The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-14
FELEGRAPHIC NEWS
more of the CHILEAN Mater.

st Lima, under date of November 22d
Secretary Blaine writes; / learn, viii
regret, that construction has been pu
upon your language and conduct indica
ting policy ofactive Intervention on tn
part OF this government, beyond tn,
scope ofyour instructions. As those in
structions were clear and explicit and a
Ibis department Is IN possession Of infor
nation which would seem to require
withdrawal of the confidence reposed il
you, l must consider lhiS Interpretation
OF your words ard acts a result OF gont
strange and perhaps prejudiced miscon
ception. Ny onl y material for forming
an opinion consists of your memoran
Gum to Admiral Lynch, your letters tc
Senior Garcia, Sergeant Pierrola and con.
versation with President Calderon.
would have preferred you should hole
no communication with Admiral Lynch
on questions of diplomatic character,
He was present as military commander
Of the Cnilisa forces, and yoL
were accredited TO Peru. MOI
do l conceive how Admiral Lynch.
as commander of the Chilisn
army of occupation, had any right to q
or receive any formal assurance from you
es to the opinions Of your government.
The United States was represented II
Chilli by properly accredited minister,
and from his own government the sd-
mlrsl could and ought to have received
any information which it was important
for him to have. 1t was to be expected.
and even desired, that frank and friendly
relations should exist between YOU. but /
cannot consider such confidential coma
er;p
peal to your colleague in Chill for cor.
rectlon or criticism Of your conduct If
tnere was anything IN your proceedings
IN Peru to which the government of
Chill could properly take exception,
direct representation TO this government
through the Gillian minister here, was
due both to this government and to your
self. Having said this, must add that
the language of the memorandum was
capable OF no unnatural miGconstructiop.
While. you said nothing that may not
fairly be considered warranted by your
instructions, you omitted to say with
equal emphasis some things which
your Instructions supplied and which
would perhaps have relieved the
apprehension of the Gillian authorities;
while the United States would unaues-
tlonably regard with disfSvor the imper-
ious annexation Of Peruvian territory as
a right of conquest, you were distinctly
informed that this government could not
refuse to recognize that such annexation
might become necessary condition in q
final treaty of peace, and the main pur-
pose of your effort was expected to be,
not go much of your protest sgainss any
possible annexation, as an attempt by
friendly, but unofficial, communication
with the authorities with whom you
were daily associated, to induce them to
support the policy Of giving to Peru,
without the imposition of harsh and alb
solute conditions, precedent, the oppor-
tunlty to show that the rights aud inter
ests of Chill could be satisfsd without
such annexation. The comp icated con-
dition Of affairs resulting from the
action Of the CHILEAN government, the
time required for communication be-
tween the legations in Chill and Peru
and this department. and the nnfortun-
ATE notoriety which the serious differ
ences between yourself and your colleague
IN Chilli have attracted. have. in the
opinion Of the President, imposed upon
him the necessity of special
mission. This mission will be
charged 9Th the duty of expressing
the views of the President upon the
grave condition Of affairs which your
describe, and if possible, with
q due consideration of the rights, inter
ests and responsibilities Of both nations,
to promote u settlement which shall re
store to the suffering people of Peru the
benefits of we'll ordered government,
onH dolira- both aOy,pt-iac bo
cries and burdens Of protracted war,
foundation that will prove stable, be-
cause just and honorable. .
Secretary Blaine wrote Minister Kill
patrick at Santiago, Chill, Novem Der
22d, disappearing his reply to Senator
Bolmaseda. should have much pre-
ferred that you had furnished him copy
Of your instructions, instead Of submit
ting parAphrase which does not fully
represent their spirit and meaning. To-
deed, l find it difficult to understand how
the Chilian government could have
been under any misapprehension rs
to the disposition or purpose of the
United States, when the instructions
both 70 yourself and Hurlhut had in fact,
been already frankly communicated.
The President has learned with great
greet Of the arrest and removal of Presi-
dent Calderon, out in the present state OF
this information he will not dert4ke to
explain its significance. He hoDes he
will, when the facts are better known.
be relieved from the painful impression
it was intended as 8 rebuke to the
friendly disposition of the United states.
You will then inform the GILLIAN gov
eminent that a special envoy will be
sent, and you will assure
that GOV ernment that he will come in the
spirit of impartial friendship, anxious to
learn that the recent occurrences have
not been intended to disturb the long
continued and friendly relations existing
between the United States; and Instructed
by the President 10 lay before the Chlllan
government frankly, but with scrupulOus
for the rights and interests
of that government, the views which
he holds upon the deplorable con-
dition of affairs in South America,
which are now fast assuming proportions
which make its settlement q matter of
deep concern to all republics OF the con-
tinent. The President cannot but anti
cipate that this step, suggested as it is by
the most friendly interests, and justified
by our existing relations, will be properly
appreciated By the Gillian government,
and we sincerely hope that no other &C.
ton of that government will tend further
to complicate the existing difficulties
before the arrival of the special envoy.