Ogden Daily Standard | 1890-09-10 | Page 3 | The Mizner Barrundia Episode

40 41 THE N EPISODE DE I 1 the american press is indulging in an immense amount of random criticism of united states minister mizner for the course be he took in having Barr barrundia delivered over to the gua I 1 tem ignorance is a deplorable thing in the office of a paper that values ita its self respect it if no man under the appointment of I 1 the present administration a steps farther from his dat duty v than did minister mizner in this matter Preal president dent harrison might sleep sloop 0 nights with perfect safet safety jr the case had a bad look to it but it was the only thing the I 1 minister could do the aca 1 paten was W within three miles I 1 of the coast coalt the vessel was th therefore e aa as much within the reach of th the guatemalan laws as if abe ahe had bad been been on Gua guatemalan a n a soil 0 I 1 10 the guatemalans Guatemala ns bad had a full fall right to do what they pleased had the ves set been in a V U S port with an enemy of the nation aboard it would have been searched without ceremony and the person seized it is all right for the united states to be honorable and I 1 brave and manly bat but with all that to I 1 f maintain the position ahe she occupies as the great nation of law and progress she the must observe at least her own I 1 teachings minister mizner did exactly I 1 right 1