Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-14
MEXICO,S CLAIMS.
The State Department Explains Its
Attitude on the Question.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.--It is asserted
at the State Department that there are no
fresh developments in the Cutting case
and that the attitude of this government
has not changed in any respect. This
case is the fruit of natural frlcJion or an
tagonlsm between the systems of govern
ment of two Peoples who differ radically
in character and customs. The position
we have taken is based upon the assump-
ton that all the material facts and legal
features Of the case are as they have been
set forth in the cores spOndence and re-
ports already made public. But in mat
ter involving possible warfare it is held
to be incumbent upon us to make
sure that there is nothing
! of importance beyond the official informa-
ton already in hand, and to this end the
best efforts of the department are turned.
The foundation once firmly laid, decl-
sion will have to be made whether the
differences found TO exist shall be recon-
oiled through further efforts of diplomacy
or by war, but in no event will this gov
| ernmenJ assent to the doctrine that an
American can be arrested, tried and pun
ished abroad for an Offense committed
within our domain.
THE CUTTING CASE.
Secretary Bayard said to-day that there
]
in New York to-day to the effect that
Mexico had asked the United States to
send a lawyer to Mexico to confer with
the Attorney General as to the proper in
terpretation of the law in the Cutting
case, and that our government had deter
mined to send such a special envoy. No
such proposition has been made by
Mexico. There is no occasion for 1t.
There is no misunderstanding about the
law in the case, and if there were no
better lawyer than Gen. jackson, our
Minister to Mexico. could be sent to
Mexico to grapple with it.
CONFIDENCE IN GEN. JACKSON.
| Secretary Bayard has perfect confidence
! in Minister Jackson's ability to deal with
every phase of the case. While it is well
understood that Gen. Jackson is anxious
to return home on his wte's account he
is willing, it Is believed, to remain in
Mexico until the Cutting case is disposed
! of. This will not. it is believed at the
State Department. be long. Cuttings re-
| lease is still confidently expected. But
inasmuch as final refusal on the part of
! Mexico could only be met by fOrcible
measures on our part the administration
| proposes to move cautiously. Secretary
Bayard wants the official report of the
| trial of Cutting.
NEW PHASE ON THE CASE.
CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 13.-The Diario
| Official to-day contains important dOcu-
ments regarding the Cutting case, in
Guiding the full text of the decision oi
Judge Zubia at PasO del Norte, which
shows clearly and unmistakably that the
court held Cutting tor a crime begun on
Mexican soil and continued simultan-
! eously in Texas and Mexico. This puts
a new phase On the case, as it shows that
Judge Zubia regarded the case as one
! continuous act.
AMERICANS UNSAFE.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. 18.-Commercial
circles in this city were greatly agitated
last evening by the receipt of a telegram
by the machine and implement firm OF
Hatch & Co., from their agent in Mexico,
advising the firm not to ship any more
goods to that country, as it was not judi
ciOus to do so. The feeling is toe
bitter, he said, and thesliyes OF Americans,
particularly from Texas, are IN great
jeopardy. The bodies OF two dead Ameri-
cans bad just been found on the public
highway with all evidences of having been
murdered. The agent said he would
leave the country at once, while he could
do 50 with safety.