Mr. Baker to Mr. Gresham.
Managua, August 27, 1894. (Received September 13.)
Sir: Tour dispatch of the 4th instant, relative to the recent disturbances at Bluefields, has been received and its contents noted.
It has been a source of deep regret to me that illness, coupled with the abominable mail and telegraphic service, have prevented my more [Page 331] promptly transmitting to the Department full advices as to the affairs transpiring in Mosquitia, but, as I have just learned through Consul S. C. Braida, of San Juan del Norte, that several American citizens were arrested at Bluefields, under orders from Special Commissioner Madriz, and are now being transported to this capital, I will, no doubt, be able to render more valuable service here than if I were in Bluefields.
Through the medium of conversations with the President of Nicaragua I think that I have been of some use in this affair, while the powerful naval force of the United States now on the Mosquito coast is much more able to enforce any demands that should be made than I am.
Upon the arrival of the said prisoners I shall immediately report to the Department full particulars as to their cases.
I have, etc.,