El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-20

lCOnt1nued from yesterday
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. II, 1897.
THE CUTTING CASE.
During the past twelve years on
different occasions the government has
been able to satisfy itself of the good
intentions which guide our neighbor-
ing republic on the north, in all its
relations with Mexico in whatever
pertains to the spirit of equity, justice
and mutual convenience, examples of
this are given in some instances, which
| will briefly relate. The first will be
the praiseworthy conduct of the gov
eminent of Washington in deciding
against giving its support to unjust
claims against Mexico on the part of an
American newspaperman, in view OF
the powerful reasons which are pre-
seuted against his unfouuded demands
The American government at that
time paid no heed to the suggestions
vehemently pressed on the part of
those who wished to urge an opposite
course in that matter-a course that
might have been the cause OF an inter-
national conflict were it not for the
fact that the two countries were re-
solved to settle the matter solely &C
cording to the principles OF right and
Justice.
LIEUT.. ARVIzU'S ESCAPADE.
ou OSSoo!Obg VIC SONOl
ment of the United States asked for
the delivery of soldiers of our army,
who had committed grave offenses on
the other side of the frontier and fled
to Mexico. There existing no treaty
which compelled their delivery, and
not wishing to wound national senti-
ment by delivering to foreign courts
individuals of our army for trial, the
government could not permit the sur
render of the parties. The Washing
ton cabinet seeing that right was on
our side, withdrew it's claim, and when
these criminals were tried by our
courts and condemned by our laws to
penalty of death, the president OF the
United States interceded for them. and,
in accordance with my CONSTITUTIONS al
prerrogative, CON muted their sem
tence
WE'LL AND LA ABRA CLAIMS.
"But the strongest case eviden cling
the determination on the United States
government to respect our rights is
that relative to the claims against
Mexico called Well and La Abra. In
compliance with its agreement, Mexico
had already situated in the United
States the sums corresponding to those
claims, aud the Washington govern
ment had distrl buted among the claim
ants something like 100000. At that
juncture, the American senate ordered
its committee on foreign affairs to
again take up the matter of the claim
presented by La Abra Mining com
pany, and as the committee, by a
majority vote, and after a conscien-
Iious study, decided that the said COM
pany had presented false proofs, the
American government retained on de-
posit the undistri buted balance and
refused to deliver it to the claimants
for that reason: and when one of the
claimants judicially demanded that the
secretary of state turn over to him the
sum retained, the tribunal threw the
case out of court.
MEXICO PAYS HER DEBTS.
81 have cited these facts land could
have cited many others) because they
prove the solidity of our relations with
the powerful neighboring republic.
1t is excusable for me to say that Mex
leo, for her part, inspired with the
principles of equity and good sense,
complies with all her agreements con-
tracted with that country, as proof of
which is the fact that we have relig-
ously paid the interest installments of
our debt to the republic; a matter
which is not of extraordinary signifi
canoe today, owing to the favorable
condition of our treasury, but which in
the previous periods of stringency
show the good faith with which we
have complied with all the articles of
our treaties with the United States.
MEXICO REAPS BENEFITS.
"This good faith and this cordiality
of dealing has wonderfully increased
our economical and social relations,
with our northern neighbour, and are
the principal explanation of the fact
that great amounts of American CAPT
tai are coming to this country. This
capital is today employed in mining,
in commerce and in agriculture. Our
course has increased immigration to
this country, as is shown by the fire.
quent arrival of eXcursionists DESTROYS
to know this country aud to study its
magnificent resources with a view to
settling hele.
THE VENEZUELA QUESTION.
81 should not let pass unnoticed an
incident Of great international policy.
At the time that the British Empir e
and the Venezuela republic were dis
cussing sthe old boundary question +,
the president of the United States sent
a message to the congress of his coun-
try, invoking, as applica BILE to the case,
the Monroe doctrine. AS this doctrine
objects to all attempts of European
usurpation in the New World, as well
as 10 all nOndrcnICdl dGGeu pGS against
republican institutions on this con-
tinent, the message of President Cleve-
land evoked much excitement and the
greatest enthusiasm in all the nations
of America. Mexico received at the
time requests of an international
character. to express her sentiment on
this grand matter, but the executive
believed that he ought not to give at
once his opinion, because it seemed to
him to involve not only the abstract
principles laid down by President
Monroe, but also a decision upon their
applicability to concrete case.
Lacking the data which the Amer
lean government perhaps possessed, las
it was fully informed by the Venezuela
an government the Mexican govern
ment could not presume to say that the
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