The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-05

: 5, and to ask Tor suitable sa islactIOn
and some adequate reparation for the
il1ry done the government Of the
United States.
The honorable secretary Of state. Mr.
Blaine, regrets that the government Of
Chile has not from the first duly appre-
ciated the gravity Of the question raisef-,
and that it had attributed TO it no other
Importance than that Of an ordinary
quarrel between sailors, adding that no
government which respects il elf can
/ consent 10 civil or military peTOu en-
! plOyed in its service being maltreated or
/ killed in foreign territory on account
4 Df resentment for acts which it may
I have committed, or which may be inn
| puted TO it, without requiring adequate
reparation.
( The honorable Mr.. Blaine, in this con-
nrotion, recalls The fact that the govern
inent Of the United States has volnn-
I tarily recognized this principle, and has
acted accordingly. when any injury has
been committed by its people against
any one holding an official position Of
/ foreign country in consequence of acts
which had aroused recruitment. In uch
case the United States has never sought
words Of little weight or ambiguous
meaning in order to make reparation,
but have condemned such acts in vigor-
Gus and energetic terms, and have never
refused TO give other adequate satisfac-
ton.
Mr.. Biaine's Demands.
The honorable secretary Of state, Mr..
Blaine, states moreover that it is not his
intention to discuss the details of the in
cldent OF Oct. l6, but only to set forth
the conclusion at which his government
has arrived. The honorable secretary of
state says:
We have given every kind Of opportunity to
the government Of Chile TO offer explanatory
or extenuating circumstances, and we have
given due consideration TO the fact that he
government % Chile during great part of the
time which has clap ed since Oct. IS has been
in "A provisional stu ton.
Without any intention of opening a
discussion as to the facts referred to by
the communication which | have ex-
tracted, and confirming himself to the
first part of the instructions of the hon
orable secretary of state, the undersigned
must state to your excellency the regret
with which the government of Chile sees
that his e3cellency the president of the
United States finds reason to continue to
regard the incident Of October as an at
tack caused by hostile feeling towards
the uniform of the navy of the United
States. That unfortunate occurrence
took place on sudden, in district
where the sailors of the vessels lying in
the Bay OF Valparaiso are in the habit of
assembling without distinction of ma
tionality.
Not Hostile to Americans.
From the nature of the incident It |
would be impossible to prove that there |
was no doubt as to the special cause |
which served as its origin or pretext, |
but the undersigned can assert that that
cause was not a hostile feeling towards
the uniforms of the navy of the United |
States, because the people Of Chile have
always esteemed and respected that uni
form ever since the time when it saw it
figuring honorably in the ranks of the
soldiers and sailors who, in a serious
struggle. gave it independence and es-
tablished the republic. The undersigned
admits that the occurrence of Oct. 10
was OF greater gravity than those which
usually occur in the same district be-
tween the sailors which frequent it, and
the TACT of knowing that two deaths
have resulted from it among the sixteen
men of the Baltimore has suf-
heed to give it an extraordinary charac-
ter, and to induce the government of
Chile to hasten to adopt the measures
necessary to discover and punish the
guilty parties, to offer III due time, if
there should be ground for so doing,
such reparation as might be due.
The preliminary examination was
on the morning which fol-
lowed the night of the conflict, some
days before you presented your com
plant, but the investigation could not
be finished with the rapidity that the
government of Chile desired, because
the rules of procedure in internal mat
tiers which are established by our laws
are OF slow application, and it was not
possible for the president of the republic |
to modify or to set them aside.
ChiIe's Lament.
In view of your communication, and |
considering that up to date it has been |
impossible for the trial initiated by the |
Judge of the criminal court of Valpa- |
raise to be decided, the undersigned re-
CARDS as his duty to declare, once more,
that the government of Chile laments |
the occurrence of Oct. 16, and by way of |
showing the sincerity of his feeling and
the confidence which he has in the JUS
tice of his cause, he declares his willing
ness not to await the decision of the ex-
aiming judge and proposes to the United
States government that the case be sub
mitted to the consideration of the SUI
preme court of justice, at Washington.
The undersigned would remind you
referring to the conduct of the Nalpa-
raise authorities, that it appears from
the preliminary examination that they
sent without delay to the scene of the
conflict all the forces at their disposal
belonging to the special guard of the
Intendencia and to the police. Swan
son, Coge, Nichols, Darony, HOMES,
Cunningham, Williams, Talbot, Hal
lard, Hodge, Butler, etc, seamen be-
longing to the crew of the Baltimore,
stated to the interpreter of that vessel
that the object of the police in arresting
them was to shelter them from any at
te1unt at attack nv the eypited DaOnIa