The state capital., 1892-01-30

gressional party were effective and frequent.
/ The charg. against Admiral Brown is too base
! to gain credence with anyone who knows his
| high personal and professional character
Referring Be- the evidence of our sailors.
tiIicS asstif5i I'll 81 nesris simultaneous as to
| Show that they did not sfread from one point.
A press SUMMARY of the report OF the fiscal
shuws that TIE evidences of the Chilian officials
and oilers VA III ceyifsiet as to the place OF
origin, several places HsinF rt+niea hy different
witnesses as the locality where tife f15s Gut
break occurred. This, if CORRECTLY reported:
shows that there were several distinct out
breaks and 50 nearly at the same time as to
cause this confusion.
The La Patria, in the same issue from which
have already quoted. after describing the killing
of Riggin and the fight which from that point
extended to the mole. says AT the same time
I fought fercely with the:people of the town, who
the Chilian lazy. ID.
lean merchant ship Keweena, which. had
Who was a witness of some part Of the
is strongly eGriebordtive Of the testimony of our
own sailors: when he says that the Chilian sen
tries trovg back q man seeking shelter from
neB 6 5f cap es fssF ap hi1 s as ssers tss ost aS
conclusive te stinony as t3 the idigFittes Which
were practiced towards Americans in Valpstrrsiit :
| So When American sailors, even of merchant
ships, can only secure their safety by denying
their nationality, it must be time to readjust
| our relations with government which allows
surL demonstrations
AS 10 the participation of the police the evil
deHce of nur sailors shows that our men were
struck and beaten by police officers before and
After arrest snd that Gfie, at least. was dragged
! with lasso about [s riehk hy mounted po-
lieeman THAT the death OF kiegiil Was tbs re.
suit of rifle shot fired by policeman or soldier
on dntf is shown directly By the testimony of
time and b2 the efidt,tG6 Il Ctarles
Langen. an American; not theh ,a
stood close by and saw the transaction. The
Chilian authorities do not pretend to fix the re-
sponsibiliy of this shot on any particular person.
but avow their inability to ascertain who fired
Tie character Of ths wts;1,d, IS discovered by
one of the surgeons Of the balEt8tre; clearly
supports his opinion that it was made ft5f l. rifle
ball THE 6riies 6f exit being as much inch OF
ain inch and qdafter in width. When shot the
poor fellow was unconscious a1id IL The ar1ns of
comrade; who was endeayoring to carry him tt
d IiaigFhotiug drug store for treatment. The
story of the po,irei that in coming up the
street they passed these nies s,td left them be-
hind them is inconsistent with tfeir ewn
statement as to the direction of their approach,
and with their duty to protect them and is
behind, but Il. frent of the advancing force,
and was not standing II the crowd, but was
unconscious and supported IN TIC e~Ias of
Johnson when he was shot.
| Communications of the Chilian government
in relation to this cruel and disastrous attack
upon our men, as will appear from the CORE
| SpOndeuce. nave not III any degree taken the
ftrn, Of an1ity and satisfactory expression Of
| fegrgt ftiHflt Ices af apology. The event was
of so sefious il cdtaftqt ttat if the injuries suf
fered by our men had BaGfi Wholly the result of
an accident in Chilian port, the Incident vas
grave enough TO have called for some public
expression of sympathy and regret from the
local authorities. ltwas not enough to say that
the affair was lamentable, for humanity would
| require that expression, even if the beating and
killing of our men had been justifiable. 1t IS
net enough 70 say that the incident Is regretted,
|
not of an unu ual Character III ports where for
eign sailors are accustomed to meet. 1t Is not
for generous and sincere government to
seek for words of small or equivocal meaning
in which to convey to friendly power an
apology for an offanse so atrocious as this. In
the case of the assault, by mob in New Or
leans upon the Spanish consulate in 1851, Mr.
Webster wrote to tho Spanish minister, Mr..
