The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-08-20

DAvAnoo MloJAkG.
I.slnaslsa Thss sesrss.ry naysra -
Cemplleaeed ~ Cutting CO " DeGln.
nl.s 1ls rroeeedlngs q ~ Wrong had
-The kAw oovernlng sseh 1ntsrnotiena'
MATHEW.
WAsnzxovox. Aug. 1.-THE imprss.
sion eows that Secretary Bayard has
seriooply blundcrcd In his conduct q The
diplomatic correspondence over the
Cutting s6alr. The United States
Statutes, section 2o0l, prescribe ex-
pIlcitly ! course to be pursued, and this
course the olliclal correspondence shows
the Secretary has not followed Before
The demand for the release Of
Cutting there should have been an
ofIlcial request for Information
- 10 the grounds on
which Cutting was held, and Il the %.
swcr WAS not prompt ana satisfactory.
thep the Standardization was authorized
and required 70 demand Cuttings re-
lease. But Mr.. Bayard blundered. He
took Consul BrighAm's statement Of
the circumstances Of Cutting's ar-
rest and emitting entirely the FIRST
steps prescribed By law, he got
the premature demand made fol
the release. The discovery Of this blum
der, and the knowledge that this Govern
mcnt must back out and take fresh
start In the negotiations, h believed to
no the explanation Of the apathy which
has come over the administration re-
aardlng Cutting. Certain tt IL that out
side OF the State Department this Gov
vernmcnt does not feel At AL belligerent.
CORRECT MODE or PROCEDURE.
The section providing the course TO b
pursued il As follows:
section s.ool. WhenSver II 10 made known
I; un, ss states has BEEN aniustly deprived q
his liberty by or under the authority 81 any
foreign government, it shall be the duty Of
sc ne q sscn
IN violation Of the rights Of America eli.
zenship the President shall forthwith a ss.
release % demanded u unreasonabiy DO
Iayed or refused. the President shall use
such means, not amounting 70 acts Of war,
tain or eject the release; and I'll the facts
and proceedings relative thereto small ~
soon as practicable, be communicated oy
the President to Congress.
No demand for reasons was made The
flrst communication In the Cutting case
from this Government to the Mexican
Government was conveyed a. follows:
DfPARTNExT or sTArEsl
WAsHNGrox, July ~: l.sh
You are instructed 90 demand q tue MEX
lean Governments the instant release OF a
Norte. BArARD.
The demand was refused, and the ad-
mini>tration Is left without even Its own
laws to stand upon. The rumoris afoat
that the last demand made for the release
Of Cutting was directed TO the State Of
chihuahua instead Of to the Mexican
General Government. In view OF Mr..
Bayard's laundering, there are people
here who believe the rumcr-
Senior Romero, the Mexican Minister,
says that his government does not desire
any difficulty or complications, much less
q war, With the United States, which, he
saws. would result disastrously TO her
self. There Is not, he says, the slightest
disposition on the part Of Mexico TO
show any discourtesy to the United
States. He adds:
"Mexico has among its statutes . pro-
vision which authorizes It's courts TO take
cognizance. In certain cases and under
certain conditions. OF crimes and INSIDE
meanors committed in foreign countries.
The United States objects to that provl-
sion 50 far as their own citizens are con-
cerned. This difference Of opinion, as 4
theoretical question, ought not certainly
TO lead 10 any difficulties. Should II ap-
pear that this provision Is against the
law OF nations, Mexico could not object
"a unodifvinv II or come into reasonable