Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-14

twenty iues. halu we nave the only lOl
and newspaper outfit in Paso del Nofte
The proposed Spanish publications b,
Medina are myths and designed to iniurs
our legitimate business, as Medina ha.
not pound of type aud
NOT A DOLLAR
to buy with. Such was the tone of the
twenty lines devoted 10 Medina
and his fourth prospectus. wa.
simply protecting my legitimate business
against one considered failure. | did
Just what any newspaper man would dc
under the same circumstances.
Reporter; Was that the defamation
you were forced to make retractlon foI
before the Mexican judgei
Cutting; Yes. But not until three
weeks had passed. Then Mr.. Daguerre,
who was the responsible editor (the Mex.
lean law requires one Of the proprletors
OF newspaper to be at the head as the
responsible editor; the editor who has &c
be jailed In cases similar to mine), was
notified
TO APPEAR AT COURT
and make the retraction. But objected
| was the one for him to demand a re-
traction from. The next day | was ar.
rested, and following the advice Of
Ochoa ard Deguerre, signed the retrac.
ton, but my American blood was up,
and crossing the river to FL Paso | relter.
ated 1t in I'll Paso, my old and original
assertion, and said If he wanted satisfac.
ton la Americana, / would give him sll
he wanted, and at any time and place he
might select. You know all the rest.
Here am In durauce vile.
high official informed your CORE.
spondent late this afternoon that he was
In receipt of official information that mat
tiers would take definite shape In the next
few days.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE CABINET.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia special to the
New York World says; In yesterday IS
consideration by the cabinet Of the Cut.
ting case the most important matter dis.
cussed was the proposition received
Wednesday evening from the Mexican
government.
In brief tits this They make propo-
sition that II the state department will
send to the City of Mexico an able law.
yer as special envoy of this government
to confer with the attorney. general OF
Mckee as to the proper Interpretation of
the law under which Cutting is held, they
believe an amicable solution of the prob
lem can be arrived at.
After two hours discussion Of this
subject by the cabinet it was unanimously
agreed that the proposition from the
Mexican government be accepted, and a
representative be sent to the City OF
Mexico as soon as possible.
This government is not bound by the
report that the representative may make,
but on this report there can be established
additional foundation for further diplo.
matte proc dure.
Pending this agreement neither gov.
ernment will take any action.
1t is not improbable that both govern,
ments Will mass troops upon the border
for the purpose of preserving order dur.
ing the period employed in the consulta
ton.
oX-CART JOHN INTERVIEWED.
NEW YORK, Aug. l3--The Herald has
the following dispatch from Gov. ireland
of Texas.
'You ask my views of the Cutting case.
Cutting has never applied to me. IL may
be conceded, If necessary, that Cutting
has been legally convicted under Mexican
law, but l nope that the government OF
the United States can never submit to
such a rule of law. Every editor and
every other person who writes or prints
matter in the United States obnoxious to
the views OF the Mexican country can at
any time, when found in Mexico, he ar
rested and punished as Cutting has been.
The personality of Cutting is not in
volved. Surely our government has not
made an idle demand. No one wants
war, and trust no one wants peace at
the expense of the national honor and the
rights of an American citizen. The only
way to avoid war is to be ready for 1t
and to show a willingness to accept II, II
it must be. Outrage has gone far
enough"
NOTHING NEw.
DENVER, Col, Aug. l3.--An Ell Paso
special this evening says Cutting was
again taken from his prison and dragged
before Judge Castaneda's court. He was
merely told that an appeal had been
taken in his case by the lawyer who had
been appointed for him, and he would be
tried by the supreme court of the state of
Chihuahua in a few days, and he was
asked il he desired TO have an attorney TO
take care of his interests before that
court. He replied, as he has always done
before, that he did not recognize the
jurisdiction 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 entanglements
resulting from this case.
THE GOVERNMENT GoEs SLOW.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ID 1t is asserted
at the state department that there are no
fresh developments in thetCutting case,
and that the attitude Of this government
has not changed in any respect This
case Is the fruit of the natural friction OF
antagonism between the systems OF gov
e 'iment Il two people who differ radi-
cally In character and customs. The po-
sition we have taken Is based upon the
Il, umption that all the material facts
and legal features OF the case are as they
have been set forth In the correspondence
and reports already made public, But u q
matter involving possible warfare II Is
h. Id 70 be incumbent upon Us 10 make
sure that there is nothing of importance
beyond the Official information already
had, and TO this end the best EFFORTS OF
the department are turned The founda-
tion once FIRMLY laid, decision will have
TO be made, whether the differences
found TO exist shall be reconciled through
further efforts Of diplomacy, or oy war,
but In no event will this government
assent to the doctrine that an American
can be punished abroad for an oftense
committed within our own domain.
Col. dinner Let Go.