 53. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITONS READY T0 MAKE BOASTS, Chamberlain and Goschen Say England’s Rights Are Maintained. SECURE IN STRENGTH. Love of Peace Had Been Taken as a Sign of the Nation's Weakness. AS TO THE FLYING SQUADRON. Not Intended as a Menace to Any Country, but for Use in an Emergency. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 21.—The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, delivered a speech to-night at a banquet given by natives of 1eensiand residing or v » Lendon. A few weeks ago, he said, Great Britain ounded by in, seemed to stand alone, s jealous competitors, and was assailed with altogether unexpected host Long- standing differences appeared to suddenly come to a head and assume threatening proportions. The quarters whence she might have looked for friendship and consideration ty. confronted her instead with suspicion and even hate. England nad to recognize that her success, however legitimate, was im- puted as a crime; that love of peace was taken as a sign of weakness, and her ifference to foreign criticism as an in- vitation to insult. He regretted to be forced to admit that feelings existed, but he rejoiced, see- ing that they did exist, that they had found e: pression. No better service had ever bee ne the nation, tor it had enabled her to show her face to the world. England, while resolute to her obligations, was equally determined to maintain her rights. [Chee: England, if isolated, stood secu n the strength of her own re- sources, in the firm resolution of her peo- ple, withou! respect to party, and in the abundant loyalty of her children from one end of the empire to the other. At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Chamberlain was heartily cheered and ap- plauded. The Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, made a speech &t Grinstead to-day, in the course of which he said he wished to dissipate the alarm- ing rumors that were in circulation. Referring to the flying squadron he said it was ended for use in case of an emergency in any direction. It would go to Berehaven without taking sealed or other orders except to proceed to that place and await instruc- tions. The squadron was not intended as & menace to any country, nor was it des- tined for any particular quarter of the world. It would be used as other squad- rons are used. Mr. Goschen appealed to the public if they heard that the squadron has been ordered anywhere not to imagine that it had been sent to menace anybody. The isposal. of the squadron could mot be guided by political considerations while the situation remained as it is now. He denied the rumor that the Govern- ment meditated placing another squadron in commission. Nevertheless it could not efford to rest on its oars. It did not pro- pose to adopt sensational measures, but would continue as hitherto to steadily augment the number of ships, guns and men in order to maintain supremacy on the sea and to secure the nation from ic whenever there were clouds on the 0 The ann view of the flying squadron by the Q has been postponed until Wednesda; FOR CORDIAL SETTLEMENT. Correspondent Smalley Says That Is the Desire of Diplomats. LONDON, E Jan. 21.—The Times to-morrow will give unusually promi- nence to a Washington dispatch sent to it by its correspondent, Mr. Smalley, asserting that he has personal knowledge of the existence in the White House and the State Depart- ment of a strong and cordial wish for an early and complete settlement of the dis- pute with Great Britain on terms that will involve no discredit to either Government and also the existence of the belief that such a settlement may be speedily reached. Mr. Smalley adds that good advice has already been given to Venezuela and may be given more effectively. The Times, commenting ou the forego- ing and Mr. Smalley’s assertion that there had been a sudden cheuge in the spirit of the Senate, will express its pleasure at the cheering news. The absence of a desire to hasten Senator Darvis’ resolution, it says, will allow time for the forces that are work- ing for peace to operate. The paper notes the conciliatory and modest language of Justice Brewer’s let- ter to Secretary Olney, but says it must be obvious to the Americans themselves that the origin of the Venezuelan Commission and the manner in which its creation is regarded in the United States make it al- together Impossible for Great Britain to recognize its doings either directly or indi- rectly. Lord Salisbury’s original objection to ar- bitrate concerning districts settled vears ago by British subjects and under British law still holds good, but the American Government must be well aware of the perfect willingness on this side to discard the Schomburg line and arbitrate on all the disputed territory, exclud- ing only the districts the British or Vene- zuelans have permanently settled. This basis for negotiations i3 open for Vene- zuela to seek at any time. It certainly would not be rejected here, but it is im- Rossiblgfor Great Britain to resume diplas matic relations with Venezuela until the latter shall have made the first advance. i e ST ALL SHOULD FVOLUNTEER. Warlike Suggestions of the Press of British Guiana. COLON, Coroxpia, Jan. 21.