Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-31
The CHILEAN affair.


A dispatch trcm Santiagc ds Chill, dated
yesterday, Gays: Ths anfi-Americau feeling
l. growing In bitterness here, and all the
a sriosn OFFICIALS io Cali are spprehsnsive
toat further trouble IL brewing T1e exact
nature Of this trouble they are unable 20 de-
dne. bat they ses little prospect that az am
iceble settlement of the VaIparsiso Incident
will 5000 be reached. l. has just BECAME
known that there is another ies ure of the
Valparaiso attacks which demands explsDa-
ton. The municipal and government ofa-
cers at Valparaiso !sho made go !Dvsstigs-
ton of the attack upor the sailors Of TIE
Baltimore compelled the Unifad S'a:es men,
of-wsr'5 men, who wsre Gorf ,ed In prison,
70 eign 9 abatement written ~ SDt nish, sx-
oneratiDg The police fem all responsibility
ss to their arresH. As thase pepers had to
BE- signed ae enc OF the s,ipulg,ious for the
release Of the hlus jack sts, the men netur-
81 did So they we're requested, ia response
TO Gillian threats. Another point which is
nov serving 10 i0creee tha ili-feeling exist
lag ia the fact that TO courtesy OF any kind
wes shown to the Ulited States navel off,
oers or men upon tbs occasion CT ihe funeral
CT Tufntuil. the second man Of the B.ti-
mnse's crew who died from the ef.o's oftle
iii1ries he received during the attack made
upon the b!us-j Acke:s.
q 3itsh STATES Miuisier Egau Csp ain
Sen sy. Of the Blliimors, end ID. McCreery,
q. S consul az Valparaiso, we're il close
oousGlie Ion throughout The day, ard al
though il is not possib TO Obtain any def
mite statement from them regarding the na-
ture or the result of their long deliberations,
it can he esid they all cousider the reply OF
the Juu.s to Minister Egan's note asking
Tor proper explanation of the Valparaiso
collision, az decidedly iosultipg to the Unit
ed States government. Il is also known
that ihey regard the situation st present as
serious.
The reply of the Jun o, they think, means
practically that Chill |. indgr aat at the de-
mends made by the lied Sfates govern
ment; that she will take her own dime to
consider the matter, end tnat when the
Junta resches c2nousion ths' government
will settle the matter without References to
toe views OF the UoIted SAFES 90 the SUE
cot. The reply, they further say, faiis to
,xpress any regret Tor the murder Of the
B ,ltimoye's me-, nor Is thsrs Ia thas noe
any expression of regret at the conduct Of
ing the Americana. Several of the latter, Il
will be remembered, we're more or lesa &C.
Verely wounded with bayonet thrnsts.
II Is believed that tbe cruser Baltimore is
prepared to enforce, If such course Is found
oecesssrg, proper treatment for her officers
aud seiIors who may be compelled By the
necessities of ths service to go ashore. L Ia
not meant By this that Capt. Schley will 10
irri he hD
men or officers sehore when It is evident
that they are not welcome there. Ga he
contrary, every thing possible will be done
by he Baltimore's commander 10 avoid any
trouble. But for marketing. provisioning,
watering. interchange OF messages between
the commander ard the Unisoe States min
ister and olher necessary duties men and Of
fcera have to 60 ashore, and the captain OF
the Unted States cruiser does not Intend to
be prevented from stteodDg 10 such duties
"a the virtual boyo placed upon the Bal
;imore continues, Captain Schlsy. If be iods
II necessary, will send arOed men ashore
and will take other steps to eusu;e their
protection.
There IL strongly backed report IL
Washington that Minister Egan may BE- re
called. such quest ia raid to have been
msda BY SeBor Mont, ut the instruction o.
his government as Essn Sss Obi sctioO ebIe
to the Junta administration. Another re-
port Ia That the recall viii be made after
election.
Scoreterg B a;0e and tie President and
all theE fficlel advisers srs indignant at the
r.py Of tbs Gillian Mipisier OF Foreign A.
faiTs, aud regard it 60 impudent il the high
est degree but still thes ste III lose 10
know what course to pursue.
eenor Pedro Montt, the official representative
of the Chiian government at WASHINGTON, yes
torday received this dispatch from lhs Chiisn
Minister of Foreign Affairs, dased at Santiago
yes erday:
"investiga alton instituted Immediately and con-
tinues with all diligence, and il not ye finished.
The trouble began in Clave street, and il became
tumult at 7 p. m. Regular 'o,diers police, AMI
the special guard OF tho Intendcnte restored or
der. Of she CONTESTANTS thirty Americans and
eleven Ch!lians were committed before the judi
cal authorities III : tought with knives, stones
and every thing they could lay their hands upon.
There wss one killed and severa! wound d. IL ID
estimated that there were ITO American ssiors
from the Baltimore On shore at The time OF the
tumult"
secretary Blaine and seaor Mont had an
hours conference yesterday afternoon. senor
Montt spoke in moro concllatory tone than
that assumed by his government, insisting. how
ever, that Chill snould be permitted to take her
oGn time in making an investigation. The con-
ference is laid 10 lave been conducted in friend
ly spirit
The above qqoed unofficial dispatch from San
tiago was the only additional information which
the President Rad to lay before the Cabio ct m set
ing yesterday. This, however, WAS OF reassur-
ing character, and confirmed the opinion express
ed by the President and every other member OF
the Administration that the ep;slds would end
peaceably.
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