







"n. l the .petti K 

 -I their military forces on 

 Their rvbtiim* became ntore rninsd 



: Minister of War and Marine. 



n,.- Preskl nt's proposal 

 iad and steamboats rou*. 

 The 



arr-M,.l .>n * .-l^rv, f - sjj . 



OonsiderabUUJfeeln, ., , - ... , .,, Kl a 



I 1 !*" 



h n Nicaragua!) ami a rfa " 

 on a 



;lirr. 



lusjquence of a decree of the 

 "la Rica admitting ,-. . f ,| 



way 

 ary between the republic an.t 



" 



toner decided th.< | N .m>,iar% .1.,, 



Rica in favor of Nicaragua by t rat-ing the l> 



The line 



channel of the Rio San Juan del None at it 



the ocean. This channel ha* shifted sr.-rl 

 leagues to th. w.iith -in. . u,,- 



wassouix: 

 harbor of Oreytown and the entrance to the 



:ial would be in Costa liican 

 tory. The minister 



rncrica early in the adminUtrati 

 twritat Me&inley mao> ovsfterss ] ttsci " 

 oonsumma 



the Nicaragua Canal. He had already made simi- 

 lar proposals during the presidency of Mr. < 

 ut received no ansu tie Gorenn 



whi.ii lia<l i. lined to recognize him as the r 

 tentative of t)u< Greater KcpuMir. l.ut only as the 

 .-. nlual rwpubUcs Of Cen- 

 tral A m.rica leagued together in the (irrat.- 



ininunim 



nsnmed that the Nicaragua Canal Company was 

 unai>lt> t<> rniM- !., money to fulfill its contract un- 

 lo^< th.- I'nit.-,! >!;'. - , r 



:. He proposed that the p.\, 

 dStatfJSMldof the(ireat. 



t nil America should come to a direct understanding 

 on the basis of the Zavala-Prelinghuysen treaty. 



btajBwad 



fw integrity of si*' 

 - 



tgs*ts*roJ1 u 

 Wind, since it pracUrally wt ejide ine 



rdstMsftHv> 



and ' 



- 





*d the diflnmstl 



tk-ations 



might be agreed upon, 

 t should be made with 



and that a just arrangement sh 



ne Canal Company of Nicaragua so that 

 nouncr a concession whose conditions it 

 t. fulfill. Ily the treaty nv 



he administration .-f President 

 rn /aval A. thr upecial commis- 

 it?ua. and Secretary Vrelinghuysen 

 State* Oorernment was to ha 



way arro Nicaragua on a strip 3* 

 miles broad, ami in'retnrn .^ t.. -n.- t 

 em men t of Nicaragua a specified share of any net 

 canal earnings and a guarantee to protect 



tl upon public mirors- 

 :,e Inited 



M, failed to receive a 



When Mr. CleTeland became 



President a few weeks later he withdrew the treaty 



lination ami i any 



M\ he Mid in his annual 



message that he <li-.. -f necuring for the 



t jviniin. jwof ownership or 



outside of its own territory coupled with ab- 



lions wsrv nscessan 



>kr a'iw N|rarana 



.,.! ' ' - .... 



ld thai the ".femtieiaa 

 of not mor than flr nor fewer than 



n the army and one f r. the nary . 

 The mvions commMon estimnted thr 



'*' ! t i 1 1 i * 



' 



..... .^ran to ocean, ineto- 



MIK1II < UCOIIM.,- ..r, >tati .-... -f 



Ihr-n^nalthTt.,,, . rat:!:-'. -K- . SSJt '.-, r. N- 



-'; area, *f <a^ snnars milea. The 

 according to each dewnnial essisns. . 



-'" :- .: 



>; ami I.6I7>4 



r i i > i 



n men t The following were the Stale of- 

 > during the rear : Ooren 

 eutenant Gorr 

 i: Secretarr of State. Cyrus Thompson, 



, rreasurer \ orth. Populbt 



Walter. RepublicanVAdjutant General. 

 Cowks. Republican ; Superintendent of Ii 



