San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-26
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
THE WHOLE CORRESPONDENTS
Is BEFORE CONGRESS.
The President Recommends Prompt
action To Preserve the National
Honor-A Message Truly Amer
lean, and With Plenty OF
Backbone in It-Chile
Must Apologize and
Indemnify or
Fight.

The President has sent to congress the
entire Chile correspondence, and accom-
panies it with his message This cores
pondence is most voluminous, and would
cover hundreds of pages of ordinary print
II simply gives in official form and from
al indisputable source the narrative of
events already published in the press re-
ports from Valparaiso and Washington.
and contains little that is absolutely new.
1t does confirm the statements already
made, that from the first this government
has sought to restore peace to Chile and
act as mediator between the beligerents;
also that in all things Egan has commu-
nicated fully and frankly with the state
department at Washington, and has car
ried out as far as practicable all his in
structions in good faith. His one mistake
appears to have been his confidence. until
the last moment, that the established
government and not the congressional
party would win.
The President calls attention to the in
suiJing note sent by minister OF foreign
affairs, Malta, on the 18th December to
Minister Mont at Washington, not Off
cially TO the United States government,
but TO he published in the press of this
country. and informs congress that Chile
has been notified TO withdraw that note
and apologize publicly. or that all diplo
matte relations will terminate.
The text Of this Malta note Is given,
and 1t is most insulting. 1t charges the
| President with inaccuracy and insincerity
| In his December message. and charges
that this country ard Minister Egan are
| ,nsnansfbla ha Aalau in 10 in I'll
| CATION into the outrages upon the Balti-
| more's men. The letter is defiance OF
| the authority of the United States and a
| Sneer at its f1icalrepreSentative In Chile.
| Following this letter the President pre-
| sents the whole Chile correspondence, in
| GLIDING the Itata matter, and all other
/ events down to the sending Of the ultima
tum on the 2lst inst. This correspond
| ence includes all that has passed between
Minister Egan and the state department,
| and is conclusive as to Chile's reiec-
| ton of the testimony OF the Balti-
| more's officers and men as to the assas-
] sination in the streets Of Valparaiso;
| as TO Egan's opinion that with
| the removal of Malta, there would be no
difficulty as to the refugees, or any delay
as to Withdrawing the offensive note; and
as to the constant police espionage under
which the American consulate has been
kept since the revolutionists came into
| power All these matters are before con
| gress for its action Upon these the Pres-
| dent in his message speaks plainly, and OF
| that message the following is close sum-
| mary:
The message opens with a reference to
| the December message, and what was
| therein said about the attitude OF this
| government, waiting the result OF the in
| veStigation into the attack upon the
| sailors of the Baltimore. and that another
II 4 4, . s,,ct ny otp-
l tion of securing suitable response from
4 Chile was disappointed. The President
| says the time has come TO lay before con-
| gresS and the country the whole cor
| respondence. from the time OF the break.
| ing ont of the revolution, until date, and
| declares that this correspondence leaves
no ground for charging Egan with an I'M
| worthy act, and he pays high compn-
| ment to Egan's dignity, discretion, cour-
| tesy fairness and ability. The espionage
! of Chile over the American legation is re-
| ferred to and Egan's position strongly en-
| dOrsed. Then reference is made to
| the Baltimore affair as the most
| serious incident disclosed by the
| correspondence, and concerning this the
| President repeats the language of his
| December message that the act had us
origin in hostility to the men as American
sailors wearing the United States uni
| form and not in any act OF personal hos
tility. This opinion the President says
| is confirmed by the testimony taken during
| the investigation and he cannot modify
his conclusion reached In his annual
message: he says-"I am still of the
opinion that our sailors were assaulted,
stabbed and killed, not for anything they
or any one of them had done, bnt for
what the government OF the United
States had done. or was charged with
having done by civil officers and naval
commanders" II that be the true aspect
of the case the injury was to the govern
ment of the United States, not TO the
manner so brutal and cowardly.
The President reviews the case and
speaks of its legal aspect, and points out
the responsibility of Chile under the laws
governing international relations. The
incidents Of the attack are noted, the evil
dence showing that the sailors we're sober
and peaceable.
THE ATTACK PREARRANGED.
The President says: st appears from
Gillian sources that almost instantly,
with suddenness that strongly implies
the meditation or preparation OF mob
stated by police authorities at one time
TO number 1000 and at another 1,000-was
engaged in the assault upon the sailors,
who are represented as resisting with
stones. clubs and bright arms" The
report of the intendente OF October 30
states that the fight began at 6 p. m. in
the streets which are named; that in
formation was received at the in
tendencia at sos p. m. and that the po-
lice arrived on the scene at $3.50, a full
half hour after the assault began. AT
that time " he saws SO mob of 1000 men