—Advices re- ceived here from British Guiana are to the effect that the press of that country sug- gests that all those who are able to doso should volunteer for military service. A new railroad has been projected from Georgetown to Point Barima, at the mouth of the Orinoco River. The Panama Railroad. Company has landed extra-large stocks of coal here. - TOTTEN'S IDEA. PROFESSOR He Advocates the Independence Greater Amervica. NEW HAVEN, Cownx., Jan. 21.—In an impassioned and jingo letter to the New Haven Journal and Courier Professor Tot- ten, iate of Yale and the United States army, comes down to sublunary things and advocates the immediate call of a Pan-American Congress—to include every sovereignty that now holds a foot of land in the Western Hemisphere, the purpose being todraw up a declaration of inde- pendence of Greater America from all fu- ture interested countries. He is very bit- ter against the Davis resolution, and item- izes his proposition with great force. He thinks a congress of the nations is now the only righteous way out of the present situation. of R L ey COMPARED TO SLAVERY. The Temps’ Harsh Crilicism of Davis’ Resolution. PARIS, Fraxce, Jan. 21.—The Temps, in an article on the Anglo-American dis- pute, asks whether Senator Davis imagines that Europe will accept without protest the extravagant innovation contained in his resolution anent the Monroe doctrine, or if the States of Central and South Amer- ica will submit to slavery without protest- ing. President Cleveland, it adds, must regret that he helped to create the frame of mind in which the resolution originated. i THE CHRONICLE APPROVES. Hopes Great Britian Will Comply With Brewer’s Reque LONDON, Exe., Jan. 21.—The Chronicle will to-morrow say it hopes that Great Britaid will comply with Justice Brewer’s reasoneble and fair request. The commis- sion, it will add, has done its best to set aside the peremptory character that Presi- dent Cleveiand’s message seemed to assign toit. That is a point of which a sensible government will take note. S e COMMENTS OF ANGER. N The London Globe Objects to the Commis- sion’s Firat Act. " ,Jan. 21.—The Globe this afternoon comments angrily on the letter of the United States Venezeuelan Commis- | sion, suggesting that Great Britain-and Venezuela be invited to submit to the commission all of the evidence in their possession. The Globe says: “Great Britain will never allow this monstrous claim to determine the territory of a British colony within its jurisdiction. | No power could admit itexcept at the close of a long and disastrous war. Were such a demand made by any other power, our only reply wonld be to hand its Embassa- dor his passports and mobilize the fleet. ‘Will these pernicious commissioners un- dertake to answer for the effect upon their own countrymen of forcing the Premier to snub the American Secretary of State.” s T, DISPLAYED STATESMANSHIP. The Request of the Venexuela Commission Is Approved. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 2L.—The Daily News will to-morrow say, in connection with the letter of the Venezuela Commis- sion requesting Secretary Olney to ask Great Britain and Venezuela to lay before the commission theirsides of the boundary dispute, that Justice Brewer displayed genuine statesmanship in drafting the letter. It adds that the request furnishes Lord Salisbury an opportunity that ought not to be lost. The Prime Minister would act with wisdom and dignity if ke com- plied-with the request. NOW FOR LAND FORCOES. Important Changes to Be Made in the British Army. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 21.—The Pall Mail Gazette says that the Cabinet will imme- diately consider the matter of making im- portant changes in the British military equipment. The mystery of the flying squadron still continues unsolved. No one knows what | its destination is, or if it have any destina- | tion. In fact there is a growing suspicion that the squadron was organized more as a warning to the world at large than for any other purpose, and was intended to show how ready England was either to vrotect herself or to attack any other power with which she might have trouble. The only thing that seems definitely settled in the whole thing is that the fleet is now going to the American coast. This is stated positively by officials who are in position to know what they are talking about, = AN OFFICIAL DENIAL. The Pope Did Not Offer to Act as an Ar- bitrator. ROME, Itavy, Jan. 21.