Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-29
THE DEMAND ON CHILE
Text Of tho Instructions Sent to Minister
Egan-

Text Of tho Instructions Sent to Minister
Egan.
PERFECT CONSISTENCY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WITH IT'S POSITION IN THE NEW oRLE Ans LYNCH
ISG NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BETWEEN THE TWO
cAsEs-HosrILITY OF THE JUSrA REPRESENTA-
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The instructions of the State Department to
Minister Egan were made public last night
The dispatch. which was sent on the Esd, says:
Immediately upon receipt OF information Of
the assaults made on the 10th instant, in the
streets Of Valparaiso upon a number Of Ameri-
can sailors belonging to the United States man
of-war Baltimore, now in that harbor. the COM
mander of that vessel, Capt. ". s. Schley, was
directed to cause an immediate and thorough
inquiry to be made into the origin and incl
dents Of that tragic affair. and to communicate
the results simultaneously to this government
and to you. His report, under date of yester-
day, has Just been transmitted to this depart
ment by the Secretary of the Navy, who adj
vises me that q copy Of the report was Tor
warded by Capt. Schley to you
You win observe that the board OF officers
selected by Capt. Schley to investigate this
affair report that our sailors were unarmed
and gave no provocation; that the assaults upon
them were by armed men, greatly superior in
numbers, and, as must cOncluQe, anlmdteu
in their bloody work by hostility to these men
as sailors Of the United States You will also
notice that the character of some of the
wounds indicate that the public police or some
of them took part in the attack and will also OBJ
serve that other American sailors were without
any apparent fault arrested and some time held
by the authorities.
The friendly efforts Of few of the public
officers to give succor TO our men furnishes the
only redeeming incident of this affair. This
mi To Statea
took place on the 10th instant, and yet no eX-
preston of regret or Of q purpose TO make
searching inquiry, with view to the institu-
ton Of proper proceedings for the punishment
of the guilty parties. has been. so far as i am
advised, offered to this government.
You will at once bring to the attention Of the
government of Chile the facts. as reported to
you by Capt Schley, and will inquire whether
there are any qualifying facts in the possession
of that government, any explanation to be
offered OF an event that has very deeply panied
the people of the United States, not only by
reason of the resulting death of one Of our sail
ors and the pitiless wounding Of others, but even
more as an apparent expression of unfriendli-
ness toward this government which might put
in peril the maintenance of amicable relations
between the two countries. IL the facts are as
reported by Capt. Sehley, this government
cannot doubt that the government Of Chile
will offer prompt and full reparation. You will
furnish the foreign Office full paraphrase OF
this dispatch and report promptly to this gov
eminent
These instructions are regarded as extremely
temperate in tone and are entirely consistent
with the attitude taken by this government in
the case of the lynShing of Italians In New
Orleans, for which the Italian government
demanded satisfaction.
THE CASES NOT ANALOGOUS.
The cases are not considered analogous, but
what is demanded of Chile is no more than
what this country was free tc extend to the
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ing, it is claimed was an act of vengeance upon
persons for a crime they were Individually
charged with committing. The nationality of
the victims did not enter into the question, and
come, possibly all the victims, were American
citizens.
In the case of the killing of the sailors of the
Raltin ere in Valparaiso investigation appears
TO disclose that the men were not the victims
of vengeance directed against them personally
for some offeDse supposed to have been COM
mi.ted by them, but that the attack was made
upcL the uniform they wore, and was a demon
stration Of hostility against the United States.
Notwithstanding this very marked difference
between the two cases the State Department
maintains perfec. consistency with the position
taken in the Italian case. The punishment of
the offenders is not demanded, but suggests an
expression Of regret or Of "a purpose on the
part Of Chile to make searching inquiry, with a
view to the institution Of proper proceedings
for the punishment Of the guilty parties" An
explanation is asked and the belief expressed
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