St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-12
THE CUTTING CASE.
1t May be a Subject of Diplomacy for
Months.

Ell PAso, Tex, Aug 1.-THE impress
sion is gaining ground in Ell Paso that the
Cutting case will be subject for diplomatic
correspondence for some months to come,
and that meanwhile the prisoner will not
be released. A good deal has been said
the last few days about the defenceless
condition of Ell Paso in case of a sudden
attack by Mexicans, but there is really no
cause for alarm. There are few hundred
Mexican soldiers in Pase del Norte, but
they seem sullen and dissatisfied,
and ready to desert at the first
chance. On the other hand, Ell Paso
contains some splendid fighting material
and could raise in an emergency 1000
armed men who could hold the place
against any force the Mexcans might bring
against it until help could arrive by rail.
But this will probably all be idle specula.
ton, as the whole disturbance seems to be
quietly settling down.
CUTTING INTERVIEWED.
An American newspaper correspondent,
in company with Samuel Field. we'll
known citizen of Dallas, saw Cutting in the
jail at PaSo del Norte yesterday. 81
asked him." he says. particularly as to
his alleged circulation personally in
Mexico of the article complained of. He
replied: Upon going over to the Mexican
side on the morning of the publication, I
had i'll my pocket a copy of the paper. Ell
Sentinel. I entered corner cafe kept by
a friend of mine and casually handed him
paper, the only one l had. This is the
very truth of the story of my circulating
great numbers of the papers in Paso del
NOrte. l asked Cutting whether he in
tended to appeal his case to the supreme
of limo hTIn III I,o%
torney, young Mexican student just out
of the law school, had determined to dc So"
UNEAsINEss AT LAREDO.
LAREo, Tex, Aug. 11.-General I'M
easiness prevails here over the unprotected
situation of this city. Many Americans
who have been sojourning in Mexico, some
on pleasure and others On business are
coming over to this side of the river in an
ticipation of trouble.
MEXICAN VIEWS.
timent here regarding the Cutting case is
still aroused, owing largely to the threats
of war from the state of Texas. In an in
terview to-day European dipIomast said:
The United States and Mexico certainly
should be allowed to settle the cases in dis
pute, even if they have to resort to friendly
arbitration. 1t is certain that the state of
Culuudhua mas DIS gOOQ rlgnG TO nor peculiar
code as has France, from which country Chi
huahua took her example. 1t is not likely
that the United States, in a case of similar
kind with France, would make peremptory
demand for the release Of her citizens. The
United States view of this case will not be
the view of Europe,
sWAYNE's BID FOR GOVERNOR.
GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. 11.-At tho
Democratic state convention to-day Col.
Swayne, one of the most popular candidates
before the convention, declared in speech,
that if he secured the nomination and was
elected and war declared, in twentyfour
hours he would lead a force into Mexico
and every man would have an hacienda.
CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS.
HARTFORD. Conn.,, Aug. ia special
from New Britain, Conn, states that
volunteer regiment with headquarters at
that place is being organized to fight Mex
leo in case of war. Already two compan-
les have been organized and the officers of
the regiment elected, the colonel being
Samuel Moor, colonel of the Fourteenth
Connecticut volunteers. The officers are
all veterans of the late war. There are
understood to be four companies of fifty
men in each. Two of the companies have
been organized in the city and one in New
Haven.