—The Osserva- tore Romano, the organ of the Vatican, officially denies the statement contained in a dispatch recently published by the London Chronicle that the Pope, through Cardinal Satolli, had made a semi-official offer to President Cleveland to act as ar- bitrator in the dispute between the United States and Great Britain. It also denies that his Holiness offered to act as arbitra- tor in the Anglo-Venezuel i i 1895, and that ghis offer w::l r:}flx;ls‘fie é: Great Britain. EE— NEW ZEALAND INTERESTED, Prime Minister Seddon Says Defenses Should Be Prepared. WELLINGTON, N. Z, Jan, 21.—In a speech to-day the Hon. R. J. Seddon, Prime Minister of this colony, said that New Zealand was specially interested in the Veneznelan and Transvaal disputes, owing to the American and German in- terests in Samoa. The colony, he added was thoroughly British, and the pnctlcai way to strengthen the home Government was to be in a position to defend the colony’s rights and to prepare for the Worst. e EXCITEMENT IN VENEZUELA., An Effigy of Lord Salisbury Mocked and Hanged. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Caracas, Venezuela, says: The greatest excitement prevails here land indorsed by his Wile, ; HIS LAST RESOURCE. Give Me Another Horse! If You Can’t Get a Horse Give Me a Donkey! If he can do no better, Mr. Huntington proposes to Give the Government a first mortgage on both the Union and Central Pacific, the bonds to run for fifty (or perhaps 100) years at 3 per cent interest. The present first-mortgage bondholders would then hold the second mortgage—changing places with the United States.—Washington Dispateh. over the reports received through dis- patches from England that a British squaa- ron is coming here via Bermuda, and that an American squadron has left the United States for an unknown anchorage. The press expresses intense satisfaction at the news contained in dispatches from the United States vestéerday that the Sen- ate will reaffirm the Monroe doctrine. An anti-English meeting was held at Bobare yesterday. An efligy of Lora Salisbury was carried through the streets in mock triumph; a death sentence was read in the plaza, and the effigy was then shot to pieces after it had been hanged by the neck on an improvised gibbet. President Crespo, who is now in Macuto with his staff, has engaged the whole hotel where he stays. He hasa bodyguard of 350 men. The Minister of Public Works has also gone to Macuto to discuss the German rail- road question, which is regarded as very serious. izttt T IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORT. Gold Miners Working Along the Orinoco Hiver. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 21.—L. W. Adams, a mining engineer from the dis- puted Venezuelan territory, arrived in this city to-day on the British steamship Schihallin, from Demerara. He has been working in the Venezuelan gold fields as the representative of the New York and Guiana Gold Syndicate Company. When ‘he left the Orinoco River everything was quiet, but the miners were still at work in the disputed territory, the gold baving been discovered to be richer as the rivers trace towards the Bra- zillan border line. There was but little excitement at the actual scene of the trouble, but at Caracas, La Guayra and other cities in Venezuela excitement against the English ran high. At St. Lucia, the British coaling sta- tion, where the Schihallin stopped to fill her bunkers, the Euglish Government was landing thousands of tons of coal. This is the nearest station to Venezuela and the only place where, in the event of war, coal could be procured to supply the British warships. Mr. Adams states that hundreds of gold miners have recently arrived at the gold fields from the Un ited States. HAMMOND’'S CASE SERIOUS. But Secretary Olney Sends Assurances to Senator Perkins. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 21.