Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-05
chilli MAKESlA BOLD STAND
She PeremptoriIy Refuses to
Make Reparation
FOR KILLING OUR BLUE JACKETS
And Wont Guarantee the
Safety of Our Officers.
The Baltimore Under Boycott and None
of Her Sailors Allowed on Gillian Soil--
Hurrison's Mild Letter Brings n Sharp
Retort--win United States Go to Arms?


Harrison's Mild Letter Brings n Sharp
Retort--will United States Go to Arms?
SANTIAGO, CHILL, Oct. 26.-The
Chilian government has replied to
Minister Egan's demand for an expla-
nation of the recent attack upon Amer
ican sailors.
The reply is couched in very strong
language, and it is understood that it
amounts to refusal to accept RESPONSE
bility for the affair. The state depart
ment at Washington has been notified.
Minister Egan, Captain Schley and
Consul McCreery are consulting together
and it is thought that decisive action
will be taken soon. The state depart
are very strong.
The intendente of Valparaiso has re-
fused to guarantee the safety of market
boats coming to that city early in the
morning from the United States war
ship Baltimore, or the safety of the off,
GERS of that vessel coming ashore at
night. There is practical boycott on
the Baltimore. No American sailors
are allowed ashore.
Great excitement has been cauer'
here by report that the Chilian Leg
ton in Washington has been attacked.
cHILI's NEW MINISTER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-The visit of
Senior Pedro Montt to the state depart
ment yesterday was merely preliminary
to somewhat extended conference
which was arranged for to-day.
Two gentlemen whose faces have be-
come familiar on Washington's streets
within the past few months were driven
shortly before noon to the state depart
ment building. They were Senior Montt
and Mr.. Julio Foster. They repaired at
once to the diplomatic waiting room
next to Secretary Blaine's office. Senior
Montt was admitted, but Mr.. Foster
failed to display the "open sesame" of
the secretary's invitation and the door
was closed against him. Turning upon
his heel he quickly left the building in
disgust.
In few moments Senor Months card
was conveyed to Secretary Blaine and
the new Chilian Minister was conducted
into the private office. For fully three
quarters of an hour the Junta's repre-
sentative and the Secretary of State re-
NAMED in conference. When Senior
Montt came out he found Mr.. Foster
by a crowd of newspaper correspon-
dents. To one and all he had this sterco-
typed answer: 81 beg your pardon, but
l have nothing to tell. You must ask
your department"
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 29.-The belief
in the Justice and good sense of the present
government of Chilli which prevailed in
the cabinet when the President prepared
his instructions of last Friday upon the
brutal outrage upon our sailors at VAL
paraiso, gave place to deep indignation
and stern resolution when the President
this afternoon read the dispatch which
came from Minister Egan this morning.
Reparation for the insult to the Amer
| ican uniform and the murder of brave
men was resolved upon, even if it meant
the battering down of the Chilian seaport
| to obtain il. The saucy reply of the Chilian
| foreign office to the respectful and mod
crate representation of our government
| produced strong impression upon the
mind of every one here who heard of it.
and il the President is usually a man of
ice he seemed anything but, that in dis
| cussing the matter to-day in the two coun-
ellis which he held with Secretaries Blaine
and Tracy.
So warm was the feeling in the Cabinet
| that the story got around this afternoon
| that orders had been sent to Minister Egan
to get aboard the Baltimore and break off
diplomatic negotiations without further
ceremony. Great as the provocation is,
| however it is not likely that such a course
] will be adopted until Chill has had time to
reflect. Our government does not propose
to be bulled, and it does not propose to
attempt to bully others.
IN SPITE OF TIE JuSTA's rMPERTIYENcE.
The course urged by the more moderate
members of the cabinet to day was to take
i
government, which has Just been chosen
in Chill, should take the place of the
| present provincial government. The cnbi-
net meeting last week and the meetings
held since, at which the subject has been
discussed, decided that Chilli should be al
lowed reasonable time to investigate the
| bloody work i'll the streets OF Valparaiso
and tender reparation for it. This purpose
was not changed to-day in spite of the un-
satisfactory nature of the assurances given
by Senior Montt in his interview with Sec
retary Blaine yesterday, and the imperti-
nent reply given by the Chilian foreign
office to Minister Egan yesterday.
A reasonable time will be allowed for
inquiry, and there is the special reason for
| waiting that the change of government is
about to take place. 1t will be more satis-
factory in every way to deal with a gov
ernment which is permanent and which
| represents the suffrages of the people Of
|
| visonal and represents only the accidents
\ of civil war. The change Of government
need not, however, delay the prosecution
| of inquiry into the outrage upon our
sailors through the regular judicial chan
nels and about the time that the new min
| istry of foreign affairs in Chill is fairly in
| working order 1t will find u very emphatic
demand from the United States before it,
| to furnish satisfaction for one Of the most
| brutal and cowardly attacks ever made
upon any. American representatives
| abroad.
| If the demand is not promptly met by
suitable apology, the punishment of the
criminals and an indemnity in money
American vessels will begin to concentrate
| on the Chilian coasts, and every prepara-
| tion will be made for the bombardment of
| Valparaiso if such a course be deemed
necessary. The President and Secretary
| Blaine are very much in earnest in the
feeling that we should allow no triflirg in
so serious o matter, and that we should
not allow ii to appear that we are indiffer-
ent to the suffering which has been in
flicted on the families of our sailors by
| their causeless murder, nor to the dignity
of our uniform by the outrage put upon it.
COUNTING ON ENGLANDs HELP.
| One of the reasons of the bellicose atti-
| tude of the Chilians is hinted at in letter
| received to-day by naval officer from
comrade on the Baltimore. This letter
states that the Chilians are counting, in
case of trouble. upon the support of Great
| Britain against the United States. They
! have no warrant for this in any intirna-