The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-25
MAN WITHOUT 4 COUNTRY.
The Mexican Government Is Ia q
Strait Betw,xt Two.
A WHITE ELEPHANT ON ITS HAND
A ssspccted Anarchtst who Has
Been Banished. bat whom Me-
body " Al Receive.

St. Louis, October A.--The hero of rA-
ward Everett Hale's famous story OF The
Man Without Country" has counterpart,
in q certain sense. In Old Mexico. The
story by the novelist was Of a man ban
ithed from the United States: the Mexican
story is OF man whom the government
has banishcd. but can not get out OF tho
country.
The Mexican story, 90 far as the man in
question Is concerned. Is nearly as pathetic
as that OF the hero OF the fiction, for like
Poor 10 OF Bleak House. no one wants
him. and yet he Is forced to move on. The
story is told by Robert II. Herman OF the
City Of Mexico. who rs Mt present visiting
st. Louis. Mr.. Tiernan is an American
and calls Philadelphia his home. although
he registers from the City Of Mexico. He
is interested in several coffee plantations In
the neighboring republic.
III you have read the Mexican papers
you have heard OF Joseph Ventre," he said
Ventre IS Frenchman, but he Is In the
peculiar position OF man who can call no
country his home He is at present In
Mexico, and may remain there. despite the
ioNe thot tuC kONcInAutat uOSS NOT Want
him.
"Ventre was mixed up or was alleged ID
have been, with the anarchists at Corpus
Christi. 1t was then claimed that no lad
been implicated In the Barcelona outrage
and WAS compelled to flee from Spain. He
made his way to Mexico. and after Corpus
Christi he was arrested The government
decided he was dangerous man to- have
in the republic. There was no specific
charge against him; In fact, 1t has not eeta
proven that he was at Barcelona ur had
anything to do with the uprising Of the
followers of the red flag at Corpus Christi
But 1t was the opinion OF the government,
officials that he was mensce TO the re-
public. He was banished
''Ventre was taken to Tsmpico to be sen,
to the United States on Ward line
steamer. When the captain ascertained wht
he was and why he was leaving Mexico he
refused TO carry him. He said that what
was too tough for Mexico was certainl,
undesirable for the United States. and add.
ed that he would not shoulder the responsi.
bility of conveying to the States such &
man.
1.-THE Mexicans then decided 10 send hin
to France his native country Ventre va,
next taken to Vera Cruz and put on tie
training corvette Zarago1n, TO await tn,
French steamer. When II arrived ard ar
effort was made to send him to that corn-
try. the captain took the same etand thai
the American skipper had, and refused t'
take him.
This left the Mexican government In .
quandary. II Is there yet. Ventre was re.
turned to the Zaragoza, where. | believe
he is now, What Will be done with lin
is question. His case has awakened G, n
siderable sympathy, for many believe tina
he Is an innocent man. and therefore 6
prosecuted one. 1t has been sugges I'D TIA
he be sent to one Of theYSouth American
countries but the Mexlcans are afraid tina
such action would involve them in diplo
matte difficulties sending what they sup
posed was a known anarchist to s1nl
country constantly embroiled in roublei
of its own.
THE affair. certainly, is one that tn,
Mexican government is bothered over, anc
one that may not be easily settled. which
all goes to show that 10 sentence man ir
Punishment is one thing and to carrv +
out is another"