Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-06
TIE CUTTING RuMPuS.
What the Government Officials OF Mexico
Say About the Case.

lBy telegraph
Cry OF MgxIco via Galveston), August
5th.-Popular sentiment has been so thor
oughly aroused here over editor Cuttings
case and the press comments thereon, that
a representative of the Associated Press
called to-day at the Castle of Chapuitepec
to get the views of President Diaz and
Senior Romero Rubio and the Minister OF
the Interior, who is visiting al the Castle.
The latter said that he was happy to pre-
sent the facts in the case TO the press, and
entered at once into very full review OF 1t
from the beginning. He stated Cuttings
offense, his character and that of Senior
Medina, and went into an elaborate exp!a-
nation of Mexicos right to arrest Mr. Cut
ting. from a legal point of view. Cut
ting said the Minister, having been
commanded by the Court TO make an
apology, did SO in an Ell Paso newspaper,
but worded ii so as TO make II really an
insult TO the Court. This newspaper, al
though published in the United States,
Cutting knew to be circulated in Paso del
Norte. on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande. and he took pains to circulate the
issue containing the reflection on the Mex
lean Court in Paso del Norte crossing the
river to this side himself TO circulate the
paper He was thereupon arrested in
proper legal form and put in Jail. He was
treated with even more consideration than
Mexican criminals" The Minister was asked
if he thought the Judge had acted in good
faith He replied: Il do, and for that
very reason the executive power here could
not on demand from the United States Gov
eminent set aside the judicial powers. The
Government here considered that Cutting
had not only infringed the Code of the
State of chihuahua, which makes an Of
Tense against its citizens committed on for
eign territory punishable by its Courts, but
had also committed an offense on this side
of the line by refusing without giving any
reason to recognize the demand of the
Judge, using insulting language to that of
ticial and it was clear that the circulation
of statement derogatory to Court on
this side of the river constituted clear
otfense against the law
"Then it is for these reasons that you
have refused TO grant an unconditional re-
lease ?"
Yes. The Government here has for
warded very full report of the case TO
Washington, where it has been submitted
to Congress-
President Diaz then entered the apart
ment and expressed qualification at meet
ing representative of the Associated Press
of the United States, and extended a cor
dial greeting. The President said -
presume you have had from Minister Ro-
nero Rubio full explanation of the case
and an abstract of the grounds for our ac-
ton, and I will only say that l have just
| received letter from the Chief Justice of
the State of Chihuahua, giving the result
of the procedure Of the Court, in response
to my request"
The letter was then read in full by Senior
Romero Rubio 1t showed that the State
authorities of chihuahua had exercised
every care in treating Cutting with even
more consideration, the President thought
than was necessary, for he thought it was
sufficient to treat him as he would treat a
Mexican citizen imprisoned under the same
charge.
do you consider, Mr.. President, that
the case will lead to trouble"
81 have no apprehension of difficulties
growing out of such an insignificant affair,
which is really only quarrel between two
disreputable journalists. | think that the
United States Government was tritle hasty
in the matter, owing, probably, 10 early
and inaccurate one-sided reports,