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The Latest Status of the Chill
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partment, but i:s contents were nc
made known. II was nearly n"O
before Egan's cablegram was trans
lat ed aud laid before the president
An hour afterward messengers wer
dispatched to Secretary Blaine am
Secretary Tracy, requesting thei
presence at the White House. Tn
secretaries promptly responded t.
the presidents summons. Secretary
Tracy remained an hour at th'
White House and returned TO th'
navy department, but had not beel
there long when he was recalled
Naturally these movements gav'
rise to all kinds of more or less wild
speculation as to the nature o
Egan's dispatch and intention o
the government. When Secretary
Tracy again emerged from th'
White House he refused to MAKE
any statement whatever r. spectinp
he Chilean correspondence on tb'
ground that the department of state
had the matter In charge. Secretary
Blaine had nothing to saw aboul
Egan's message, but he intimated
that when the proper time had
elapsed the public would be informed
Of the fact. soon after O'Clock an
official statement of the contents OF
Minister Egan's dispatch was made
public. 1t read as follows: "The de-
partment Of state received a tele-
gram this morning from Minister
Egan, dated Santiago, October 28tb,
in which be gives the following a.
the reply of the Chilean government
to the presidents telegram of Octo
Der 23d, asking reparatiOu for the
recent murder Of American sailor
in the streets of Valparaiso. The
minisflr Of foreign affairs replies
that the government Of the United
States formulates a demand and ad
vances threats that, without being
cast back with acrimony, are not ac
ceptab'e, nor could they be ac
cep.ed in the present case or any
other of like nature. He does not
doubt the sincerity, rectitude, or ex-
pertncss of the investigation Oh
board the B lltimore, but will recog
nize only the jurisdiction and au
thority Of his own country to judge
and punish the guilty in Chilean
territory. He says the adminlstra
ton and judicial authorities have
been investigating the affair; that
judicial investigation under Chilean
law i secret, and the time is not yet
arrived TO make known lis result.
Although 1t dos not recognize any
other authority more competent TO
Judge criminal casos than that
established by the Chilean people,
until the time arrives 70 disclose the
result of the investigation it cannot
admit that disorders In Valparaiso
or the silence of his department
should appear as an expression of
unfriendliness towards the govern
ment of the Uuited State which
might put in peril the friendly re-
lations between the two countrles."
Up TO the hour when the above
statement was made public no reply
bad been made to it. What will be
the nature Of Secretary Blaine's
reply is altogether a matter of con-
lecture. The most plausible theory
advanced Is that the suggestions
courteously and automatically con-
veyed in Acting 5 Secretary Whar-
toms dispatch that this government
had no doubt an investigation would
be made and reparation offered,
will now be renewed in the shape
Of "A stern and formal demand for
some immediate assurance or proper
action on part OF the junta, and II
these are not forthcoming Minister
Egan will take passage on the
Baltimore for the Unitod States
thus severing diplomatic relations
between the Unit d Stat anC
Chile.
now THE ENGLISH DONE 1T.
. WASHINGTON, Oot. 30.-rhe stat,
department yesterday gave out fo
publication recital of the preco
dent established by Great Britain II
( her dealings with weaker nations
The facts as thus recalled are in Tia
} the nature OF reply TO some recen
| criticisms by the newspapers G
I London which have arsumed tina
the United States had taken O
would take hcsty and overbearin
Actlon toward Chill on account &
, the assault on the sailors of In
Baltimore. IL appears that In 1856
British bark named the Prince {
, Wales had a claim against the Bra
, lillian government. AT the sam
time three officers Of the Britis
frigate Forte were arrested Will
ashore In a Brazilian town, and Will
In civilian dress, for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. The Brit
ish minister at Rio de Janeiro a
once demanded the payment o
fjC0O. This sum not being forth
coming, four British men-of-wa
sailed away from the hRfbOF Of RlC
In u few days one Of them returne'
with the Information that numbe
OF BRAZILIAN merchant vessels Ia,
been captured by the English men