The rustler., 1891-12-18

rruNis unal government Nas speedily 60
tntlishsd ~ the victuriuus party. Our
~ .nlsief uas promptly dirreisd O. rceaE
nias nnd pat himself Ia cummumci iaiion wifh
thls rotsrumsnt - soun as should have
established Hs d. facto charter. whlch Nas
duaa Daring the pendence of fhls eva
cuutest frequcui indirrct appeals uere
made 60 this government 90 extend hsiiiErr.
ent rights o. the insurgents aud o. Eise
audisuee 20 their Representatives
This sas declined. and that policy was
pursued throughout. which ths govern. 4
uously Insisted upon on the part Of Europe /
an nations The ltata an armed vessel 4
commanded hY a naNai ofilccr Of the iusur- 4
Ecnt feet manned hY ~ sailors and with 4
soldiers on board. Vas seized under process /
II the United states court AZ san Diego. Cal. i
Cor a violation Of our neutrality Law while 4
In the custody Of an oalrrr Of the court the /
vessel was forcihly wrcstcd from his control 4
and pat % sea Il wouli have been incon- 1
sistcnt With the dignity aud self.ruspect OF /
this uuxerumeuf not 20 have Insisted that I
the Itata should be returned 90 san Diego Go 4
abide by the iudrment Of the court This /
was 30 clear to the iunta Of the eongression- /
nj party. established AZ iquique. that before /
the arrival Of the ltata at that port. the sec /
retary Of foreign relations Of the prov isional
government addressed 90 Rear Adm. Brown.
commanding the United states naval forces
a communication. from which the following
l. an extract
~The provisional government has learned
by the eableRrams Of the Associated press
that the transport itata, detained In san
Diego by order Of the United states Tor tax
Ing on board munitions Of war and In pos.
Ton 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. n this news be correct this
government would depiore the conduct of
the itata. and a. an evidence that IL is not
disposed TO support or agree TO the lnfrac.
tion of the laws Of the United states. the un.
derslgned takes advantage OF the personal
relations ynu have been good enough 60
maintain with him since your arrival In this
port 60 declare Co you that as svon she IL
within reach OF our orders this government
viii put the Itata. with the arms and mum.
Tons she took on board In san Diego. at the
disposition OF the United states 4"
a trial in the district court OF the United
states for the southern district OF California
has recently resulted In n decision holding
among other things, that inasmueh as the
congressional party had not been tecogn zcd
as a bclligcrent the acts done In lts interest
could not be "a violation OF our neutrality
laws. Prom this Judgment the United States
has appealed; not that the condemnation OF
the vessel Is matter of Importance, but
that we may know what the present state of
our law Is. for. II this construction OF the
statute IL correct, there Is obvious necessity
/ for revision and amendment
II i believed that the government OF Chili
/ Is not In position. In Wow OF the prrce.
dents with which Il has been connected, TO
broadly deny the right of asylum, and the
correspondence has not thus far presented
any such denial The treatment ot our min.
! ister for n time was such as to call for de.
I "a. a..
observe that unfrlendly measures, which
were undoubtedly the result of the prevail.
! ing excitement were at once rcscinded or
| suitably relaxed.
On the 18th Of October an event occurred
! In Valparaiso so serious and tragic IN It's
| 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 scy.
crai of our sailors received more than two,
and one rs many as eight stab wounds. An
| investigation OF the affair was promptly
| made by a board of officers of the Il tlti-
| more, and their report shows that these as.
| saults were unproyokt a. that our men were
conducting themselves In a pcaccabo 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,
eudeavorcd to protect our men. Thrty.six
of our sailors we're arrested and some OF
them, while being taken to prison, were
cruelty beaten aud maltreatel The fact
that they were all discharged, no criminal
charge being lodged ag inst any one OF
them shows very clearly that they were In
noccnt OF any breach OF the peace
So far as have yet been abe To learn no
other explanation of this bloody work has
been suggested than that II hal its origin In
hostility 10 those men as sailors of the
United States. wearing the uniform OF their
government, and not In any individual act
o. animosity. The attention of the Ch ilian
government was nc once called to this
affair and a statement of the facts oo- aimed
by the Invest igation we had conducted
was submitted, accompanied by IA request
to be advised of any other or qualifying
facts In the possession Of the Chilian gov.
ernmcnt that might tend to relieve this az.
fair OF the appearance of un insult to this
government. The ChIlian government was
also advised that II such qualifying facts did
not exist this government would confidently
expect full and prompt rrparatlon
Ii is to be regretted hat 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 result of an investigation which has
been conducted By the criminal court at
Valparaiso. II is reported unufllcially tnal
the investigation Is about completed, and II
Is expected that the result viii soon be com.
municated to this government together
with some adequate and satisfactory re-
sponse to the note by which the attention OF
Chill was called to this incident II these
JUST expectations should he disappointed OF
further needless delay intervene, ! will. by
"A special message. bring this matter again
to the attention of congress for such action
ns may he necessary Tho entire cor
respondenee with the government OF Chill
Will nt an early day be submitted to congress.
THE CHINESE.
The late outbreak against foreigners In
various parts OF the Chinese empire ha,
been n cause OF deep concern In view of the
numerous establishments of our citizens IN
the interior of that country. This govern
ment can do no less than insist upon con
tlnuance of the protective and puntory
measures which the Chinese government ha.
heretofore applied. No effort Will be omitted
| 10 nrotect our pitizens Dencenblv soipurntnu