Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31
ARE WE ENTITLED TO pAMAGEsY

| otutIc Se@ " - claim against Mexico for Sl5O. .0OO, because of the arrest and detention of Marshal
 Meade and pnsse, in the town of Jsnos, Chihuahua, MeIico, are, to say the least,
 absurd, even on the published showing
 If MarshSl Meade himself. J.nos is
 -itla Id early lU0 miles south of the
 line across which, no American. with hos
 tile intentions toward any one, is prisi-
 legged to pass without first having ob-
 tained the permission of the state or
 general government of the cnuntry to be invaded, IL makes no difference what
 the pretsIt may be, how righteous or
 now infamous the cause may be. this warrant of authority must be acquired; {; otherwise, they enter st their peril
 Uoder existing treaties, no American would scknovledge this fight or tolerate it's privelege in Mexican, nor csn We dod fault if We be treated in like man ner. We msy regret and condemn the
 action whereby the arrest and punish
 nent Of law breaker IS frustrated by 8 too close sdhersnce to international
 lssRes, but their country is as dear to them ss ours is to us, and if ve would en-
 courage @ more liberal interpretation of existing law, We should ourselves set the example. But of the two, the MeIicans are by far the more tolerant, ss witness the case in hand. which We propose to consider 10 its most favorable aspects:
 4 United States Marshal with an armed posse penetrated Mexico for the distance of 100 or more miles, in pursuit of three law breaking Americans. who hsd sought refuge therein. with the svowed intention to kill or capture them if possible, but are stopped st Jsnos, the first custom house on their line of pursuit, and to which they had gone to report their mission, 100 miles ip the ID
 terior; their arms snd horses were taken from them, and for fourteen days they were i'm that is, confined to the limits of the town at their own ex- penss. At the expiration of this time they were discharged from custc dy and told to get out of the country SC best they could, minus horses, arms, or re- ceipt therefor. And for this, instead of punishing the offenders. we gre to ask the snug little sum of sl50,0OO damages; truly sn easy wsy to accumulate riches.
 The next case ip point, now introduced for comparison, Is the well known No gales affair."" wherein Col. AIvizu of the Mexican Custom House guards. en- desvors by force to repossess SD escaped mistress who had sought refuge just within the Americsb lines and for this purpose he detailed Lieutenant GuItterez and 8 couple of | private soldiers, but they we detected | 10 the SC, and driven back, but as great Lub.bub was raised over the af 1T g. there Was when the English captured | Boston. Col. Arvizu scd his Lieutenant were arrested by order of their govern ment, tired by court marital for an in- fraction of international law and senten- ,ed to death, which sentence ws- throagh the intervention of our goverr- ment commuted to long terms of imprIs ,um-bt. One Of the prIvs,e-, Duran oy pane. who sc'Ing under authority of hIs , fticers st the tune. resisted arrest st th, aauds Of American cJnsta oles, was sub .equently visiting ID this country as 6 pescesble citizen, arrested, imprisoned for moDths, indic'ed by 6 grand jury and put on trial or this same so-caIled ot- tense. But Judge Barnes, before whom be was tried, recognizing the injustice of the case, in hIs charge to the jury, vlr- tually ordered his scquittsI.
 We next call attention to the Eagle Pass tragedy, which is yet fresh ID mem oty, iuasmucn as it vss slm st contem- pornneUus with our Sl50 900 grievance. A squad of Mexican sol Hers crossed the Rio Grsnde sl Eagle Pass ID pursuit cf a deserter from their ranks, whom they found and brutRlly beat. Endesvorins 10 return they We're discovered and at tact ed by the authorities and in the m- lee that followed one of the MexicsDs . as killed-not ID tbe United States but after his escape to Mexican soil-by
  bullet fired from the American side of the river. His two companions, Capt. Muhoz and Lieut.. Cabrera. are, says Fl NscionRl, the government organ, pub lished ID the City of Mexico, 10 be shoI for their little part ID the transaction.
 This respect, even unto death. for the national line by the government of Mex ico is not susceptible of violation at will by Americans. And on the whole. much ss we may dislike It, We are inclined to the belief that our own people were for tun ate in getting out Of the very un- pleasant position they had unvittinglJ placed themselves in, ss fortunately ss they did. And come Co think it over, we are willing to assign our share of all damages in the case, for mighty small amount of cash in hand.