The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-01-25
AN ULTIMATUM SENT
Startling Rumor Circulated in the
Chilean Capital.
CHOICE OF TWO ALTERNATIVES.

That on nsiye Note Must BE With
drawn and Rcparation Made Or
Diplomatic Intercourse Will Cease.
No Further Delay ON the Part OF |
Chile will BE Tolerated.
SANTIAGO pE CHILE, Jan. 25.-It has
just been learned that the question at
issue between Chile and the United
States has assumed most acute phase.
This information is to the effect that the
Chilean government has received from
the government Of the United States an
ultimatum. In the strongest possible
terms it states that diplomatic relations
between the two countries will cease
unless the offensive circular note sent
out by Senior Malta, recently the Chilean
foreign minister, in regard to the Balti-
more affair is Withdrawn.
Furthermore, the u1timatum demands
that Chile Immediately make PREPARATION
for the attack by the mob upon the Bal
timore sailors in Valparaiso, and that
she make an apology for those attacks.
The ultimatum concludes with the
statement that the United States will
tolerate no further delay on the part of
Chile in answering the demands of the
American government.
Cause Of the Communication.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.--The immedi-
late impelling cause of the sending Of
this communication seems to have been
the receipt by the secretary of state,
through Minister Montt, of polite an
nouncement on the part Of the Chilean
government that Minister Egan is not
persona grata, but, on the contrary, per-
soma ingrata, In the estimation of the
Chilean government, coupled with .
suggestion that speedy adjustment Of
the existing difficulties and the promo
ton of good relations between the two
countries would be facilitated by his
withdrawal.
One Of the officials of the state de-
partment said the story that Admiral
Gherardi had sailed to the east in the
Philadelphia to meet and engage the
Captain Prat as the latter sailed away
from Toulon IN an incomplete condition
with an inexperienced crew, was q fam
ciful creation, but he would not say
where the admiral had gone, If he knew.
There Is an extraordinary degree of SCI
Crecy surrounding the movements Of
this officer and the squadron under him.
Judge Advocate General William B.
Remy. who was recently at the head of
the inquiry held at San Francisco, says
the testimony entirely disproves of the
story that the men of the Baltimore
were drunk, or IN the least disorderly
while on shore. It Is also shown, said
the general, that the attack upon our
sailors was premeditated affair.
II was definitely ascertained yester-
day that Senior Pereira, the Chilean min
lister Of foreign affairs, has sent to the
United States minister, Egan, q formal
notification that the Chilean government
win reply today TO the note containing
the ultimatum Of the United States.
It Is also learned that the British min
lister to Chile has received instructions
from his government to offer his ser
vices as mediator to prevent war be-
tween Chile and the United States.
Ex-senator Henderson's Views.
Ex-senator John B. Henderson, Of
Missouri, does not think our government
is wholly in the right in the Chilean
controversy. In discussing the situation
Yesterday, particularly with reference
to the right of asylum for refugees, he
finds objections to it.
After quoting utterances of Secretar-
les of State Webster, Seward, Marcy
and Bayard on this subject, to show
that the United States has unfirTnly
condemned the practice of granting asy-
lum for refugees, General Henderson
said: I'VE have no right to interfere
with the civil policy of other nations,
and to make the house of representa-
tives abroad a harbor for offenders
against their laws is an insult to them
far greater than the action of unauthor-
lied mobs can possibly be to us. II we
had to go to war with every nation, the
blood Of whose citizens stain our soil
from mob violence, no full years OF
peace would bless our land The right
Of asylum is no longer claimed except in
barbarous or heather states. To assert
the right in Chile Is to brand the Chill
cans as bhrbarous.
Outbreak of Drunken Men.
"Chile repudiates all governmental re
sponsibility for the mob of last October.
She claims that it was the sudden and
unlicensed outbreak of drunken men Oh
both sides. She proposes to establish
this fact under the due administrator
Of her laws, and asks for time to furni.i
the evidence. Shall our pride forbid
10 WAlb Oltly RAAAO S1NAA~SAA s--N
contention. but with the well-advised Is
wisdom"
Zone year ago, when Italy deInanded
immediate apology for the killing o.
her citizens by the New Orleans mob
orlr secretary said we would not bt
hurried or bullied into an apology unit
the facts were known. That deed j;
vet without apology, without indemnity
and without pledges for the future
Are we yet SO little advanced In christian
practice that we refuse unto others ever
so much as we compel them to 40 unt'
MS? !.
.sIn seeming fear that the result @
judicial trails in authorized courts WI
Be disappointing to our pride we rush z
a mock trial at Vallejo, where there Y
no test Of truth, no cross examination
no sanctions Of an oath, no rules o
practice, no public fear or danger OF tn
penalties Of perjury.
Mr.. Egan,s Recall.