The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-13
SITUATION IN CHILL
History of the Trouble With
Minister Egan.
E OBSERVED NEUTRALITY
HE
The English Are Hostile to Him-British
Minister Kennedy Bushes Himself
With Circulating False Reports.

! NEW YORK, Nov. l2.-The Associated
Press has received from its special cor
respondent in Chilli series of communi-
cations covering events since the over
throw of Balmaceda's government, dealing
at length with matters of interest to
Americans, and giving many interesting
details OF events which heretofore have
been but briefly touched upon in the cable
grams speaking of the hostile attitude to-
ward the United States, and particularly
against Minister Egan, he says: A ma
jority of the charges are
APPARENTLY WITHOUT FOUNDATION,
and arise principally from the fact that
American officials in Chill did not give
moral and physical support to the revolu-
tionists during the war. There is hardly a
foreign resident at any port along the en-
tire coast of Chilli who did not sympathize
to great extent with the cause of the
revoiutionists. The latter assert the
United States government at Washington
was not made acquainted with the true
state of affairs in Chilli. The seizure of the
steamer ltata was the first incident which
aroused decided illfeeling, and American
naval officers who were in IquiQue at the
time express the opinion the revolutionists
would never have surrendered the steamer
had 1T not been for the presence of the
strong United States naval force.
The next thing was the cutting of the
cable wire of the Central and South
American company near IquiQue. The
revolutionists refused to allow cable mes
sages to be sent from Valparaiso and other
points controlled by Balmaceda. The
cable was owned by the American com
pany, who applied to the United States
representatives for relief. Captain Schley,
OF the Baltimore, directed that the cable be
cut beyond the distance of a marine mile
from the shore.
The revolutionists' ships, the Cochrane
and Huascar, were present, but the Balti-
more was prepared for any resistance they
might offer. The revolutionists made the
claim that the
AMERICANS HAD OUT THE CABLE
so Balmaceda's spies in the northern part
of Chilli could send information to Lima by
another cable line which was intact, and
then have it resent direct from Lima to
Valparaiso over the American cable which
had been cut. Consequently during the
last days of the war, the revolutionists had
come to regard the Americans, particular
ly the naval representatives here, as the
allies OF Balmaceda, and were prepared to
believe any report which might seem to
substantiate their views. The most violent
attacks, however, were made upon Admiral
Brown. They assert he brought informa-
ton of their landing at Quintero eighteen
miles north of Valparaiso to Balmaceda.
This story and Admiral Browns letter in
explanation already have been published in
this country. The correspondent SAYS
when Admiral Brown returned to Val
paraiso that day with his flagship, the San
Francisco, he sent cipher dispatch ashore
for the navy department at Washington.
The officer who took it had to have it ap-
proved by the intendente and within an
hour or two after he had filed it
BALMACEDA's TROOPS WERE MOVING
toward Quintero, and the newspapers had
out extras in which it was published tina,
the San Francisco had just arrived with
news of the landing of the revolutionists al
Quintero. The revolutionary press has
been very bitter in its attacks on Admira
Brown and charges are still being
made against him despite his denials
that his visit to Quintero was
inl the interest of Balmaceda
, Much capital is being made out of the fac,
that some official correspondence between
Balmaceda's ministers in August has been
found, in which 1t is stated they are trying
"to get neutral vesser' to get certain in
formation regarding the revolutionists. Ii
the present state Of feeling the belief is
general the vessel referred to is the Sar
| Francisco. The correspondent says there
, is little doubt the foreign residents in Val.
paralso are assisting in tanning the fame
| against Americans.
In a letter dated October 30 the GORE
spondent deals at length with the matter Of
the
REFUGEES SHELTERED IN THE AMERICAS
LEGATION
at Santiago and the trouble arising there
from. He says Minister Egan had instruc
J tions from Washington that the United
States would continue to give asylum t.
refugees until the Gillian authorities guar
| antee their safe removal to some neutra
territory; and further, that the United
States would not permit its minister to bt
harrassed because of the presence of these
refugees in the legation. Captain Schley
of the Baltimore, had also received instruc
tions from the navy department regarding
the arrest OF persons entering the legation
The correspondent says the order was re-
voked after Minister Egan uttered stronc
protest. but spies were still watching the
| building. There is ground for the belle,
that a similar plan was resorted to in the
case of the Argentine legation, where Bal
maceda was sheltered, and the ex-presi
dent, knowing escape was impossible
suicided rather than subject the minister
to further responsibility. There is M
doubt the Chilians intended the order O
surveillance and arrest should impress,
refugees in the American legation witt
the feeling thas they were causing Egan
trouble and that 1t was their duty to reliey,
him.
The correspondent at Santiago write.
there is little doubt the
PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION
was the fact that English interests in tn,
! nitrate properties were threatened by Bal
maceda. Numerous instances developet
during the war in which valuable assist
7 ance was given the reyolutionists by Eng
3 lish representatives in Chill, and it is ;
t fact that. the English residents are now tn,
t strongest in their denunclations of Ameri
cans and misrepresentation Of the conduc
of American officers Conservative Chill
ans state the present feeling will not con
tinue and that commercial relations witt
4, the United States will not be affected whel
the present trouble has blown over Thos
open in opposition to America, however
are very bitter.
E The correspondent Gays the methods O
reconstruction pursued by the Junta ar
, hardly in accord with strict ideas of peace
q On the LIST of October, between four an,
five thousand persons who had been sup
, porters of Balmaceda were impris one
! awaiting trial, and there are more than tel
; thousand others, including nearly ever
> one known to have been connected wit
the late government, whom the presen
|. leaders have announced their intention I
arrest. The correspondent thought, how
ever, most of the prosecutions would b
abandoned after election, although the
will be pushed against all persons of an
prominence. There has been
t NO APPARENT EFFORT AT RECONCILIATION
: but on the contrary, the attitude of tn
!. present government has been from the frs