—Dr. James P. Broderick of Jamaica Plain received the following cable dispatch yesterday from General W. H. Harris, who is the uncle of Jjohn Hays Hammond, whose arrest at Johannesburg has been announced : “I regard Jack's case as serious. ceived cable vesterday. Family well.”” WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—Sen- ator Perkins to-day received tne following letter: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D. C., January 20, 1896. Hon. George C. Perkins, United States Senate— Str: Ihave the honor to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your letter of the 17th inst., further relating to the case of John Hays Hammond and other American citizens now under arrest at Johannesburg. In my letter to you of the 15th inst. I ad- vised you of the department’saction to secure for our accused citizens in the Transvaal all possible assistance and protection through the good offices of the British Government, as well as through our consular agent at Johannes- burg. In response to my recent telegrams upon the subject, I have now the pleasure to say that Mr. Manion, our agent at Johannesburg, has telegraphed that orders are being obeyed, while Mr. Bayard cables that (her Majesty’s Government had acceded to our request and that the British High Commissioner had heen instructed to see that Mr. Hammond end any other American citizens involved in the charges of rebellion in the Transvael re- ceive all proper attention and assistance. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient ser- vant, RICHARD OLNEY. e G Confessed Judgment. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Neil Bur- gess, the actor, and his wife to-day con- fessed judgment for $12,548 for the amount dueon'a 5amnnd note made by Burge Re- LIVES LOST IN RAGING FLAMES, Three Men Sacrificed by a Dangerous Experiment With Gas. TWO EXPLOSIONS ENSUE. One Workman Killed Instantly and Two Subsequently Perish in the Fire. MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED. Insutance Companies Will Refuse to Pay the Policies Because of Irregularities. NEW HAVEN, Coxx., Jan. 2L—The building on Crown street, opposite Orange, occupied by English & Mersick and two other firms, was destroyed by fire this morning, which started from an explo- sion. Three lives were lost. The killed: Joseph C. Hauser, machin- ist, aged 38; J. T. Toof, aged 40; Harbona Stevens, aged 2 About 10:30 o’clock this morning Frank P. Phlegar Sr., a machine jobber, was ex- | perimenting with acetylene gas in his shop on the second floor of the building. Around him were a corps of assistants, and it is said that Phlegar was working upon some sort of regulator to control the delivery of the gas from steel cylinders in which it is kept under high pressure, sometimes as high as 2000 pounds to the square inch. Definite knowledge as to the conditions of the experiment cannot be had, since the Phlegars positively refuse to talk to-night, beyond acknowledging the experiment. It is known that when the explosion occurred the Phlegars, father and son, and five men were working about a cylinder of the gas. One of the men, Joseph Hauser, a toolmaker, was killed by the explosion. His right leg was torn off at the ankle and the left leg horribly twisted. Charles Fox, an engineer, himself cut and bleeding, carried Hauser’s body out of the building, which was then rapidly being enveloped in flames. Frank Phlegar Sr. was burneq and cat. The force of the explosion tore down the ceiling, and when the department came ana before water was put on the fire which resulted, a second explosion was heard. This was doubtless caused by a small tube of the gas. ‘When the explosion occurred, there were fifty persons in the building, and a mad rush to escape occurred. Habpily all of the employes escaped except the three mentioned. It is said that Toof and Stevens, both employed by E. J. Toof, re- mained behind to lock a safe and secure some valuable papers. Soon after the fire broke out Stevens was seen at the window and was told to wait a moment and & ladder would be sent up. He answered that he would get some things from his desk and throwing out some books went away from the window. He was not seen again. How Toof met his fate is not known, but he was found very near Steven's body. It was not until 2:30 o’cfock, three hours after the fire was under control, that the bodies of Toof and Stevens were found by ! the firemen, who were thep clearing gway | the debris. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition and were identified only by means of peculiarities of clothing or by papers in the pockets. The losses and insurance are as follows: English & Mersick, carriages and hard- ware, first floor—Loss, $50,000; insurance, $58,000. Frank P. Phleger, jobbing ma- chinist, second floor—Loss, $30,000; insur- ,000; Edwin J. Toof, sewing ma- chine attachments, third floor—Loss, $10,- 000; msurance, $30,600. The building was valued at $15,000, and is insured for that sum. It altogether within the bounds of possibility that all of the insurance policies may be subject to contest, and, indeed, may be invalidated. It seems that the insurance companies re- gard acetylene gas and the materials which enter into 1ts manufacture in the same light as they do gasoline, and do not per- mit the gas to be made or used in any in- sured building without a special permit. The insurance agents who placed the poli- cies on the burned building said to-night that no such permits had been issued by them. Hauser and Toof were married and leaye families. e SALVAGE MEN IN THE RUINS. Four Lives Lost During a Big Fire in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 21.