The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18

OF the United States court at San Diego. Cal,
for violation of our neutrality law. While
In the custody of an officer of the court the
vessel was forcibly wrested from his control
and put to sea- 1t woulI have been incon-
sistent with the dignity and self-respect OF
this government not to have insisted that
the Itata should be returned to San Diego to
abide by the judgment of the court This
was SO clear to the iunta OF the congresslon-
al party, established at Iqulque, that, before
the arrival of the Itata at that port, the sec.
retary of foreign relations of the provisional
government addressed to Rear Adm. Brown,
commanding the United States naval forces
a communication, from which the following
Is an extract:
sThe provisional government has learned
by the cablegrams OF the Associated press
that the transport Itata, detained in San
Diego by order of the United States for tax
| ing on board munitions of war and in pos
session Of the marshal left the port, carry
| ing on board this official, who was landed at
a point near the coast, and then continued
her voyage. IL this news be correct, this
government would deplore the conduct of
the Itata, and as an evidence that IL Is not
disposed to support or agree to the infrac-
tion of the laws of the United States, the un-
derslgned takes advantage of the personal
relations you have been good enough to
maintain with him since your arrival in this
port to declare to you that as soon as she Is
will put the Itata with the arms and muni-
! tions she took on board in San Diego at the
disposition of the United States"
trial in ehe district court of the United
States for the southern district OF California
has recently resulted in a decision holding.
among other things, that inasmuch as the
congressional party had not been recognized
as a belligerent the acts done in its interest
could not be violation of our neutrality
laws. From this Judgment the United States
| has appealed; not that the condemnation OF
the vessel is a matter of importance, but
that we may know what the present state OF
our law is for. il this construction of the
statute is correct, there Is obvious necessity
for revision and amendment
The collapse of the government OF Balma-
ceda brought about a condition which Is un-
fortunately too familiar in the history of
the Central and South American states.
With the overthrow of the Balmaceda gov
ernment, he and many OF his councillors and
officers became at once fugitives for their
lives and appealed to the commanding Of
f1cers of the foreign naval vessels in the
harbor of Valparaiso and to the resident
foreign ministers at Santiago for asylum.
| This asylum was freely given. according to
my Information, by the naval vessels of
several foreign powers and by several OF
the legations at Santiago. The American
minister, as well as his colleagues
/
tended asylum to polite Il refugees whose
| lives were in peril have not been willing
to direct the surrender of such of these per-
| sons as are still in the American legation
without suitable conditions.
1t is believed that the government of Chill
| is not in position, in view of the prece-
dents with which it has been connected, to
broadly deny the right of asylum, and the
CORES spondence has not thus far presented
any such denial. The treatment of our min
| lister for time was such as to call for de-
| cded protest, and it was very gratifying to
observe that unfriendly measures, which
were undoubtedly the result of ths prevail
suitably relaxed.
On the 18th of October an event occurred
/ in Valparaiso so serious and tragic in its
| circumstances and results as to very justly
excite the indignation of our people and to
| call for prompt and decided action on the
| part of this government. 4 considerable
number of the sailors of the United States
steamer Baltimore, then in the harbor of
Valparaiso, being upon shore leave and un-
armed, were assaulted by armed men nearly
| simultaneously in different localities in the
city. One petty officer was killed outright
| and seven or eight seamen were seriously
| wounded, one OF whom has since died. So
savage and brutal was the assault that sew
| eraI of our sailors received more than two,
/
! investigation of the affair was promptly
| made by a board OF off GERS of the B llti-
| more, and their report shows that these as
| saults were unprovokrd that our men were
| conducting themselves in peaceable and
| orderly manner, and that some of the police
/ of the city took part in the assault and used
| their weapons with fatal effect, while a few
| others, with some wei disposed citizens,
| endeavored to protect our men. Thirty six
| of our sailors were arrested and some OF
them, while being taken to prison, were
| cruelty beaten and maltreated. The fact
that they were all discharged, no criminal
! charge being lodged ag tinst any one of
them shows very clearly that they were in =
nocent OF any breach of the peace.
| So far as have yet been able to learn no
other exclamation of this bloody work has
been suggested than that it had its origin in
! hostility to those men as sailors of the
United States. wearing the uniform of their
government, and not in any individual act
or animosty. The attention of the Chilian
government was at once called to this
| affair and a statement of the facts oD.ained
| by the invest igation we had conducted
was submitted. accompanied by request
| to be advised of any other or qualifying
facts in the possession of the Chilian gov
ernment that might tend to relieve this af
| fair of the appearance of an insult to this
government. The Chilian government was
also advised that If such qualifying facts did
| not exist this government would confidently
expect full and prompt reparation-
| Ii is to be regretted that the reply of the
| secretary for foreign affairs OF the pro-
vislonal government was couched in an Of
fensive tone. To this no response has been
made. This government is now awaiting
the = sult of an investigation which has
been conducted by the criminal court at
Valparaiso. 1t is reported unofllcially that
the investigation is about completed. and it
L.,
municated to this government, together
with some adequate and satisfactory re-
sponse to the note by which the attention of
Chilli was called to this incident II these
Just expet tations should be disappointed or
further needless delay interve he, 1 will, by
a special message. bring this matter again
to the attention of con Iress for such action
as may be necessary. The entire cor =
respondence with the government of Chilli
will at an early day be submitted to congress
THE ILL-TREATED HEBREwS
This government has found occasion to
express. in q friendly spirit, but with much
earnestness, to the government of the cZar
its serious concern because of the hars h
measures now being enforced against the
Hebrews in Il IssIa By the revival OF anti
Semitic laws, lorg in allegiance, great num-
bers of those unfortunate people have been
constrained TO abandoa their homes and
leave the empire by reason OF the impossi-
bilty of finding subsistence within the pale
). to which IL is sought TO confine them. The
imm grafton of these people to the United
States-many other countries being closed
to them l. largely increasing and is likely to
assume proportions which may make it
diff -ult to find homes and employment for
them here and to seriously aff CT the labor
market It is estimated tnat over one
million will be forced from Russia within 4
few years The Hebrew is never a beggar
he has ways kept the law-life by toll
often und r severe and oppressive civil re-
strictions. 1t is also true that no race, sect
or class has more fully cared for its own
than the Hebrew race. But the sudden
transfer OF such multitude, under condi-
A.. Il IL aIn..ir n,nIl