Show PATCH UP THE TROUBLE Minister Merry to Arrange Differ Differences Differences Differences Regarding Nicaragua Canal Washington March 17 United States Minister Merry by direction of the state department is now on his bin way from Costa Rica to Managua the cap ital of Nicaragua His mission is not as has been surmised connected with the reported issue Nicaragua and Costa Rica but relates entirely to canal matters Up to this time there has been satisfactory outcome of tho the controversy y between Nicaragua and the Canal Cam company regard ing the status of the conces concession concession concession sion The Nicaraguan government claims that the concession has expired by b failure of the Maritime company compan to 10 perform the amount of work required by the concession in which case the concession would super supercede supercede supercede cede that of the Maritime Canal com corn company comi pany i The latter company however con tended that there had been unavoidable delay dea in the prosecution of the work and awaits a decision on this point un der den a clause in the original concession providing means for settling disputes Next there was a quarrel between tho the company and the Nicaraguan govern government overn ment meat over the nationality of the th arbi arbitrators arbitrators and finally matters have haye be become become become come so involved that hat Minister Merry Merr has been ordered to Managua to make a personal investigation and do what is proper pro to protect the interests of the Maritime Canal company |