Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-10-30

heteion OF tsctS by tho government Of Italy
,lhe cause OF his sunderins bis diplomatic rela.
lions with this government Is thus given in his
note; The reparation demanded by the gov.
eminent Of the king, as ! have the honor to In
form you ia our interviews held during the past
few days, was TO consist OF the following points.
J. The Official assurance by the federal govern
ment that the guilty parties should be brought
70 Justice. 9. The recognition In principle
that an indemnity is due 70 tho relatives OF the
victims
Even II the national government had the en-.
tire Jurisdiction over the alleged murderers IA
could not give assurance 20 any foreign power
that they should be punished. Tho president ia
unable . see how any government could justly
give an assurance q this character in advance
Of a trial and q verdict OF guilty
lt needs no argument 10 prove that q jury
could not he impartial II II we're in any sense
OF 10 any degree bound before the trial ~ the
accused by an assurance which the president 0f
the United States had ventured 70 give to a
foreign power. ] have repeatedly aivan 70
Baron Fava the assurance that under the al
roction OF the prcakient all the facts and Incl.
dents oonnected with the unhappy tragedy at
New Orleans on March IA last should be most
thoroughly investigated. have also Informed
him that IA a matter Of such gravity the gov
ernment of the United States would not permit
itaeif to be unduly hurried, nor viii il make
answer % any demand until every fact essen,
tal 70 q correct Judgment shall have been fully
aaeortained by legal authority The impatlenoc
Of the aggrieved may DO natural. but ia indnl.
gence does not always secure the most sub
stantiai justice.
what chill Complains OF
The spir which has marked the course
Of the Chillans toward this government
mlght be easily accounted for II all the
charges which are brought by them
against this country were true These in
dictments run as far back as the war be-.
tween Chill and Peru II will be remem-
bered that when that war ended with a
victory for Chill the latter nation demand.
ed first war indemnity in money. and
when this was not forthcoming proceeded
70 take large slice Of Peruvian territory
Al this point, the Chilnns complain, the
United states government interfered and
sent Messra. W. H. Trescot and Walker
Blaine to South America in Peruis behalf
These gentlemen returned without &C
complishing any definite results, but their
visit is agaiu emphasized by the Chilians
as an unfriendly act on the part OF the
United States
Charges against the Baltimore.
Coming down to more recent times. the
Chilians have a number Of charges to
make against the officers aud men Of the
Baltimore, which, although denied. have
no doubt been maliciously circulated In
Chilli for the purpose Of tanning the hos.
tility to the United States The first Of
these IA the statement that when the Con
greesionallst navy was searching FOR tor
pedoes IN the harbor Of Valparaiso at
night, the electric search light OF the Balls.
more vas turned upon their work. aud
thus they were frustrated 10 their plans.
This is positively denied by this govern
ment Another charge is that when thu
lnsurgent army was landing on the coas
just previous 20 tbe battle which resulie,
n the overthrow OF Balmaceda, AdDira
Z Brown steamed the San Francisco down
20 the place Of landing and made a count
OF the insurgent forces, returned to Wal.
paraiso and telegraphed this information
70 balmaceda, enabling the latter to hurry
his army to the point where the insur.
gents had secretly landed, and tempo,
rarily embarrassed the enemy.
- The ground for this charge IS said 70 be
the publication Of this information in the
! newspapers in Santiago on the morning
after the landing and quoting Admiral
Brown as authority
Never Helped BaImaceda.
Il is said by this government 10 reply 10
Shis charge that il can be proven that Adj
miral Brown never communicated with
Balmaceda. u is acknowledged that the
admiral did sail down the coast and watch
the landing Of the insurgent army, bat al
this same time it IL known from private
letters written 70 his family In Indiana.
that Admiral Browns personal sympa-
thies were with the insurgents and he pre-
dicted IN his correspondence their final
success
Another ground OF complaint in the
eyes Of the Chilians amounts ia their esti-
nation 20 a virtual blockade OF ali the In.
surgent ports along the Chilian coast. Il
is alleged that bulletin was displayed ia
the chamber OF commerce in Philadelphin
warning al merchant vessels that Il was
dangerous to enter the port Of IQnique.
the insurgent capital, and that by reason
Of this bulletin American ships laden with
the provisions so much needed by the in
surgents remained away. As she docu-
meat has never been laid before the gov
ment its existence is suspected to be a
myth. Equally baseless is the charge. too.
that this government directed the presi.
dent Of the Central and South American
Telegraph company in New York 10 re-
store Valparaiso TO communication with
the outside world, and that the company
acceued 70 this demand under duress
This Itata Case.
There is only one more allegation which
the Chilians put forth which is deserving
Of attention, although il does not exhaust
their list This relates 20 the Itata. The
ltata is private vessel, and the Law dis
tinctly states that all ships held for viola
tion OF the neutrality laws shall be held
under a bond double their value. The
Itata is contessedly worth s200, 900. but the
United States accepted an appraisement
Of only $4,000 in order that the bond
might be secured without difficulty. All
arrangements made with the owners OF
the vessel BY the United States have been
acceded TO by the former with pleasure.
but the Chilians on the other baud have
shown no disposition to accept any friendly
overtures. No palmer proof OF this could
be Deeded than the refusal OF the Gillian
government TO agree TO the proposition
that the Itata be released upon payment
Of costs and that the criminal proceedings
be entirely abandoned BY refusing to
accept those friendly propositions the
Chilian government has prolonged and in
tensiiied the irritation between the two
nations.
The Yorktown at Bahia
WASHINGTON, Oct 90.-Tbe navy de-
partment has received a telegram an
nouncing the arrival Of the Yorktown at
Bahia, Brazil She will stop at this port
for coal and then proceed to Chill, where |
she was ordered to proceed several weeks |
ago.