Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-27

Committee on Foreign Affairs today by
unanimous vote reconsidered its forme,
decision In regard 70 tho statement that
Blaine was made part Of the record Of
the procesdines Of the Peruvian Inves-
ti1atiou Committee. Il vas also decided
to permit Randall to submit an addi-
tional statement il be 20 desires. Ex-
Secretary Blaine ssns long letter in
reply 70 the supplimsntsry statement
made to that committee by Randall
The letter begins as follows:
"ArousrA, (Me.) July 26.
Hon. Chas. q. Williams, Chairmansof
the Committee ON Foreign Affairs, Of
the House Of Representatives.
Sir'-i have received COPY of the
supplementary statement that Robert
E. Randall was permitted to place be-
fore your honorable committee. As
Randall's statement relates solely to my
official conduct as Secretary of state,
respectfully ask the privilege of reply
ing to his various csusations. an also
entitled to the privilege Of answering
the testimony of Elmore, Minister from
Peru, who associates himself With Ran
dali "a corroborative witness.
Blaine then takes up the subject of
the Credit Industrial, with regard to
WEIGH correspondence was in progress
when he was appointed Secretary of
State, and quotes the proposition known
as Guillaume programme, made by that
company. and sets forth in a letter from
Counts Montberrand Guarez to Evarts.
This proposition, Blaine says, was
founded on the idea of an American
protectorate. and was in effect that the
United States should recognize and con-
stitute the Credit Industrial a general
liquidation for the benefit of bond hold
ers and creditors, all resident in Eurfpe.
This assured the proposition, Blaine
said, II always rejected and newer oon-
sented to entertain for moment. The
United states was psfectly willing Euro
pean bond holders should get their pay
in any honorable manner, but the idea
Of making this Government guarantee
the Credit Industrial Of France, and of
extending an American protectorate
over portion of Peru for the benefit of
subjects of four European nations is
piece of wild policy which may be safe
~ to the authorities and representatives
Of the Cuillaun,e programme, including
their attorney, Robert +. Randall"
Blaine then q1oted a number of ex-
tracts from his correspondence with
Minister Hurlburt, to show il was never
his intention 10 urge the programme of
the Credit Industrial upon the Govern
ment Of Peru, and in that connection
you will examine and report to this de
partment promptly any plans which
msy be suggested. Hurlbut never un-
derstood it to be his duty to Uphold or
favor that company. Extracts are given
from Hurlburt's letters, which are,
Blaine says, in conflict with the position
assigned him by Randall and Elnore
and he holds the written statement of q
man must stand against the recital of
chance conversation reported after he is
dead. Blaine says the only reference to
the question of providing money in
demlity for them will be matter of di.
rect interest upon this subject. I'VE
have no information upon which def
mite instructions can now bs based.
while You will carefully withhold from
interposition in this closing instruc-
tion." Blaine continues to direct tue
Minister: carefully abstain from any
interposition," and still left any plans
for providing indemnity to be suggested
by Peru. and to be reported to the De-
p .rtment Of State. It did send out tho
Guillaume programme from Washing
ton, ready made to be urged BY Peru, as
Randall and Elmore seemed to have de-
sired. INSTRUCTIONS to Hurlburt and
Tresoott did not seem to differ
on this point, and tho extracts / have
now given represent every word have
ever sent BY telegraph or mail, referring
directly or by implication to the Credit
Industrial. II there be the slightest in
consistency or change from beginning
to end, am unable after careful re-
view to perceive it. In every way possi-
BILE guarded the Government a2ainst
being committed to a guarantee of q
foreign corporation, or to the idea of an
American pr0tectorate a. embrace d in
tho 0uillaume program presented by
Randall. At the same time always
expressed good will to the corporation,
and hoped its agency might be bene6-
cially employed for the relief OF Peru,
il she could devise plan to that end.
Itseems to have been Randall's misfor-
tune that he could not draw the distinc-
tion between wishing success to acorpo-
ration and becoming responsible for its
acts. BY Randall's mode of reasoning,
to wish man prosperity in business is
to Offer to endorse his notes in the bank
BuO HuHkaotoO uAAu 0ShAtiot AooDs Os0AAsO
then refers somewhat contemptuously
to tho Interpretation Of Randall and
Elmore upon his application to the
navy department for information In
regard to tho naval strength Of the
United States in the South Pacific, and
hs quotes letter from Walker Blaine
TO show that those inquiries were made
simply to ascertain whether Cnited
States ships wcfe available to transport
Huribus from Panama 70 Callao. and
Trescott from Panama to Valparaiso.
"When the list Of vessels was brought
TO me-" blaine continues, Randall and
i Elmors were in the department. and
some remarks were made In an amusing
vein about our great naval strength"
i DnuD W1L--Mr. ". G. ByrnA. rep
ressuting Nicol the Tailor. Of San Fan-