—At 10 o’clock to-night fire destroyed the five-story building at 415 North Broadway, occupied by A.S. Aloe & Co., opticians. The rear of the building abuts on a ten-foot alley, and through this alley runs a mass of elec- tric wires, which rendered the work of the firemen difficult and hazardous. Three men were shocked into insensibility by contact with wires, and Foreman Hynes of an engine company fell from a ladder and was seriously ‘injured. Twenty-two streams of water were poured ineffectively upon the blaze. While the salvage corps was covering showcases on the second floor the floor collapsed and went to the basement. Four of the salyage men are in the ruins, and there is no hope of rescuing them. They are in the center of the building, covered with wreckage and heavy packing cases. Cries for help grew fainter as time passed, and at 11 o'clock they had ceased. Their names -are: Reine Miller, James Roddy, John Glenville and Harry Kirley. ‘While the firemen were working to save their unfortunate comrades the fire took a new start, and the rescue was for the time abandoned. The stock was the most com- plete of its character in the West, and the loss will be fully $200,000. Insurance is ample. Adjoining business houses sut- fered considerably from water and smoke. B. Aloe, a member of the firm, was mar- ried this evening in Philadelphia. GENERAL EWING'S DEATH, Failed to Recover From the In- juries Inflicted by a Cable-Car. He Made a Gallant Career as a Jurist, a Soldier and a States- man. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—General Thomas E. Ewing, who was injured yes- terday by a cable-car, died this morning. It was thought that the general was not badly hurt and a speedy recovery was looked for. Bad symptoms set in, how- ever, at a late hour last night, and General Ewing gradually. sank into unconscious- ness, dying this morning. ‘The direct cause of death was the forma- tion of a blood clot on the brain, caused by a fracture of the skull. During the night his physieians commenced an operation with the hope of removing the blood clot, but found after they had made a few in- cisions that further work in that direction was dangerous. General- Ewing was in an ynconsgioup stae &rom she time Le was struck by the cable-car until his death. His vitality wrs in such a depressed state that his physicians deemed it wise not to complete the operation unless the patient’s condition improved. General Ewing sank rapidly after 3 o’clock in the morning. The police on being informed of General Ewing’s death said that John Kelly, the gripman of the car which struck General Ewing, would be rearrested on the charge of homicide. He was arraigned in the Yorkville Police Court yesterday and pa- roled. General Ewing was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1820. He was President Taylor’s private secretary in 1849 and 1850, studied law, became Chief Justice of Kansas, and was holding that office when the Civil War broke out. He left the bench, re- cruited a Kansas regiment and became its colonel, serving with such distinction that he became a brevet major-general. After the war hedid good work in Congress. He declined renomination and settled in New York, where he practiced law. FORGED PROMISSORY NOTES. Arrest of the Manager of a Lumber Com- pany Who Played a Huge Game of Fraud, COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Jan. Charles Aultensperger, general manager of the Seyfert & Wise Lumber Company’s branch at Minden, Towa, was arrested this evening on a charge of forgery. From the facts disclosed Aultensperger is alleged to have played a game of fraud on a gigantic scale. Aultensperger’s plan seems to have been to put into his pocket all the cash he received from the farmers and then forge their names to promissory notes. These notes he would send to the home office. When due they would be returned to. him for collection and if hard pressed he would dig up part of the money and forge a new note for the balance. His forgeries are said to approximate nearly $10,000 and his victims to number about all the wealthy farmers for miles around Min- den. e TO YOTE FOR ALLISON. The Popular Towa Statesman Will Be Re-elected To-Day. