Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-05
She Answers that She will Take
Her Own Time for Inquiry.
1T WILL BE DONE SECRETLY.
She Distinctly Repudiates the Right of the
United States in the Matter.
American Sailors May be Killed by ChiiiSns
at VIII, and the Junta Alone Will
Have Anything to Say About
It-A Tart Reply.
Chili's Reply.

WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-It YVES nearly noon
before the cabiegram was translated and
laid before the president. An hour after
wards messengers were dispatched to Sec
rotary Blaine and Secretary Tracy, request
ing their presence at the White House.
The secretaries promptly responded
to the presidents summons. Secre-
tary Blaine coming over from his
house and Secretary Tracy from the
navy department. When Secretary Tracy
emerged from the White House he refused
to make any statement whatever respecting
the Gillian correspondence, on the ground
that the department of state had the matter
in hand. Secretary Blaine appeared to be-
in good spirits when he came out OF the
White House He had nothing to say about
Mr.. Egan's message. Soon after = O'Clock
an oficial statement of the contents
of Minister Esan'S dispatch was made
public. 1t read US follows: THE depart
ment of state received this morning Il tele-
gram from Minister Egan dated Santiago,
October Is, in which he gives the following
as the reply of the CHILEAN government 10
the presidents telegram of OCTOBER %, ask
ing reparation for the recent murder of
American sailors in the streets of Valpa-
raise.
The minister of foreign affairs replies
that the government of the United States
formulates demands and advances threats,
that without being cast back with acrl-
mOny, are not acceptable nor could they be
accepted in the present case or in any other
of like nature. He does not doubt the
sincerity, the rectitude or the experiences OF
the investigation on board of the Baltimore,
but will recognize only the jurisdiction
and authority of his own country to judge
and punish the guilty in Gillian territory.
He says the administrative and judicial
authorities have been Investigating the
affairs, that u judicial Investigation under
Gillian law is secret and the time has not
yet arrived to make known the result. When
that time does arrive he Will communicate
the result, although he does not recognize
any other authority competent to judge
criminal cases than that established by the
Chilian people. Until the time arrives 10
disclose the result of the investigation, he
cannot admit that the disorders in Val
paraiso or the silence of his department
should appear as an expression of unfriend-
Illness towards the government of the
United States, or put in peril friendly rela-
tions between the countries. >
AUp to the hour when the above statement
was made public no reply had been made
to it. What will be the nature of Secre-
tary Blaines reply is altogether matter
of conjecture. The most plausible theory
advanced is that the suggestion cour-
teously and automatically conveyed
in Acting Secretary Wharton'S dis
patch that his government had
no doubt an investigation would be mads
and PREPARATION afforded Will now be re-
newed in the shape of stern and formal
demand for some immediate assurance OF
proper action on the part of the junta. and
that if these are not Forthcoming Minister
Egan Will take passage on the Baltimore
for the United States, thus Severing diplo-
matte relations between the United States
and Chill.