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Show HIZCEaVl BEFoar. lie Mai Hah To Hay Aboal Sir-null Sir-null a's Harder. Washington, SepL 22. The official repor: of Minister MIxner, together with all the attending facts concerning the shooting of General Ilarrundla on board the Pacific Mall steaaier-fctinuco, will be sent Into the House of Representatives cither today or tomorrow. Minister Mixneraiys in bis report that several sever-al official depositions are lacking and be has made applications for them to the Guatemalan Government Govern-ment and expected to forward them to the United States by the Livingston Living-ston mall vrhich left Guatemala on September 3rd. I am able to send a pretty complete synopsis of the retort re-tort in advance of the official publication. pub-lication. Mlincr tells the story of Bar-rundia's Bar-rundia's attempt to raise a force In Mexlc against Guatemala, his Imprisonment Im-prisonment and release under a proml- to leave the country. He continues with the story of the first attempt to take Barrundta at Cham-pcrico, Cham-pcrico, which failed because Captain Cap-tain Pitts of tlie Acapulco refused to give him up. After this a letter was sent to the Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs, 8enor Francisco Ang-iiano, to the United States Mlnlsti-r, reporting thu refusal of Captain Pitts to deliver up Bar-rucdia Bar-rucdia while In Cumperica, and asking Minister MIxner to direct di-rect Pitta to give up his passenger upon the arrival of the Acapulco at San Jose. Mlinercent no immediate written writ-ten reply to tbU letter, but called upon the Guatemalan minister of foreign affairs at the government palace, and had a long Interview with that official. He told the Guatemalan government that It would be time enough to give A CATKJOIIICAL KEfLV to the letter when the Acapulco arrived at S in Jose: He asked for a fuller explication of the reason why Barrundta should be arrested, and called attention to the fact that Guatemala was then under martial law. Dr. Auguiano assured Mlzner that Ilarrundla would have a fair Uial aud be Justly dealt with. He was assured that the government of Guatemala llad tits treacherous designs de-signs agilnst tho life of JJafrundla, and that they had no desire to put him to death nor would they do so. "Itut" continued Senor Angul-ano, Angul-ano, "you must know Mr. Minister, that Guatemala Is sore beset with enemies on all sides Just now, and she must do nil alio can to protect herself against them. Ilarrundla Is an enemy of his own country, and this government would fall In Its duly were It to allow him to csn-linita csn-linita his michinatlons ogalnst Guitcr&lla, v-hlle In tbelr power to prevent It. The United Etatts have been doing all they can to preserve peace In Central America, and it liardly seems probablo that they will allow that pea CO to become again leopardiirJ by allowing Barrundta Bar-rundta to escape by obstructing our efforts to protect ourselves." MWner accepted tho aseurance cf tho Uuctematan government and sold th- mailer would have his at tetitlon when (he Acitpulm arrived at San Jose. The Acaj.ulCa arrived at San Jose the next morulng and Mizuer received a dU'atch trom Captain Pitts, appealing to the Minister Min-ister for Melee and prot'-ction. Mlui-ter M.xner fep"ed to Cnptaln PitL, telling him that his veSs-elwaa in Guatemalan waters and, In am. that was x-Awrrt, within the Jurisdiction of Guatemalan Guate-malan authority, If Uie latter had demanded the arrest of any one charged with having offended agaln-t the Jaws of Guatemala, they had the potfer to eSefrlte their right to atnat such oHendcrs. The laws of nations placed the Acapulco In Guatemalan jurisdiction from the moment she was within one marine league of Guatemalan soil. If Captain Cap-tain Pitts choose to resist the legally constituted authority of Guatemala, he would have to do fro at bis own pleaauro ami thus render himself amendable to pfostriUon and punishment pun-ishment bv tlie GuAtemalau authorities authori-ties fur twisting the execution ef Guatemalan law whllo within the Jurisdiction of that country. He (Minister MIxner) knew of no law which prevented the arrest of Btr-rundia Btr-rundia under the then present circumstances. cir-cumstances. While these telegrams Were ss-lug ss-lug between Captain Pitts and MinWer sllioer, tlie t-uatemaian minister of foreign affairs made a rbmiil demand In a dl-patch to MIxner for Birrundla's arrest. To his dispatch Minister Ml.ner replied re-plied that the Guatemalan govern nient knew their own laws, and It was not necessary for him to make any eusgestions upon matters within fhelr own Jurisdiction. If the .lea-hi'cu .lea-hi'cu was In Guatemalan waters the Guatemalan authorities cod Id exercise exer-cise their legal tights, and If In order to do so it should bt found necessary to auucjt aK.NT.nAi. iubkundia while on board the Acapulco, there was no need of the United States minister to raise any objection to the enforcement of Guatemala's laws by the officers of that government who have been duly authorized. Rut, while so doing, he (MIxner) would remind the government of Its proral-e to accord full and complete justice to Barrundla, and to avoid extreme measures with him, as well as their guarantee of his life. This letter was shown to Cantaln Pitts, who also rccel red one of the same tenor from Mizner. Then the report tells of the shooting shoot-ing of Birrundia. The officer who came to take him carried a letter frurn Mlzner, and Captain Pitts told Barrundla that ho mutt give up. . Mlzner lias also addressed a dispatch dis-patch to the Department of State complaining very bitterly or the lack of good faith on the part of the Guatemalan government In all of its dealings with the United Slates and particularly so In the recent troubles with Salvador and In the Uarrundls case. Mr. Mlzner ex pecta to supplement his report with further detalb, which sturdd arrive ar-rive tomorrow. |