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 21.—In both houses of the Legislature to-day ballots were taken for United States Senator. In the Senate Allison received all the Republican votes and Judge W. 1. Babb received the Democratic votes. Twg were absent, one Democrat and one Repub- Tican. In the House Allison received 74 votes. Bab 19, and Frank Stuart (Pop.) 1. To- morrow at noon the houses will meet in joint session and the ballots will be re- peated there. The president will then de- clare Allison elected and the certificates will be signed in the presence of the As- | sembly. ANTONID EZETH CRUISES Munitions of War on the Barclay Golden Narrowly Escape Seizure. The Campaign Against Salvador Has Ended in the Usual Fizzle PANAMA, Coromsia, Jan. 21.—The Star and Herald says: The vessel Barclay Golden, which arrived here yesterday hav- ing on board General Antonio Ezeta and a number of others who are alleged to be filibusters against Salvador, is supposed to have on board a quentity of arms. It was the intention of the authorities here to seize them, but Mr. Vifquain, the Amer- ican Consul, found that the Barclay Golden’s papers were in proper shape and he protested to the Governor against the seizure of anything on board of her. The result of his protest was that the Governor proniised not to seize the arms. The Barclay Golden is a vessel of only 250 tons burden, with a crew of eight men. She had on board ten passengers, includ- ing Generals Antonio Ezeta, Casin and Villatoro. The master of the vessel, Cap- tain Hansen, and the crew made affidavits before Consul Vifquain that the vessel was chartered at San Francisco for legitimate business by General Casin. ‘When she arrived at Acapulco, General Ezeta and the other passengers hoarded her. Soon after it was overed that the passengers’ baggage contained mmunitions | of war. The captain was compelled to stop at San Salvador, and some of the party landed. They soon afterward re- turned and fired shots at people on shore. Ezeta’s men having been guilty of mutiny the United States warship Alert will prevent them from having anything further to do with the vessel. The object of the Colombian Govern- ment in desiring to seize the arms and ammunition on board the vessel was to prevent the Liberals here from getting possession of the war material, as it was feared they might do. A EMBEZZLED COUNTY FUNDS. Arrest of the President of a Defunct Nebraska Bank. BEATRICE, NEsR., Jan. 21.—Joel C. ‘Williams, president and cashier of the Blue Springs Bank, which recently failed, was to-aay placed under arrest on a war- rant charging him with the embezzlement of $1070 of county funds. He was subse- quently released on bail. Charges of nus- management are freely made at Blue Springs, where a bitter feeling toward ‘Williams exists, and it is said this is only the first of a number of criminal suits which will be instituted against him. P St TO SUCCEED SATOLLL Archbishop Grasselli Will Probably Be Made Delegate. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 21.—A private telegram from Washingtou, D. C., states that Mer. Grasselli, Archbishop of Colassi, is mentioned as the successor to Cardinal Satolli. Archbishop Grasselli is well re- membered among older Catholic residents of St. Louis, as he gave a mission here about twenty years ago at the old Italian church on Sixth street. Cardinal Satolli will not leave this country until late in the summer. — Harrison Went to Washington. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Ex-Presi- dent Harrison left for Washington to- night. He will spend a day or two in the COMMON CAUSE AGAINST ENGLAND Argentina Joins Brazil in Resisting the Theft of Islands. WHO OWNS TRINIDAD ? Deep Significance Attached to the Concerted Action of the Two Republics. INVASION NOW OBJECTED TO. Enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine May Reopen the Dispute Over the Falklands. WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 21.