Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-11-13
AFFARs CHILL

Cause OF the Hostile Feeling
Against the United States Five
Thousand OF Balmaceda,s Adhe-
rents In Prison-The Cruelties Prac-
ticed Since the Close OF the War.
NEW York, Nov. lathe Associated
press has received series of letters from
its correspondents at Valparaiso and Santi-
ago, Chilli, dated September 80, October 8,
13 and 10. The letters referring to the
hostile feeling in Chilli towards the United
States say numerous criticisms have been
passed upon the conduct of the American
and naval civil representatives in Chill,
but in majority of cases the charges are
apparently without foundation and arise
principally from the fact that the Ameri-
can officials in Chilli did not give moral
and physical support to the revolutionists
during the progress of the war. There is
hardly a foreign resident at any port
along the coast who did not sympathize
with the cause of the revolutionists. This
feeling extended to American residents, as
well as those from European countries.
One of the chief claims of the revolution
lists is that the United States was not
acquainted with the true state of affairs in
Chill. To incidents which aroused much
i'll feeling among the revolutiouists were
the seizure of the Itata and the cutting of
the cable line of the Central and South
American company near Iquique. The
revoIutiouists refused to allow cable mes
sages to be sent from territory controlled
by Balmaceds to North America and Eu-
rope and to countries in South America
north of Chilli. The line was practically
idle. 1t was owned by an American who
applied to the United States representa-
tives for relief. The cable below Iquique
was put in a connecting route, by which
communication was established between
Valparaiso and Lima, Peru.
The United States cruiser Baltimore pro-
tected the employees of the company, who
cut the lines beyond the distance of a
marine league from the shore. The
Cochrane and the Huascar, of the revolu-
ZIONIST navy, were present, but the Balti
more was prepared for any resistance they
might offer. The revolvtionists claimed
the cable was cut 30 Balmaceda's spies
and agents might send information. The
revolutionists felt very bitter toward AID
miral Browne, charging that he, while
aboard the San Francisco, observed the
landing of the insurgents at Quintero snd
informed Balmaceda of the affair. They
refused to accept the admirals denial of
the charge.
Conservative Chilians state that the
present feeling will not continue, and that
commercial relations with the United
States will not be affected after sufficient
time has elapsed to allow the present
trouble to be forgotten.
The letters further say between 4, 900
and 5000 persons, who were supporters of
Balmaceda's cause, are now in prison
awaiting trial, and there are more than
10000 others, including nearly every one
who was known to have been connected
with the late government in an official Ca
pacity, whom the present government has
announced an intention to arrest. 1t is
believed, however, that the majority of
the prosecutions will be abandoned.
The papers declare that the instances of
cruelty, vengeance and persecution which
have occurred in Chilli since the close Of
the war have never been approached under
any similar circumstances in any other
country in South America. They state
that policy has been pursued, the result
of which will be to bring about a condition
in Chill worse than anything known under
Balmaceda