Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-26
THIRD EDITION.
WEDNESDAY EWING, APRIL 2e, 1852
BLAINE AND BELMONT.


The Ex-Promier again Before the ForsiEl
Affairs Committss-His Tilt With tho
Young CouEressman-BlaiHeo On the
| ChiliPcruvian War.
| WASHINGTON. April 26.-The foreign
affairs committee today resumed the ex
animation of Mr.. Blaine in reference Il
Peruvian affairs. Tho committee room
was filed with members of Congress
press representatives and others. As ad-
ditiOnal negative evidence against the
claim of Shipherd that he had an inter
view with President Garfield on the sub.
ject of the COchet claim, Mr.. Blaine said
| he had examined the diary of the late
president, who always kept minute ac-
count of his daily transactions, and he
found that neither Shipherd nor HurlSut
nor the Cochet claim nor the Peruvian
company are mentioned. Neither does
his private secretary ever remember to
have heard him mention them.
In reply to question witness said that
none of these souCh American dispatches
were prepared during the presidents Sick
ness. MIR. Blaine said he was glad this
question was put because the American
press have widely circulated that as dc
facto president he had assumed certain
policy which might plunge this country
into war. He said certain dispatches
We're blocked out before the president was
shot and remained in statue quo until the
succession of Arthur. Mr.. Blaine said no
step which would involve change Of for
eign policy was ever taken until it received
the presidents approval.
struction given to Trescott were prepared
by President Arthur and himself, and the
statement that he Blaine had afterwa'd d
made alterations therein was as false as
the lie that was circulated that he during
the presidents sickness was blocking out
foreign policy Of his own.
Blaine was then questioned by Mr..
Belmont in reference to the policy of the
department i'll the Chilli. Peruvian trouble
and other matters, and in the course of the
examination a somewhat lively tilt ensued
between the examiner and witness. which
was brought to climax by Blaine's asking
Belmont to be a gentleman, adding that
he was not in police court to be badgeied,
and would answer in his own way and did
not want Belmont to correct him. Bel
mont disclaimed any lack of courtesy or
desire to badger and assured witness of
bis great respect, both for his age and the
high position he had occupied.
The examination then proceeded, aud in
explanation of his dispatches to Hurlbut
in relation to the Landreau claims, wit
ness said they simply meant that Hurlbut
should aid in securing a. hearing for Lam
dreau in the courts of Peru. The exami-
nation for some time pursued tho direc-
tion of repartee and retort, the examiner
persisting in putting his own construction
upon the tenor of Blaine's dispatches ;
while tho latter as persistently insisted
upon their meaning as written.
In speaking of the Laudresn claim and
the Chilli Peruvian war, Blaine said that
England has now gobbled up all the
guano that English bondholders put up
the job of war upon Peru for SCOT and |
booty. "They make mistake who
speak of it as Gillian war. It was an
English war on Peru, and dared to ask
that hearing be given to a humble citi-
zen of 4 government that hardly dares be
out over night
The examination lapsed into a contiuu-
GUS rattle Of rcpartcc and counter retort,
which frequently convulsed the spectators
with laughter apd left it matter of some
doubt which was examiner and which wit
ness. Belmont had not concluded his ex
when tho committee adjourned
until to. morrow.