Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-26

and restraint seems 10 be hAgrant. The
Argentine minister, who was dean OF
the diplomatic corps having OblrrvoiiL
felt called upon 10 protest srainst IL 90
the Chilean minister OF foreign affairs.
The Chilean authufities have, ~ viii
be observed from tho CORES plndcncc,
charged the refugees and Inmates Of
the legation with Insulting the police,
hut |. seems 10 me incredible that
men, Whose lives were iu jeoiardy,auu
whose ealnty could only bo secured by
retirement and guiuturse should haVs
sought " provoke collision whlCh
could only tui Ia their destruction, or
10 aggTava,o their condition by iuiun-
sifying tho popular feeling that at one
timo No threatened the legation re 10
require Esau TO appeal 10 the minister
Of forrign n,lhlH.
iut the most serious incident dis
closed by tho cUrrcsps nicuyo Is that Of
the attack on the sNiioe q the "Halti-
more" In tho streets Of VALPARAISO, on
the lGlh " OCt0utr last. In my huuual
message, speaking upon The ini0gm..
ton thea IN my Possession, ! said:
As Tar a. ! have yet boon able 20
learn no other explanation OF the
bloody work has been suggested than
that II hat ~ origin In the hostility %
these ~ uailoH Of the United Slalof,
wearing The uniform of thoiT Govern.
ment, and not In any Individual act OK
psuonal anlmoslty.
TnE FIscAG}s CONCLUSIONS.
We have now received from the
Chilean government an abstract " the
conclusions Of tho procufat0r fiscal
upon tho testimony taken 10y the Judge
oi crimes Ia tho Investigation maize 10
extend over nearly three months. I
very much regret 20 be compelled %
say that tho report does not enable nus
10 modify the conclusion announced iu
nay annual mV18gge. | am still OF tHc
opinion that our sailors were assaulted,
beaten, stabbed and killed, not Tor
anything they or any one hau done,
but for what the government of the
United States had done, or wa-
charged with having done, by Ne clyil
oiicora and naval commanders. II
that bo the true aspect Of the ease, the
Injury was 10 the government u the
United States, not 10 there poor sailors,
who were assaulted IN u manner 90
brutal and cowardly.
LEGAL AsrHcrs.
Before attempting TO give m outline
Of the facts upon which this o1u.
ciuslon rests, thinl, II right 90 Say a
word OF two upon the LEGAL inspect Of
the case. The "Baltimofo" was Ia the
harbor OF valparaiso by virtue Of tho
general invitation which nations arc
held 10 extend 10 the war vesscl- OF
other pOweUs with which they have
friendly relations. This invitation, /
think, must be held ordinarily 10 cm.
brace the privilege NJ such c0mmuni-
cation with tho shore ~ "a reason
ably necessary ami proper for
the comfort nnd convenience of
the officials aud men of such
vessels. Captain Sohlcy testifles that
when his vessel returned TO Valparaiso
September IAN, the city officers, a.
customary, extended the inequalities
OF the city to his officers ans crew. It
Is not claimed that every personal col.
lision or Injury In which the sailors or
officers OF such naval vessel visiting
shore may he involved raises an Inter-
national question, hut am clearly o.
the opinion that where Buch sailors or
officers are assaulted by n resident
populRco anlmatcd by hostility TO the
government whose uniform these sail.
Op aud officers wear and In resent.
ment Of the acts done by their glvorn-
mnut, not by them, their Nation must
take notice Of the event rs one iuvOlv.
Ing an infractlOn Of It, rights aud dig
nifty, not In \ secondary wRy,ns whore
a citizen IL injured nud presents
his claim through hil own
government, but In primary
way, precisely ~ II It's own minister or
the consular nag itself had been the
object OF the same character OF assault.
Tho officers aud salloB Of tho "Bnltl-
mOTev wero In the hnrbnF Of Val
pSralso under the orders Of tholr gov
eminent, not by their own choice.
They were upon shore by the Implied
invitation NJ the government OF Chile,
and with the approval Of their com
manding officer, and It does not dis.
tlnguish their cases from that og the
consul thnt his stay IL moro uerma-
nent or that he holds the express invi-
tslion " tho local government TO
justify his longer residence, nor does it
niltct the question that tho injury was
the act Of u mob. II there hal been
no participation Of the police or
military In this cruel work, and no
neglect on their part to extend protrc.
ton, the ease would silll be one, In my
opinion, when It's extent anu character
ace considered, involving international
rights.
THE STORY OF THE ATTACK.
The President then tells the story Of
the attack On the sailors Of the "Balu.
more" ~ related In the testimony Of
Captain Schlcy and others nt the In
vestigatiOn, showing that tho sailors
were sober and behaving themselves,
evidenced further by the fact the
Chilean police had made no arrests,
and says that II In remarkable that the
prOtrncted investigation Of the Judge
Of crimes did not enable him 10 assign
any more satisfactory account OF It's
origin than n fight between sailors.
He then quotes the testimony OF Ap-
prentice Talbot, that the trouble origl-
mated In n Chilean sailor splitting In
Talbops face, Tor which Talbot knocked
him down, Then followed general
attack ON Talbot and Riggin, with the
result already known.
Tho President continues: There was
nothing In the report Of the Chilean
Investigation male 10 us that seriously
impeaches this testimony. IL appears,
nom Chilean sources, that almost in.
stantly, with a audiences that slrong-.
ly implies meditation and preparation,
u mob, stated 10y the police authorities
at ono time 10 number 2OOO, and at an.
other 1000, engaged In the assault upon
our sailors who are represented az re-
slsting with stones, cluus and High
arms.