Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-13
IDLE TALK.
MeXicans Anxious to Fight the Yankees
-Business on the Border Paralyzed by
the Present Suspense.

OF. LOUIS, aug. IL.
| Letters and couriers arriving in Nuevo
Lardo, Mexico, confrm the supposition that
the revolutionary party in northern Mexico is
in favor of crossing swords with the United
States. 1t is reported on good authority that
| Gen. Casas, who has recently deprecated in
the vicinity of Lsbsnss, has ofie' ed to Join
hands with the federal government and clean
out the Yankees.
Government dispatches from Victoria. the
capital of the State of Tamaulipas have been
received in Nuevo Laredo, to the effect that
the city Is much excited over the Ell Psso and
Eagle Pass complications. Public opinion as
to the Justification of Mondragon is divided,
some claiming that ne was justified and 9th
ers condemning him. The governor of
Tamaulpas is said to have asserted, that if he
were in the position of Gov. Barat of Chihu-
ahus, he would never give Cutting up, and
the people of his State appear to uphold him
in his opinion.
From Parras and Linares the news comes
| that the prospect of war with the United
States is hailed with delight as many in that
section wish to aid in wiping out the remain
der of their defeat at Palo Alto, Monterey
and Buena Vista. Their inborn sntipathy
and intense hatred for the "Gringoes'' cries
out daily as is shown by their insulting and
annoying treatment of Americans who are
so unfortunate as to be living near them.
The governor of Cohuila seems to be more
conservative than either of the governors of
Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, and he is said
to be in favor of peace and conciliatory
measures.
A telegram from Sattello SAYS that bri-
gade of infantry arrived in that city yester-
day morning. Their future destination is
not known. Stockmen arriving there from
Mexico state that the news of the trouble
with the United States has Just reached the
remote regions in the interior causing great
excitement and making it dangerous for
stockbuyers to stay there. Importers in
Nuevo Laredo are countermanding orders for
goods in contemplation of trouble as they
are confident that Cutting will never be given
up. The present suspense is paralyzing bus
iuess on the border.
1t seems that there is no truth in the story
sent out from the City of Mexico that the
United States government has withdrawn its
pre-emptory demand for Cuttings release, or
changed its atti ude in this case in any way
Secretary Bayard says there is no disposition
to hurry, annoy or embarrass the Mexican
government or its courts. The claim which
the Mexican minister at Washington makes,
that Mexico has a right to punish all Amer.
can citizens for offences committed in the
United States will never be admitted tacitly
or otherwise. The officials have not charged
! Cutting with circulating libel in Mexico.
They have charged him with uttering libel
| in the United States. This is shown not only
by the form of the charges but ny the fact
that the Texas law has been taken into the
Mexican court and translated by way of show
ing that the act of Cutting was an offence in
the jurisdiction where it was committed. The
case cited by Mexican authorities of Mexi-
can who committed an offence in the United
States and was punished for it by Mexico, is
net a case in point because the American
government cannot concern itself about what
Mexico does with her own citizens. Neither
are libel suits in France and England against
the owner of New York paper cases in
point, for they were civil suits, and were
based on the circulation of the alleged libel
in countries where the suits were brought.
Mexico has distinctly claimed the right to
punish citizens of the United States for an
| offence committed in the United States bv
criminal prosecution and the United States
government will not give assent to this in
any form.