Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-02-05
Infraction of Our Rights.

IL is not claimed that every personal collision
or injury In which sailor or ofncer of such
raises an international question but / am
clearly OF the opinion that where such sailors
or Officers are assaulted by resident populace
en- mated by hostality 10 the government
whose uniform the aailors or officers wear, and
IN resentment OF acts done by their govern
take notice OF the event one involving an in
fraction OF its rights and dignity; not in sec
ondary way, as where "a citizen is injured and
presents his claim through his own govern.
nt1, put IN primary way, precisely as II its
been the object OF the same character Of as as.
SAuit The officers and sailors of the Balti-
more we're in the harbor of Valparaiso under
tne orucrs OF their government not by their
own choice They were upon the shore BY the
implied invitation OF the government of Chile
ncer; and II does not distinguish their case
from that of a consul that his stay is more per
OF the local government to Justify his long resi-
uence. Nor does IL affecc the question that the
injury was the act of a mob: II there had been
70 participation by the police or military in
inns cruel work and no neglect on their part to
extend tn protection the case would still be one,
IRE considered involving international rights.
Story os the Outbreak.
The incidents of the AFFAIR are briefly as fol-
lows
"on the 9th of October last Capt. schley
baltimore, gave shore leave TO III petty ofacers
s snG sso.I % his ship These men LEFT the
occurred; none OF our men was arrested; no
complaint was lodged against then, nor did
any collision or outbreak occur until about
O'Clock p. m. Capt Schley states that he was
himself on shore and about the streets OF the
city until 30 p m; that he met very many OF
MS men, who were upon leave; that they were
sober and were conducting themselves with
propriety, saluting Chilean and other officers
as they met them. Other officers of the ship and
Capt jenkins, OF the merchant ship Kewee
nav, corroborate Capt Schley to the general
sobrfety and good behavior of our men The
oisters OF Charity at the hospital 10 which our
men we're taken, when inquired Of stated
that they were sober when received. II the
situation had been otherwise we must believe
that the Chilean police authorities would have
made arrests. About y. m. the assault { be-
gan. and IL is remarkable that the investiga-
zion by the judge OF crimes though SO pro-
traeted, does not enable him TO give any more
satisfactory account of its origin than is found
IN the statement that IL began between drunken
sailors. Repeatedly in the correspondence IN
is asserted that 1t was impossible TO learn the
precise cause of the riot
Participation of the Police.
As 10 the participation of the police the eyi.
struck and beaten by police officers before and
after arrest, and that one at least was dragged
with lasso about his neck by = mounted police
man. That the death of Riggin was the result
OF e rife shot fired by a policeman or soldier on
DUTY Is shown directly by the testimony OF
Johnson in whose arms he was at the time,
aud BY the evidence Of Charles LanFsn, sn
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