Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-10
The Most Unreasonable AMI
mostly Displayed.
Senior Mont Offers - Lame Excuse for the
Recent MObbing Of the American
Sailors at Valparaiso-An Of
fetal Dispatch.

ldl dill ar ClaluIou tuo Ct3fpeI uC Gne CdO-
met meeting yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon Senior Montt the
representative of the present Gillian
government in Washington, called on
Secretary Blaine and offered his expla-
nation of the mob's action at Valparaiso
toward the sailors from the ship Balti-
more. He asserts that Minister Egan
so far departed from his duties as Amer
lean minister as to side actively and ef-
fectively with Balmaceda; that on one
occasion when the army of the congress
sionalists had Planned to surprise Bal
maceda, and their forces were proceed
ing along the coast. sure and certain of
success they were discovered by the
Baltimore, which was cruising near the
coast: that report was made at once 10
Minister Egan, who, in turn, informed
Balmaceda; that thereby the surprise
failed and, while the congressiOnalists
were victorious, Balmaceda oyerthrOwn
and the city captured, it cost thousands
of lives This blood was set flowing
through Egan's interference, and the
populace, becoming informed of the
share taken In the affair by the Balti-
more, were much incensed and of dis
position to attack any of the BaltimOre's
men on sight.
The administration receives the above
as posi- ole explanation. but declines in
any degree to receive it as an excuse,
and will push American claims for rep
aration If anything more vigorously
than ever.
The report of Captain Schley is crlti-
cised as misleading and partisan. The
idea that a CHILEAN would be capable of
stabbing man in the hack is declared
impossible. Every move OF this gov
eminent is found fault with until at
last the assertion is made that Chill
does not care rap what attitude the
United States takes toward her. 1t is
immaterial TO the little yellow strip be-
tween the Andes and the Pacific, it is
claimed, whether she has the good will
or the ill will of the United States. She
has no interests here, she has no trade,
and the Chilians look on Americans as
a money making crowd, whose every
political move is in that direction, and
she does not care to be on speaking
terms with such people.
The following is copy OF the tele-
gram which, by the presidents order,
was sent to Chilli:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., October %.
To Egan, American Minister, Santa
. go, Chilli.
Immediately upon receipt of informa-
tion of the assaults made on the 10th
inst. in the streets OF Valparaiso upon a
number of American sailors belonging
to the United States man of war Balti-
more, now in that harbor, the COM
mander of that vessel, Captain w. S.
Schley. was directed to cause an imme-
diate and thorough inquiry to be made
into the origin and incidents of that
tragic affair and communicate the re-
suits simultaneously to the government
and to you. His report under date OF
yesterday has just been transmitted to
this department by the secretary of the
navy. which advises me that copy of
the report was forwarded by Captain
Schley to you.
You will observe that the board of Of
fcers selected by Captain Schley to in
vestigate this affair report that our
sailors were unarmed and gave no prov
ocation, that the assaults upon them
were by armed men, greatly superior
in number. and, as we must conclude,
animated in their bloody work by hos
tility to these men as sailors of the
United States. You will also notice
that the character of some of the
wounds indicate that the public police,
or some of them, took part in the at
tack, and will observe that other Amer
lean sailors were without any apparent
fault, arrested and for some time held by
the authorities.
+, The friendly efforts of few of the
nublic officers to give succor to our men