The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-31
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
How the United states and Mexico Treat
with Each Other.

N. L. derhlu.i
WASHINGTON. Oct 24.--The negotiations be-
tween the United States and Mexico for re-
vi ed treaty have reached an important stage
and constitute most interesting chapter In he
now some three or four months since the sub
le t.of @ new treaty was mootted by Minister Eos
ter in his j Intercourse with sener q, valIarde M the
he suggested the propriety Of revision Of ex-
sting stipuatiops in yisw Of the failure Of the
ola treaty to me neet n the dnss s aeqg gds 20 ire
Minister, Foster was restrained from COM
e dss Ts of mssad and deD dr
ly with Senior yallarde, with whom a conven-
tion, was soon after arranged. M. Eyarts stood
President Diaz was the inspiration of all that
was advanced or conceded by Senior vallarde.
The matter of the estraditon o ef fugtyyes
larde prop sed that the provision as TO natl ION
ality .hould be SO amended US TO allow of no
stands q Mexican flying from Texas into Mexi-
co cannot be extradited and vice versa In such
a region as that bordering the Rio Grande It is
easy to see that the criminals contemplated by
the treaty could readily claim citizenship Of
either Mexico or the, United States. as pleased
their purpose. and that 1t would be hard for
The aggrieved side to prove the reverse of their
claim. The extraditon article was also amend.
ed to do away with the limit Of the value. of
aord p hs Be M ans par e
NIT the ,extradition for tn theft If any article
OF merchandise or property. This pts, provision
Of the proposed addenda to the otd treaty. In
turn. NJ. Foster proposed that the regular
troops of either country should be permitted to
cross the border and enter the territory of the
other in pursuit of maurauders or criminals
taking refuge from pursuit by flight across the
rh Which gh ba nn9T the
81 ms of International law, but which it was for
the peaceful interests OF both countries should
be specified by treaty Of agreement. The propO-
ion held under consideration long
time by the Mexican authorities. At length an :
swer was made accepting the proposition. but
| ment deemed to be necessary to secure its ter
ritory from the abuse Of such concession as
that Of admitting the troops of foreign power
within its borders. These notifications were ::
1. That thu pursuit of fugitives should not ex-
tend beyond a zone or strip of territory twenty
sSsr s dVdng y ns miles wide
2 hat the route Of pursuit shotld not be
taken by the sodiery through towns or villages
| where there was police force or civil power.
g., That the fugitives, if so, taken by foreign
! solaiery. should be surrendered to the local
| magistrates for exam nation and incarcera-
ton pending an application Tor their extradi,.
| ton. the foreign so1diery to have no powers of
| jurisdiction but to exercise simply those of q
police forge and to desist fom the pursuit at
could be secured by the local or municipal au-
| thorities.
great dea for the Mexicans to make. was trans
nited to Washington In the mail received q few
days since from Minister Foster. 1t was to form
article second Of the addenda. The whole SUD
| ices as far as 1t has gone Is said to have been
the leading topic of Fridays and to-day's Cabi-
| net discussion,
1t is reported on good au hority that Seere-
| tary, Evarts Immediately dispatched word to
Minister Foster to secure q further article pro-
viding for the payment of the claims of Ameri-
can citizens injured by the raids Of Mexican
marauders. This was so much more than
President Diaz Is believed to be prepared
| to concede that the gossips have jumped TO the
| conclusion that Mr. Evarts wants O slice of
Mexico. and will have 1t by forcing on Mexico
the alternative of o war with the United States
or grant of territory In lieu of the amount of
our claims, which the depleted condition of the
ment in any other way. 1t was disgust with
this discovery of Mr.. Evarts' strategy that led.
| 1t ia said. to Senor Mata's sudden decision to
abandon the enterprise of securing the recogni-
| tion of President Diaz, and to return to Mexico,
whittier he goes by the first steamer leaving
| New York or New Orleans.