Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-10-31
BEING INVESTIGATED.

Senior Mont Receives Word Concerning
the Baltimore Incident.
WASHINGTON, Got. 31.-Senor Don Pc
dro Montt, the Gillian representative,
has received the following official cable
gram from his country in explanation of
the troubles at Valparaiso:
Investigation instituted Immediately
ard continues with all diligence, but it
is not finished. The trouble began in
Clave street, and it became q tumult
at about Z p. m. Regular soldiers, po-
lice and the special guard of the In
tendente restored order. The combat
ants-30 Americans and II Chilians-
were committed before the judicial au
thorities. They fought with knives,
stones, and everything they could lay
and several wounded. It is said that
there were 100 American sailors from the
Baltimore on shore at the time of the
tumult."
In explanation of the small number of
Chilians arrested, in comparison with
the number of Americans, it is stated
that the Chilians were at home, and
able to conceal themselves, while the
sailors, being strangers and in uniform
were easily distinguished, and having
no place of concealment, were readily
captured. 1t is thought to be certain
that the Chilians implicated will event
ually be brought to justice.
The reply to be made to the communi-
cation of Minister Egan has not yet
been decided upon.
Minister Egan May BE Recalled.
Regarding the intended recall of Min
lister Egan, the following circumstances
are related:
Immediately upon the accession to
power of the Junta de Gobierno, after
the downfall of Balmaceda, that body
cabled to Senior Pedro Montt in Wash
ington directing him to assume charge
of the Gillian Legation at Washington
as soon as the government of the Con-
gressional party in Chilli should be recog-
nized by the United States. Neither the
State Department nor the Gillian Lega-
ton of Balmaceda at Washington would
recognize the credentials of Senior Montt,
but told him that when duly written in
structions were received from Chill,
the Legation would then receive him
(Montt) as Chili's representative in the
United States.
The fact of Months appointment as
CHILEAN Minister at Washington was also
communicated to Minister Egan in San
tiago, with the request that the latter
inform the Department of State by cable
of Months status in the United States,
as Montt had cabled his government
that he would be obliged to await his
autographs credentials.
1t is not known that Egan ever
cabled this to Washington; so that Montt
had to await the receipt of his formal
credentials as Minister from Chilli upon
their arrival by the Colon via Panama
a few days ago, and he lost no time in
presenting them to the State Depart
ment on Wednesday last
At the same time that Senior Montt
was cabled to regarding his appointment
as Minister, he received instructions
through the same channel to demand,
in Chili's name, the recall of Minister
Egan as a persona Non Grata'' to the
present Gillian authorities. This re-
quest of Chilli was also shelved to await
the arrival of Months credentials, and it
is believed in Chilli as we'll as in Wash
ington that ERan knew that the CHILEAN
Government did not want him, and
used the slow process of the mail to in
form the State Department of Months
appointment as minister.
It is now stated that Chilli has again
demanded Egan'S recall, and that the
State Department will reply to the