New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
PACE NEGOTIATIONS IN CHILL
DETAILS or THE ATTEMPTED NED "i'0
MINI rER EGAN's TACT

DETAILS on THE AliH'i N
MINISTER EGAN's TACT
,,,..., ,rre aO.-A private letter recei'ou
from santiago under date Of May Ia cone'1 1,,I .,
interesting information conoernh's '''
which the following is an aDstracV' a. r,.r +bs
'r,s.,, ihe clever intervention OF MI bg"n "'o
. 800, ,,,r,ster a conference had been DrVue"'
about between the Government anu .io 49,,
"uv". 80, h,,o resnted m tho end OF the war uu'
for an unfortunate episode WHOM oocufleo 49, ~
evening whereby the lives OF the Minister OIL "'
49, ",t sevcral other distinguished men OF tne
Government were leopardiDed Ihis nao 80 20
u,ounds which the save Of good councii was urSs
hooI and there Is no telling when the war VIII emu
a,rho r,onbors OF the Government declared ths' ~
o-,,ior Tor ueace would be entertained tnao uo
-. coma from n committee OF which the Ohi'ou go
uo' So''y nortv This arose largely from
feeling Of personal regard and confidence IL ~
Foan He has throughout acted win "sso
tact keeping up a friendly relation WIN V"o 800 q,
marty. while at the same time he mas ""0iD
ASYLUM TO certain prominent revoiutlohls'S' . -.
arbo English and German Ministers urea W NO
, rood,ators between the belligerens, put inc Wv
rr,neut a. santiago declined 10 accept Uo -
~, the Tnropean tiinstors, aud deonhV" 10 49,
t,on IN treat only through the representa-, ~, S
tbrao great republics Of the wOrld-FIfiho0' D -,
the United States. When this decision wa" -,
NJ EN- obtained safe conducts for the revolutionary
leaders. who were III nlhihk' WIN
tornco m formulate and discuss propositions Oh P0
rho est NOMINATIONS were presented By the roVo"-
tlorists who asked TO have tho constitution
restored and to Let all who would come oaoh
There was simply proposition That Btiih''ocu'' 't
accept their Interpretation of the constitution VIII"
would Of course deprive him of his dcaIorlai p0"oIo
The conference-that Is, the French, bra|ll'h "
American Mnisters-had long interview "lVh V'o
president but declined to show him the documents
and insisted that they should first know the Icquio
,o,ts NJ tbo Covcrnment to see If they coulu ho'
hiring about q compromise. There seened !" Oo q"
most favorable condition of things. At O'CLOCK inc
rodiators were to meet the PresldehI "s''n'
that hour they found the passages anu oouI
crouded and everything In utter oohrnsloh
N,,nistor Coday was white with rage ard trembling
Nth agitation TWO roughly dressed men, Win horseS'
os the Minister and his party approached h"o Io" Il
b,dnb at him and ridden away at fun speeu' ~"
body was hurt but everybody was greatly HlshVoueu'
The President refused all further attempts at peaoo'
an the ground that the revoutionsts were lnVoNeu III
the conspiracy. MIR. Egan and his fehow-meoLi'Crs
knccv that this was untrue, but learning that tie
President had ordered the arrest OF the revolutionary
toadors regardless of their safe conducts at once
extended their personal protection to tllem' ana AZ
for,I.d them shelter and asylum In their respective
legations In the meantime all IDEAS u heso'l~uoA'
and all hopes Of peace have ended
The Government has sent letter Of explanation ana
apology for its action In revolving inc S'le c"huuoV9
NJ IN, rovoutonsts The English Minister offered the
Warspltc to carry away the representatives OF the
onpotlon after their safe conduct was cancelled ana
Mr. Ecan offered the Baltimore TO carry them to CaIIao
Three OF the revolutionary leaders accepted the oer
two 81 them commanded to be landed In lqui1ue but Io
Iioyernmcnt said It would not consent to their Uens
landed anywhere or the west coast.
"Fccllng runs higher than ever, and arrests arg
daily being made OF apparently inofensiVe nleu' "A
bomb was ey poded in the Alameda last evening, and
two were thrown at the house Of Flcuna."
The Tribune, in It's issue Of May 81, related tho
foot of the attempted negotiation mentioned in the
abovo letter " said that the initiative in the
matter had been taken by senior Cavalcant, tle
BRAZILIAN Minister at Santiago, and gave some par
tcnlars, which are confirmed by this letter.