—The cable announcement that Lord Salisbury’s note presented to the Government at Rio de Janeiro demanded that Brazil should accept arbitration to decide the ownership of the island of Trinidad before February 12, in Jdefault of which the island should be considered as belonging to Great Britain without further appeal, has caused serions comment here, which has not been dimin- ished by the further statement that Brazil bad definitely refused the proposal andy had demanded that Great Britain should | immediately restore the island to Brazilian | control; nor has the situation been ren- dered less acute by the intelligence con- veyed ina United Press cablegram from Buenos Ayres announcing that the Argen- tine Government had canceled the English cable company’s concession and had made common cause with Brazil. In offie cial circles deep significance is attached to the concerted action of the two largest South American republics in directly an- tagonizing British claims to American possessions. Minister Mendonca of Brazil spent half an hour by special appointment with Sec- retary Olney at the State Department this afternoon, and it is suspected that the in- terview related to the decisive stand Brazil had taken in regard to Lord Salisbury’s note. The Brazilian view of the matter is that to expect them toarbitrate the owner- ship of Trinidad would be as unreasonable as to ask the United States to arbitrate the possession of Block Isiand if England should suddenly occupy it on the ground tbat the United States had not hitherto made a good use of it; or, as another ex- ample, that the United States would tamely submit to England’s establishing a colony on an uninhabited Florida key un- der the British flag becaunse it was a desira- ble cable station and fit for nothing else. A naval officer who is intrusted with the duty of keeping account of the submarine cables of the world explained the Buenos Ayres dispatches to-day as follows: ““An English company holds an exclusive concession for coastwise cables in Brazil, the concession having about twenty more years to run. Sir John Pender, the cabla king, several years ago determined to se- cure telegraphic communication between his great system and the Pacific coast of South America, which is a lucrative field for teiegraphic enterprises. To that ena he entered into negotiations with all the South American countries for concessions, being successful in almost every country except Brazil, where he was antagonized by the English company, which, under its exclusive right, operates all the lines from the Amazon to the Rio Plata. He asked Brazil for the use of the island of Trini- dad as an intermediate station, but the English company in Brazil opposed this and defeated it through the very fact that Trinidad was Brazilian territory and there- fore partof its own absolute concession. Sir John Pender went ahead, however, with his negotiations with other countries until a sufficient time had elapsed for an Eng- lish warship to go secretly to Trinidad and land there a number of Sir John Pender’s employes. The English flag was raised, the cable company’s operatives were left in possession and the warship steamed away again. The only inhabitants of Trinidad to-day are Sir John Pender's men taken there by the British Govern- ment. “The concession secured from the Ar- gentine Government, which was especially ! favorable to that country, provided for the construction of a cable connecting with the company’s main line on the African coust and proceeding thence to Trinidad, tne new port of La Plata, the Falkland Islands, and so on around to Chile, the Argentine Government giving the right for the landing at La Plata. “It is learned from a member of the diplomatic corps, who hasthe confidence of South American representatives, that Ar- gentina’s action 1n canceling the conces- sion is due to President Cleveland’s special Monroe doctrine message, and is inspired by the hope that the United States wili recognize the right of Argentina to the Falkland Islands, which were forcibly taken by Great Britain with the acquies- ence of the United States subsequent to the Monroe doctrine's enunciation. The islands were owned and settled by Spain, and thus became part of the Buenos Ayres Republic. ‘“‘Argentina vigorously protested when they were seized by ‘England, and in a proclamation declared that, though Ar- gentina was unable to resist the powerful force of England, it continued to firmly ad- here to its claim to the rightful ownership of the territory. Under these circua- stances Argentina, on the 15th inst., in- formed the cable company that it consid- ered the proposed landing place at Trin- idad as illegal, and that it could not recognize any alleged permit to use the Falkland Islands. Consequently, by itsown terms, the concession fell to the ground. “Itis intimated that a specially accred- jted Minister from Buenos Ayres will soon come to the United States to endeavor to reopen the d:spute as to the ownership of the Falkiand Islands in view of the stand National capital, and possibly argue the Califoraioa ix;ri fnmnn Hahbe or&1 the S;i reme Court, after which he will proce fo his boms in Indiangpolis, 3 taken by President Cleyeland on the Vene- zuelan boundary dispute. President Cleve- laad in bis fizst spoual Wesgees 19 Oop,