National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-30

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FoRn's orEuA.HousE - ianauschck - Henry
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LINCoLN HNLt-Clara Louise Kellogg.
SEArING RiNK-Now York Avcnuc-polo be-
tween Washington and Baltimore clubs.
MIR. Blaine and the South American
business.
The cnterprising correspondents have
for several days been engaged in working
up q tremendous controversy, in which
the country is to learn that if Mr.. Blaine
could only have remained Secretary OF
State~Ahe United States would have
shortly annexed South America and ruled
over it in the meantime. Also that
President Arthur has not proven equal
to the occasion, and that by reason there
of the eficte monarchies of Europe are
abeut to back up their carts for loads of
the guano which, but for his peaceful
policy, might have been appropriated by
the Peruvian Company. These sage COM
mentators may labor under the impress
sion that the United States had rendered
its good offices in aid of the men who
coveted the fcrtilizing ngcommodity of Peru
whereas really our Government had
simply signlicd its desire to be mutu.
ally useful to Chilli and Peru in compos.
ing their differences.
The country is told that the President
permitted Mr.. Trcscot to go to Chill
with bloody instructions, framed by Mr.
Blaine, and that for these Mr. Freling.
huysen subsequently substituted peace.
full instructions under the Presidents
direction. 1t is pretended that General
Arthur was eager to whip Chill in De-
cember, and that in January he became
peaceful and conciliatory. 1t is evident
that the writers of these sensational and
absurd statements have never read the
matters upon which they comment so
freely. The President, Mr.. Frelinghuy.
sen, and Mr.. Blaine will undoubtedly
derive much amusement from the color
put upon the recently published CORE
spondence with reference to Chill and
Peru. Let us state the story in Il nutshell.
Peru came out worsted in war with
Chilli The terms Of peace were being
negotiated. Battered Peru had, or
seemed to have, u provisional government
with Calderon as President. The United
State accredited a Minister to that de factC
government. Our policy has always been
TO recognize de fdciO governments, and
never has it been pretended that such
governments were by our act of recogni
1ion guaranteed. At about this time the
Calderon government was being pressed
10 make concessions to private parties of
extensive guano fields as security fol
pretended claims. Chill was interested
in preserving to her war debtor, Peru
the ability to pay war indemnity. Cal
deron was prevented from giving Peru
away to the private company by being
seized and suppressed by Chill. Manuel
Arizola, writing to Jacob r.. Shipherd
the representative of the Peruvian Com
pany, thus bemoans the taking Off oil
Calderon
ESTEEMED SIR; by the last mail from Panama
received your letter, which, by advice of your
friends you have addressed to me under date of
9th october last, developing the vast financial
plan which the Peruvian Company proposes tc
realize. regret TO state 10 you IN reply that hay
ing placed myself IN accord with His Excellency
the Provisional President OF the Republic for u
conference which was to have taken place at
twelve o'clock noon OF Sunday, the 9th instant
with the object Of showing to hima well your Opin-
ion rs the documents and other papers which nc.
company IL anew outrage upon Peru, doubles, the
greatest Of the Chilau domination among the cpl.
sudc, Of the state of war in these latter times abb
sOiuicly frustrated the reference agreed upon. The
telegraph, and later the correspondence which the
maj! wan carry from this country to the United
Stu,cs, will inform youof the uuhcard-or net car.
IiCd out with surprise aud daring, the ChiIans
having taken possession, ON the morning of sun.
day, the 9th Instant Of the person Of the President
of Peru, conveying him at once and in an express
train 10 CUllaO, and altcrward depOsting the prs-
oncs on board the iron-clad Lord Cochran, which
sailed twenty four hours later for an unknown
port
Shipherd says that this Arizola is the
GliGr cgo-the other self of Calderon. The
seizure Of Calderon frustrated the transfer
by him of the coveted guano beds to the
shriity mNnipulations of the "vast hnan
cial PLAN"
The seizure of Caldcron was concident
with the receipt by Minister Hurlbut o.
instructions to continue to recognize hil
government, Notwithstanding certain ter
IllOIloI ltHtlNlloiIo uDOl lIS authority
imposed by Chilli. Our Minister at Chill
having died, and our Minister at PERI
having been led into various impru
dent acts and utterances, Mr. Trescot
was dispatched as a special envoy in De,
cember to bring order out of chaos. Iii,
letter of instructions bears date Decem,
Der !, and is signed by Mr.. Blaine. il
simply instructs him to tender the good
offices of the United States to the two
governments Of Chilli and Peru in Their
negotiations for peace Only this and
nothing more, although il is done with
that flourish and torrent Of words with
which, to split the ears Of the ground
jings, il is easy TO clothe a simple subject
Among many other things Mr.. Trescot
was instructed to say:
If our present information Is correct lmmedi.
Htcly on tho receipt Of this communication they
arrested President Calderon, and thus as far as
was In their power, exlinguIshed his government,