Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-08-13
THE MEXICO MATTER.
General Dan Sickles' View
Of it.
HE THINKS MONEY Is WANTED
And That the Diaz Government is
Trying a Smart Game on
the POpulace.

tht Iupuldct.
Special to the Herald bv the associated Press.
NEW York, August II. = General
Dan Sickles, speaking about the Cutting
muddle yesterday. said: "In comparison
with the United States, Mexico is a
feeble power and very much inferior in
military, naval and financial resources.
California and Texas, unaided, would
conquer her. My solution n that she
would like to repeat the maneuver Of
Santa Ana in ls46. Mexico knows If
we take slice Of Chihuahua, Sonora
and Lower California. we would take
territory valuable to us and valueless
to Mexico and that we might do
now as we did in l846,
pay Mexico handsomely for territory
taken. Public opinion in Mexico would
not permit. their government to cell this
territory BY any peaceable Transaction
II . conflict wAs provoked by the Mexi-
cans aud We were to help ourselves to
such parts Of their territory as we might
want, we could well afford to pay .
good round suln--twenty, thirty, or even
forty million dollars. Such replenish-
ment Of the Mexican Treaaury at this
time would enable Gen. Disz and his
government to go on very handsomely
during the rest of his term of Office
Mexico has not tlfe means to
pay her army or her civil service and
must sell land peaceably. This would
be impossible. A mob would hang Diaz
and his Cabinet in the streets OF the cap
ital if they sold national territory; but
il thirty millions or more of gold can
be drawn into the Mexican treasury
from the United State after campaign
or two In which we would take posses
sion of Chihuahua, Sonora and Lower
California, she would accept the situa-
ton as she has done once before.
DENIAL.
ST.. LOUIS, August PA dispatch
from New Laredo, Mexico, says the re-
port sent out from there several days
ago stating that 400 fresh Mexican
troops had arrived there and that an
artillery company had planted guns SO
as to bear on Fort Mcintosh on the
Texas side Of the river, is untrue. The
dispatch states that no troops have ar
rived there within month, that there
are only 200 soldiers there, and that
there has not been cannon Of any de-
scription in New Laredo in three years.
CUTTING DRAGGED FORTH.
Ell PAso. August l2.-Cutting was
again taken from bis prison and dragged
before Judge Castaneda's court. He
was merely told that the appeal taken
in his case by the lawyer who had been
appointed for him would be tried by the
Supreme Court Of the State of Chihua-
hua in few days, and he was asked If
be desired TO have an attorney to take
care OF his interests before that court.
He rsplisd, as he has always done be-
fore, that he did not recognize the iu-
risdiction of any chihuahua court, and
that he left his case entirely in the
hands OF the American government. He
was thereupon taken back to prison.
The Chihuahua authorities continue to
ignore entirely the diplomatic entanele-
monts resulting from this case.
NJ
-" "hAioo.
CiTY oF MENIco, August l2.-Ihe
discussion'o OF the Cutting case goes on in
the press and among lawyers whom 1t
interests because OF the important ques-
tions raised. but there is no heat in the
discussion. The better class OF people
hope that the two governments viii set
tie the matter either by mutually friend
" adjustment, or through equally friend
~ arbitration. An interesting, question
Is propounded BY learned lawyer
here VINO asks II Cutting be guilty OF IL
bel on bofn sides OF the river. why can.
not the appellate Court OF the state OF
Chihuahua locate Judgment for the
CRIME on the Mexican aud not on the
American side, thus reiievlng the case OF
us international character.
Inc resigna'ion OF oenerai 9ackson,
on,teo States minister, Is sa'o 70 DC