New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-06
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
TIE BARRCNDIA AFFAIR.
MINISTER MINERS ACTION DEFpS pbp


TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: The case against Mr. Miner Is clearly and
| torbly put in this mornings Tribune but it still
seems To me that r under TODD hi, duty correctly
ana did II we'll IOu say that the Minister fully
aware Oh the political natni, Of the offences with which
'Teicral Barrnndia was charged and also Of his OK
pnlslon from Mexican territory where he had been
| imprisoned and you make the point that his de-
parturc from Acapulco had not been voluntary. but
compulsory since ne had boon conveyed under military
escort 10 the steamer sailing southwark"
IL Is scarcely probable that 1t part OF the decree
:" expulsion that he should leave Mexico In n vessel
bound for Guncmalan ports II he had chosen another
way of leaving II IL to be presumed In the absence
"i evidence to the contrary, tina, the Mexican auhori
IDS would have made OBJECTION their object
>"cIns to have been to Danish him from their territory.
and not to "eXtradtc" him in snch an indirect and
nndignihed manner, Ent even If they had prescribed
Ms route do not see how that could have absolvcd
captain Pitts or the commanding officers If the
public vessels Of the United from duty Of
not interfering with the Of the laws Oi
t'nacmala within Gua"malan Jurisdiction. II h.
was avarr of the circumstances Captain Pitts msht
have rrfu-'d IA take general Bar1india board.
me captain should certainty not have given tho
general any assurance that the haS of the United
states wOuld protect him from legal proccss within
''ua"nalan jnrlsdirton II such assurance Wa
given thai was the only offence against the hag Of
the Tinted states that to have been committed.
Just bee ansc i the symbol Of sovereignty the nas
should not BE- pn in fal>, position. II may be n
>";."nr offence To offer IT,, protection wruI gfnliv
a, To refuse to afford H. protection when ricItfullv
dnr
Assuming that General Earrnnda's lr,.,.ncc on the
steamer compulsory. i. O.. th,t the Mcxi'an
Auih'Ifl"S would not have allowed him TO leave
N"Aho bv any other route. yuu that
We 10" Minister -""m- H. htv' nNrrl pkcd Tho
fact that M"Nico and rir tinted :ini"> l,
tween them were vriu'liv guaranteeing political
'N"ndrr" I'm III" n.;ci ,tuc, Wa No, a put?
+" anything that N"Nico did IN the matter. Captain
iTl> not the agent Of the United state, The
nhcd state did not carry lIarrnndia To- Jo-c
.HvI'" Lam Oh b'aid III" ,t'dn'r. i,r promise him
!umnnit; In Gnlt' nia,n territory from nua'"inalau
.dW.
H"r. a. between himself and Mexico. was Iarr,rda
a political onrut"r." 1t vi, not for IA po!i'lra!
pTcn'c that he corvi''cd and imprisoned in
M"Ni'p ana a:t"rwarl hr.i.i'ri from her territory.
l' "a l. Tat. "lc ENJOYING Ter p:Ot"'ti b." lnl
vp't'rI her neutrality law Tins l. ~" ega''>t Of
ammo pal 'rrnc- i.r & mt OILY d III" nanrc- of
var unl,vful, in 90" coinrry. but !, apt :" hndc
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u l'vilnc VA against uiirniIli ~ M,A,p- .Ik ~;
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