General Barrundia knew what that meant. and lie saw the soldiers with their guns presented. He knew that as soon as he was turned over to the Guatemalan authorities it would mean death to him. and. after they commenced the assault in this way. General Barrundia did as he had a right to do. he endeavored to defend himself. and he was shot to death by repeated volleysthe American passengers having been driven below deck as if to prepare for a tragedythe blood of a political refugee running in streams on the floor. while the American flag drooped from the mast as if ashamed of the dastardly and disgraceful scene. The offense against the flag of the United States consists in those armed soldiers going upon an American vessel. and there. under the American flag. shooting down a man who had taken passage upon that vessel. Sir. the deck of an American vessel is the same as the territory of the United States. and the Guatemalan soldiers had no more right to go upon that vessel and shoot. down General Barrundia under the American flag than they had a right to come upon American soil and shoot him down.