Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-21
The Mexican Treaty.

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Advance sheets of a small document
| printed in English and Spanish have
| come to hand, and contain some curious
provisions in regard to the agreement
| between the United States and Mexico
as to how the Indians shall be chased
| back and forth over the boundary with a
a rifle in one hand and this treaty in the
| other 1t will be possible to run an In
dian over the line without the violation
of international law. The Indian must
in each case be savage Indian, and the
troops must not pursue him over the line
at a point within six miles of settle
ment.
One interesting feature of the treaty is
that the Senate of the United States of
! Mexico has authorized the President of
that Republic to allow the passing of
Mexican troops into the United States
and of the United States troops into
| Mexico, and the Constitution of the
United States empowers the President of
the United States to allow the passage
without the consent of the Senate This
agreement does not require the sanction
of the Senate of either country, and will
begin to take effect twenty days after the
date, July 30, 1882, which fixes next Fri
day as the time.
The memorandum of agreement is en-
tered into, On behalf of their respective
governments, by Frederick T. Freling-
huysen, Secretary of State of the United
States of America, and Matias Romero,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the Republic of Mexico,
and it agrees that the regular Federal
troops of the two republics may recipro-
cally cross the boundary of the two
countries when they are in close pursuit
of band of savage Indians upon certain
conditions, which are enumerated as fol-
lows
The crossing agreed upon shall only
occur in the appropriated or desert parts
of the boundary line. For the purposes
of this agreement, the unpopulated or
deserted parts are defined to be all those
points which are at least two leagues dis
tant from an encampment or town of
either country. No crossing of troops
of either country shall take place from
Captain Leal, town on the Mexican
side of the Rio bravo, 20 Mexican
leagues. SO English miles above Piedras
Negras, to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
The commander of the troops which
cross the frontier in pursuit of Indians
shall at the time of crossing or before,
if possible, give notice of his march to
the nearest military commander or civil
authority of the country whose territory
he enters. The pursuing force shall re-
tire to its own territory as soon as it shall
have fought the band Of which it is in
pursuit or have lost its trail In no case
shall the forces of the two countries re-
spectively establish themselves or remain
in the foreign territory for any time
longer than is necessary to make the
pursuit of the band whose trail they fol
low.
The abuses which may be committed
by the forces which CROSS into the terri
tory of the other nation shall be punished
by the government to which the forces
belong, according to the gravity of the
offense and in conformity to its laws if
the abuses had been committed in its
own territory. The said government
being further under obligation to with
draw the guilty parties from the frontier.
In the case of offenses which may be
committed by the inhabitants of the one
country against the foreign forces which
may be within its limits, the government
of said country shall only be responsible
to the government of the other for denial
of justice in the punishment OF the
guilty.
This agreement is to remain in force
for two years, and may be terminated by
either government on four months
notice to the other to that effect.