The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-13

visional Government and its supporters anu
Witch were sdoptea y us rev9IatonS SIs,s an
s ana Which ss1s been pursued
to the present time. and characterized by the
A anS Mont Sossd @
papers sp" assert that the present practices in
other e County since the middle ages they
deserve universal condemnation. that they
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stances OF cruelty. vengeance, and persecution
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last psttle near vslparaiso, had been fought h
should s have closed. and that Il was The duty Of
the authorities who had lust cSmS into poT ger
which would have reflected credit upon Chill
' D tSs n sey hr se Seen say
SHSn S HsIsn au Gh Ss Sa hnI sas
ton y Sf Pr w BBalmaceda they declare
that the policy OF vengeance. began on the
sacking OF houses In Santiago and the destruc.
Sn q OF ESSpssn ssa
manifested itself in numerous waye. notnblyin
the coniiscation Of property. IN the de-
way responsible for CONTINUING the late Coy
eminent. In the endenyor to arrest and I'm
opponents, in forcing many Of them to leaye
the country as cxiles. and causing others TO
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The fs' newspapers of the neiehboring repub-
@ent against Shili. ana their eondepnatio ion
q events which , haSe occurred eur here
countries where the condi tions Of life are sup
posed to be practically the same as IN S Ghili;
created ere = marked eject here tkoush The eiiect:
ePPry ., he which Savo
been criticised.
CRIES FOR MORE VENGEANCE
An indication Of this is the fact that the
newspapers Of Santiago which reprinted
in the same issues resentinR the criticisms
s snd he %sssy
maceda by the party now IN. IN power over. me
I'D T so sas
sh ps S sssf end so int
matic representatives Of foreign countries IN
Santiago. number Of whom; including Mr..
tee Of the situation BY cable to their respect
i've Governments.
hs eess aa q w Th'
Chill and unite all parties in common cause
said sal TO to have been realized since the close
Of the war: There has been no act on
s Since Pae Came into power NRch could IN any
sapporteTs Fl .BaInaesda: Ths .R new govern ];
have have never n made any secret o. their Intentions
to punish their late opponents. Arrests and
ti following the close OF the war and the
policy Of punishment was so openly demon;
s1s that aaa
from the country. Others were forced to con-
It is impossible to ascertain the exact num-
but the ssne!a belief is chat the nanSss s at
persons who have been ordered to surrender
to the present authorities and who are to be
arrested whenever they can be found These
snd also a! .siyll ofilsers wh9 held thsi5 ei
@e men from baimaceds or his representatIves.
There has been no apparent effort at reconcile
but the ta AZ q the wsTn
ali persons who supported Balmaceda that
they were regarded as criminals and md would be
Or oen at least Of Santiago and Valparaiso.
which recently sprang into existence x again
sss u q S
sympathizers in their attitude toward their
late opponents. These newspapers have made
sss BEEN h o
Santiago or Valparaiso newspaper Since the
war closed which has not contained columns
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CRUELTY ON THE BATTIEFIELD.
The policy which those who supported the
commence at the close Of The Very battle in
that many any Of the deieated soldiers Of Baims.
ceda were sapghtered on the field at PaciIIss
soSernment e authorities and the Officers q
the VICTORIOUS army disclaim all responsi.
b TOR these Ito as they 90 tor
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which Gould have BEEN accomplished only By
S S d II s sss Gr sa
Santiago belonging to members of Balmace-
t d syy edter was fna
tapestries. which represented thousands Of
dollars were destroyed or carried away:
doors and windows were broken: and nothing
the bare walls of the buildings. and they re-
main now almost in the same condition as
they were left by the mob.
Another hardship which the present Govern
c9nilscation Of 1.. the PFsopsrty Of persons
Cd cFlmtnaI! acts under :he late admin
whose property has been declared coniiscated
has been pitlLshed. but after the general cleo
tons occur this month and a new Govern
ment Is established the, courts will probably be
asked to intervene and decide upon the Legal;
that after, the elections the persons who are
now In prison and those who may hereafter be
arrested will be tried upon. the. various
charges r which will be preferred against
Immediately after the close OF the war,
but 1t is not believed that any have occurred
recentlyi but there are numbeE q persons
cause who are still at liberty, or have escaped
to neutral territory. and against these persons
doubtless receive little mercy 4 they should BE-
who are now refugees In the United States