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No. 11.
Mr. Baker to Mr. Gresham.

[Telegram.]
Legation of the United States,
Managua , March 8, 1894 .

Nicaragua claims sovereignty over Mosquito Reservation; placed troops; Bluefields declared martial law. Mosquito authorities protested; asked protection British consul. English soldiers landed later. English and Nicaragnan troops temporarily withdrawn. Referred to British minister, Guatemala.