Daily Republican., 1886-08-14
THE MEXICAN TROUBLE
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS NO
FEARS OF AN IMPENDING WAR.
Deprecated and the Country Said to
BE Unnecessarily Excited.

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The Proffer of Volunteer Companies
Deprecated and the Country said to
BE Unnecessarily Excited.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -IIQuiries
at the State Department touching the
situation on the Rio Grande elicit only
brief and guarded replies. The officials
said to day that there was no change In
the aspect of affairs. Unofficial de-
spatches Of disturbing nature purport-
Ing to convey information of actual or
impending conflict continue to be re-
ceived. but in the absence of copfirma-
tory evidence they are not credited at
tile department.
1t was stated to-day that not less
than forty or ffty offers Of volunteer
companies from all parts of the country
had been received. In all such cases
replies are sent that there is yet no oc
casion for their services and advising
the people to avoid undue excitement
over the matter. Department officials
say there is no truth in the story that q
special envoy is to be sent to Mexico to
confer with o representative of that
Government in regard to legal ques.
tions involved in the Issue. The name
OF ex-senator Mcdonald, Of Indiana,
has been suggested as probable selec-
tion should the United States send an
envoy. Mr.. Mcdonald, in answer to q
summons, is now on his way from In.
dianapolis to this city.
1t is also stated that the report that
Minister Jackson's resignation has been
received Ia wholly untrue. 1t Is ad-
mitted that be wishes to retire, but this
is said to be for purely private reason 8,
and this fact was known to the depart
Iment before the arrest OF Cutting. The
officia say they do not think he viii
resign until after the existing troubles
IaFe satisfactorily settled.
THE COUNTRY TOO EXCITED.
1t is insisted with much emphasi
that the country is getting gunnecessaril,
excited over the m after, and that IL th,
people will curb their patriotic ardol
Ian1 be content to wait the inevitabl,
slow process of diplomatic negotiation
there will be no bloodshed. There ia q
the department, however, o palpabl
. apprehension that 30 me overt act on tn
lpart of the State Of chihuahua, or O
/, the excitable people Of Texas may pre-
!. cipitate q conhl3t of arms that will TO
, the time being set at naught all effort
a to secure an amioable adjustment &
differences Rumors hourly reach th
War Department Of outbreaks alon
a the border, but 1t is denied that an
!, Iofficial information to that effect ha
:, been received. 1t is also denied, wit
n great positiveness, that any orders hav
yet been given for the concentration {
troops. The departure OF the Secretarie
Il lof War and the Navy for their summe
- tvacation is generally accepted as an II
:, ldication that the Admin istration dot
= mot Immediately anticipate the beat
!, ldrum and blast OF bugle.
= Secretary Bayard speaking of the a
: cusations made against him, that /
?, proceeded with undue haste in the Gu
e ting affair and had placed this COUNT
y In the attitude of bullying q weaks
: neighbor, said tonight that he La
:, acted with all possible considerable
!, towards Mexico. Cutting had been
> prison for more than month when b
2 made the demand for his release, ar
% ever since then he had been doiI
: Everything In his power to effect
- peaceful settlement sbort of concsdiu
the point that Mexico could try a
lAmerican citiz5n for an offence con
:. mitted in this country. There he stoI
~ ped short, and there he would remain
!; The question is fundamental one, il
!. volving the right of American citzal
ship and not one which can be dispose
by arbitration. 1t is not question
es pecuniary loss or damage, but of pc
~ sonal liberty. and possibly life itself.
ID At the White House to-day the
er were no symptoms that the Presiden
~ as commander-in. chief of the army,
rt rt getting ready to buckle on his swol
I'd and take the field, either actually
on vicariously. Preparations are going
just the same for his cutting in t
Adirondacks. There is nothing yet
D the situation to cause him to chan
C. his plan for leaving Washington t
w middle of next week with his wife al
he his fishing-rod.
m THE DEMANDS NOT TO BE MoDIFIE
S Secretary Bsyard is evidently anxio
to help the Mexicans out of the dil
ot Guilty without infringing on their sen
tive national pride, hut he has no i'd
of giving up the principle for whi
this Govern m ant contends.
ed RAsUREs REPORTED KILLED.
OF at Secretary Bayard received despat'
no from Minister jackson h might, statil
au that Rasures, who was sent across q
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