Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-14
BUMpTIOUS CHILLI.
Some OF It's Citizens Talking i'm
Their Hats.
INOITED THERETO BY FOOL FRIENDS

Some Very Visionary Assurancrs-For-
eign Minister Malta Instructs His Rep
resentatives Abroad The American
Authorities ilIfulIy Misied, and Egaa
Responsible Therefor. Says the DfpIo-
mat-Uncle Sam Guilty Of All the AE-
eression SO Far-At Washington.
VALPARAISO Dec. Il There is growing
excitement over the situation between
Cdili and the United States, and the local
authorities are taking precautions to
prevent any renewal of insult or injury To
Americans. The foreign residents gener-
ally regard the prospects as serious, and
are not sangHine of a peacable outcome of
the controversy The better class of
Chilians appear impressed that the United
: ates will not fight. and that Valparaiso
"ould be protected from' damage should
w'r break out by the Eaglish and Ger
mans, on account of the large interests of
those nationalities in Valparaiso.
\ Good Deal Too AInoh "Loose'' Talk.
For this assurance they are dependents
on loose talk of English and Germans az
so ial gatherings in Santiago and Val
pc also when the wine has flowed freely:
bat so far as concerns the British minis
ter. there is no authority for any such
statement. These promises of foreign aid
are chiefly the outcome OF European rival
~ for the trade of Chill, merchants and
other Unauthorized persons making as
sertionS without foundation, in order 10
hatter Chiisn pride and gain some adj
vantage Well informed Chilians share
10 n surprising degree the Illusions thus
created, and some of them express anxiety
for chance to thrash the Americans
Minister Malta Writes Circular.
Malta, Gillian minister of foreign af-
fairs, has prepared for distribution among
the Cnilian legations in Europe and
America "A circular letter giving Chilrs
side of :he difficulty with the United
States growing out of the Baltimore
trouble. After a great deal OF trouble a
copy of this document has been procured.
II is written in Spanish aud the follow
ing is the translation of it;
with reference TO the report of the sec
rotary Of the navy aud the message of the
president of the United States think it
is opportune to say that the information
upon which the report and message are |
grounded r. erroneous or deliberately in. |
correct So far as the refugees are con- |
earned thy never have been threatene |
with cruelty, nor has any one attem pied |
TO take them from the legation, nor has |
their delivery been ordered. Nor has the |
house or person of foreign ministers been |
molested, in spite of dallying and lnten- |
tional provocation.
Washington Statements Inexact.
"There is a want of exactness and frank |
ness in the statements made in Washing |
ton. The affairs took place in bad quar- |
tiers of the city, the "maintop OF Nalpar- |
also" and among people who are by no |
means models of discretion and temper |
ance. When the police and other forces |
interfered and Gained down the tumult |
there were already several hundred men |
engaged in it, and it had spread to a dis |
lance of some ten blocks or more from the |
place where it commenced.
Egan Has a Lot to Answer For
"Mr Egan purposely communicated to |
us a note in an aggressive and violent Ian |
guage on Oct. 20. as shownby the copy and |
the note was answered Oct 81. Nov. |
is began the summing up which was sus-
pended on account of the non appearance
of the crew of the Baltimore and on ac-
count of the Illegal pretenses and denials |
of the same Mr.. Etgan. There has never
been any provocation commenced or ac-
copied by this department, and it has |
always maintained an attitude of fairness |
and prudence. II has never had an az |
gressive policy and it will never approve
a Illuminating one.
Harrison and Tracy MisIed.
"Mr. Tracy and Mr.. Harrison hsve been |
led into error concerning our people and |
government Their instructions of i'm |
partisiity and amity have not yet been |
with. They are no. now nor
have hey been complied with. And if no |
C COMPLAINTS have been made against the |
minister and the sailors it is because pu b.
lie and notorious facts in Chill and the |
United States could never have been |
made use OF by our confidential agents, |
even when well established Your |
excellencv should have this translated |
and published. In the meantime please
all that appear to the con-