St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-29
NIONTT To BLAINE.
The Note Which Was So Long Be.
ing Delivered,
ftr. Montt to Mr.. Blaine:

Gr, MOntt to Mr. Blaine:
Legation of Chill. Washington, Jan.
23.-Sir: l have had the honor to re-
ceive your note of yesterday as all en-
closure to which you were pleased to
transmit to me the Instructions sentt
Mr.. Egan on the day previous. In the
numerous conferences with which YOU
have been pleased to favor HE, have
Informed you that Immediately after the
occurrence of the events of Oct. 16.
at Valparaiso. which my government
most sincerely deplored, the judicial
authorities initiated the Investigation
necessary to throw light upon the facts
and to detect and punish the guilty
parties.
From the antecedentS which the GOV
eminent of Chilli was able to collest at
the very outset. it appeared that the dis
order of Oct. 16 began by quarrel
among drunken sailors. which assumed
considerable proportions, owing to the
condition of the locality in which it orig
mated. and that the police performed
their duty by re-eStabliShing tranquility
by placing the persons who seemed to
have been concerned i'll the dis rider at
the disposal of the court.
The government of Chill has no data
authorizing it TO think that the quarrel
was due 10 any dislike of the uniform of
the United States or that the police
Jailed to perform their duty.
On the contrary, it is a well-demon-
stl ated fact that sailors get intoxicated
when they go ashore after having been
on board of their vessel for long time.
This is also quite natural. The intoXica-
tion of sfamen, and the disorders to
which 1t gives rise. although they may
assume serious proportions and occa-
sion very lamentable offenSeS, as was
unfortunately the case at Valparaiso on
the 10th of October, cannot constitute
an insult TO the nation in whose service
are the men who have taken part in the
disorder, although they certainly do not
Justify the otTenses committed during
the disorder The government of Chill
could not. however, form final opinion
concerning the nature of the occurrence
III question or as to whether the police
had or had not improperly partici-
pated therein, or had failed to per-
form its duty, until The termination of
the judicial investigation which had
been Initiated without delay, and which
was pushed forward as speedily as was
compatible with the provisions of the
law. with the obligation of collecting all
the elements of proof that it was posi-
upon the matter. and with the necessity
of promptly Furnishing the perpetrators
of the otfenSes which had been commit
ted, and which had been III part suf-
Tered by persons in the service of a
friendly nation. 1t was the desire and
duty OF the government of Chill to dis
cover the truth in order to make its
future proceedings conform thereto,
and in order that the United States
government might be satisfied that
nothing was neglected in order to do
full justice.
You were pleased, with your high
sense OF rectltude, to remark to me that
this proceeding of the government OF
Chill was correct, anG, although you de-
sired the judicial investigation might
be brought to close with as little DELAY
as possible, you understood that it was
necessary that the ordinary legal pro-
ceedlngS (Which were not as rapid in
Chill as in the United Statesl should be
held
| have taken occasion at sundry times
to inform you of what the CHILEAN au-
thorlties were doing to bring the lnyesti-
cation to close. In the criminal trial
held at Valparaiso, not only have lands
men been heard, but also the Seamen of
the Baltimore. Both have been con-
hohtCu Will cdclI OtileI, Tue reports OF
physicians and experts have been called
for, the opinion of the surgeon of the
cruiser has likewise been invoked, and.
in word, nothing has been neglected
that could tend to bring the whole
truth to light. The seamen of
the Baltimore made their state
mentS with the assistance of
an interpreter DESIGNATED by them
selves, who was all officer of the cruiser
so that the oath taken by the witnesses,
their conformation with each other. the
reports of the experts concerning the
cause and nature of the wounds. and
the hearing granted to both Chilians
and Americans, so that all might pre-
sent the complaints and charges and be
heard in their own Justification, give
incontestable authority to the trial held
at Valparaiso.
In the course of our conferences. we
sometimes considered the case in which
the government of the United States
and that of Chill should fail to agree
when the investigation should be ter
miDated and the two governments
should have formed their final opinion.
and we agree that arbitration was the
best means of settling the difficulty
and, advancing farther In this concilia-
sory spirit, we EVEN formally agreed