St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-26
BAlMACEDA'S VIEWS
The President Of Chilli Pre-
sents His Version Of the
Revolt.
Naval officers Charged With
Encouraging and Aiding
Rebellion.
Review Of the Situation as It
Stands at the Present
Time.
Further Particulars Of Rus
sian Cruelty and OPP
preston.

New YORK, May 25.-The Gillian
minister has received copy of the mes
sage Of President Balmaceda to the
CHILEAN congress, which convened in
Santiago April 20, 1891, in which he
says: Extraordinary events. we'll
known to you. have disturbed
public order. The traditions of peace,
moderation and wisdom which have
been characteristic of the domestic pol
Icy of the country have been interrupted
and many persons have failed in
that loyalty which has entitled US
to the esteem of other nations. The
naval officers, VITO were bound TO MAIN
tain the public order OF the republic at
home and see to its safety abroad, have
taken up arms against the government
on the 9TH of January. on board the
national fleet at Valparaiso, disobey-
ing their general commander, Rear Adj
mlTal Williams, and taking OH board the
vice president of the senate and
the president of the house of represent
atiyes. a few hours after the con-
summation of these acts. without
precedent in the naval history of Chill,
they came back to Valparaiso in open
rebellion against their constitutional
Tiioio anu Iho civil dutioilt leo'
During the period of three
the revolution, there is not an in
stance OF singular popular outbreak
IN favor of the movement initiated by
the mariners, whose power is actually
confined to the oceaa, The feet has
been unable to keep steadily nor occupy
any part of the territory containing any
dense population. and in order so to do
at least, they had to besiege and bonn
bard the ports of the North and
Set Fire to Towns,
operating against the cosmopolitan pop
ulatlon of Tarap AGA, and using HOSTILE
ties of a character worse than any of
those employed during the con-
quest of Chill. The provinces of the
North are separated from the entire
country by the ocean, upon which the
rebel fleet dominate, and by vast des-
ertS. The revOlutlOniStS have succeeded
in Selling them after seven bloody COM
bats. Their fleet has not had suf-
ficient strength to upset the lawful gov
eminent, but it has shown enough to
disturb the public order WEIGH our wise
institutions assured for US, and it has
proved likewise that their leaders pos
SeSS the courage necessary to sacri-
fee the lives of the children and spread
misfortune and evils throughout our
country. For three months. from OctO-
Der (the date of their adjournmeut),
to the 18th of January, on which the
revolution broke OUT there has been no
session, public or private. The presi-
dents of the house and senate have not
been called, nor any of the members
elected president of Chill, l have
thought it to be my duty to inaugurate
a policy and follow line of conduct
calculated to avoid at the end of my
legal term
Renewal of the Dangers
which have threatened my preceding
administrations. tried to give the Ma
tional party participation in
proportion that could not in-
cite the jealousy and resist
ance of their numerous adverse
rieS. The Nationals refused to render
me their assistance, although their CO.
operation was imposed by the clearest
political sense. After that date all my
efforts to
Unity the Liberal Party
have proved Intellectual. From
this moment struggle ragged
between the majority of congress and
the executive power. l then thought it
my duty to close congress in the hope
that a short time of reflection and
calm would bring the groups of the
coalition to fair and more reasonable
terms. Unfortunately. the evil has been
done, and we have now to stand its de-
plOrable consequences. AS l have by
the constitution the duty of admin
iStering the affairs of the state,
and of extending my author
city wherever required for the safety of
the nation, within and abroad, | was
bound to assume all the necessary
powers to suppress the revolt headed
by the armed majority of congress,
bent upon subverting public order,
and the institutions of the country. The
license of the CHILEAN press has been
carried in our days to extremes never
before reached in any other part of
the world. Not only the government
and public men, but society and
even families have been carried
in the tempest of political passion. |
think the law must keep sacred the right
and liberty of every one to publish his
opinions. But there must not be other
OffenSeS of the press than those
so qualified by the penal code.
Few governments have had to meet
more unmerited aggressionS or more
gratultouS inculpationS than these with
which have been aSSailed; but | have
not on that ground lost the serenity of
my spirit. nor the perfect tranquility of
my conscience. / have every confidence
in God who presides over the destlnies
OF nations.