Calderon, that the acts complained of were "a
| disgraccful and fragrant breach OF duty and
propriety." and that his government deplores
them as deeply as Minister. Calderon. and his
nosd possibly don ro.thnt thnt
great pain, and lie thinks proper acknowl.
edgment is due to her 1iiajesty's government" "
He invited the Spanish consil to return to his
| Lutte The Spanish flag if the consul should come
in Spanish vessel. Such a treatment by the
government of Chill of this assault would be
more creditable to the Chilian authorities, and
much less can hardly be satisfactory to gov
ernment that values it's dignity and honor.
in our note of October % last, which appears
|
report of the board of officers appointed
by Capt. Schley to investigate the affair:
the aspect which il then assumed and
called upon for any facts in its possession that
might tend to modify the unfavorable impress
sion which our report had created. 1t is clear
from the correspondence that, ofore the receipt
of this note the examination was regarded by
the police authorities as practically closed. 1t
| was however, reOpcned and prOtracted through
a period Of neally three months. We might
justly have complained of this unreasonable
delay, but in view of the fact that the
| government of Chill was still provisional and
| having disposition to be fcrbaaring and hope
full of friendly termination, have awaited
the report which has but recently been made
| On the 2lst inst. | caused to be communicated
to the government of Chill, by the American
| minister at Santiago. the conclusions of the
government after Il full examination of all evil
| dence and every suggestion affecting this mat
ter, and to these conclusions l adhere They
| were stated as follows:
First. That the assault is not relieved Of
| the aspect which the early information of the
event gave to it, viz; That Of an attack upon
the uniform OF the United States navy, having
its origin and motive in feeling OF hostility
| to this government, and not III any act OF sail
orS, or OF any of them.
Second. That the public authorities of Val
paraso aranty fail faed in their f duty to pro-
some of the Chilian soldiers and sailors were
themselves guilty of unprovoked assault
arrest. He tthe presidentJ thinks the prepon-
deranca of the evidence and the inherent prob
abilities lead to the conclusion that Riggin was
| killed by the police or soldiers.
Third That he 1.-THE president) is therefore
compelled to bring the case back to the position
taken by this government, by the note of Mr..
Wharton OF October % last-and to ask for a
suitable apology and for some adequate repara-
tion for the injury done to this government"
In the same note the attention of the Chilan
government was called to the offensive chlrac-
ter OF q note addressed by Mr.. Matta its minis
ter of foreign affairs, to Mr.. Montt its minister
at this country, on the 1lth ultimo. This dis
patch was not officially communicated to this
government; but as Mr. Montt directed to
translate it and give it to the press of this coun-
try it seemed to me that it could not pass with
out official notice. 1t was not only undiplomatic,
but grossly insulting to our naval officers, and
to the executive department, as it directly i'm
puted untruth and iu5ncerty to tho re-
communications made by the executive de-
partment to congress- 1t will be observed that
1 have notified the Chilian government that un-
less this note is at once withdrawn and an
apology is made as public as the offense made, I
will terminate diplomatic relations. The re-
quost for the recall of Mr. Egan upon the
unaccompaned by any suggestion that could
properly be used in support of it, and infer
that the request is based upon official acts of
| Mr.. Egan which have received the approval of
this government. But. however that may be, |
could not consent to consider such question
until it had first been settled whether our cor
respOndence with Chill could be conducted upon
q basis of mutual respect
In submitting these papers to congress for
that grave and patriotic consideration
which the questions involved demand,
II desire to say that am of the
opinion that the demands made of Chilli by this
government should be adhered to and enforced.
If the dignity as well as the prestige and influ-
ence of the United States are not TO be wholly
sacrificed we sh uld protect those who in for
eign ports display the flag or wear the colors of
| this government. against insult, brutality, and
death, inflicted in resentment of the acts of
| their government and not for any fault of their
own. 1t has been desired in every way to culti-
vate friendly and intimate relations with all the
| governments of this hemisphere We do not
covet their territory; we desire their peace and
| prosperity.
| We look for no advantage in our relations with
| them except to increase exchange Of commerce
upon basis of mutual benefit. We regret every
| civil contest that disturbs their peace and para
lyZes their development and always ready
to give our good offices for the restoration of
! IaSca II must hnNaver be r1Iderstnnd tha II