The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-29

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PRESIDENT HARRISON.
factory response to the note by which the at
tention of Chill was called 90 this incident II
these just expectations should be disappointed
OF further needless delay intervene 1 will by a
special message bring this matter again TO the
attention OF congress FOR such action as may be
IN my opinion the time has now come wheHS
should lay before the congress and the country
The correspondence between this government
and the government of Chill, from the time OF
The breaking ont Of the revolution against Bal
ulaeeda, together with all other facts in the pos
relating this matter. The diplo-
matte correspondence is herewith trans
tween the naval officers for the tire ia COM
nand in Gillian waters and the seCret ary Of tho
navy, and also the evidence taken at the Mare
Island navy yard since the arrival OF the Batu-
more st San Francisco do not deem 1t neces-
safy in this communication to attempt any full
analysis Of the correspondence or Of the evil
dence. A brief re-statement of the information
nj questions involved and the reasons why the
response OF the Gillian government is unsatIs-
factory IS gil deem necessary.
It may be well at the outset to say that what
ever may have been said in this country or in
Chill in criticism OF Mt. Egan, our minister at
Santiago the true history Of this excited period
IN Gillian affairs, from the outbreak OF the
oiution until this time, discloses no act on the
part Of Mr.. Esan unworthy Of his position or
that could justly be the occasion of serious ami
madversion criticism. He has, think,
the whole. borne himself, In very trying Circum-
stances, with dignity. discretion and courage,
and has conducted the correspondence with
ability, courtesy and fairness
1t is worth while also at the beginning 20 say
that the right Of Mr.. Egan to give shelter in the
legation TO certain adherents 70 the BalmaceGan
not been denied by the Gillian authorities nor
has any demand been made for the sur
render Of those refugees. That there was
urgent need OF asylum Is shown by
ME. EganG note Of August q, 1891, describ-
ing the disorders that prevailed in Santiago
and the evidence OF Capt. Schiey as to the Pill
glDfEmge rFre n nF-lia
The correspondence diseioses, however, that
the request OF Mr. Egan for a SAFE conduct from
the country, in behalf OF these refugees, was de
MED The precedeuts cited by him in the cor
resPOudence, particularly in the case Of the
revolution in Peru IN 1863 did not leave the Chill
ian government in position 10 deny the right OF
asylum to political refugees and seemed very
clearly to support Mr.. EgaH's contention that
q safe conduct 10 neutral territory was q neces-
sGFy ana acknowledged incident OF the asylum
These refugees have very recently, without
formal safe conduct but by the Gequiescence
OF the Gillian authorities been placed on board
the Yorktown, and are now being conveyed to
CalIao. Peru.
closed but for the disrespect manifested toward
this government by the close and offensive po-
lice surveillance OF the legation premises, which
was maintained during most OF the period OF the
stay OF the refugees therein After the date OF
my annual message and up 10 the time
Of the transfer OF she refugees 70
the yorktown, the legation premises seem
&c have been surrounded by police
IN uniform aud police agents or detectives IN
sens entering CT leaving the legation and on one
or two occasions arrested members Of the miu-
fsteFs family Commander Evans, who. by
my direction, recently visited Mr.. Egan al
Santiago in his telegram to the navy
veritaoie prison" and states that the
police agents or detectives we're, after his ar
rival Withdrawn during his stay. Il appears.
further from the note Of Mr. Esgan Of November
70, 1891, that one occasion at least, these po-
lice agents, whom he declares to be known TO
him invaded the legation premises. pounding
an L
ening language towards persons therein. dhis
breach OF tho right Of minister 70 free
dom from police espionage and restraint
seems to have been SO fragrant that the Argen-
tine minister, who was dean OF the diploma tic
corps, having observed &c, felt called upon TO
protest sgninst Il TO the Chtian minister OF
foreign affairs The Gillian authorities have,
as will be observed from the correspondence,
charged the refugees and the inmates
At the legation with insulting the
police; but it seems to ME Incredible that
men whose lives were in jeopardy aud whose
safety could only be secured by retirement and
quietness, should have sought 70 provoke q col
ltsicH which could only end in their true ton,
q popular feeling that st one time 50 threatened
the legation To require Mr.. Eigan to appeal 20
the minister Of foreign affairs.
But the most serious incident disclosed by the
correspondence is that Of the attack upon the
sailors Of the Baltimore in tbs streets OF Val
paFaiso on the 18Th Of October last In my an
HHRl message, speaking upon the information
then IN my possession, 1 said;
$50 far have yet been able to learn, no
other explanation OF this bloody work has been
suggested than that 1t had its origin in hostility
TO these men as sailors OF the United States,
wearing she uniform Of their government ana
not in any individual act or personal aninOa-
ity."
We have now received from the Chliian gov
eminent al abstract of the conclusions OF the
fiscal general upon the testimony taken by the
judge Of crimes in an inves tigotton which was
made 20 extend over nearly three months I
very much regret TO be compelled 70 say that
this report does not enable me to modify the
conclusion announced in nay annual message.
.fnFa IA z1saf
assaulted. beaten stabbed and killed. not for any
thing they anE one Of them haG done,
but for what the government OF the United
states had done, or was charged with having
done. by its civil ofl3ceFs and naval commanders
Il that be the true aspect OF the ease, the INJURY
was 10 the government Of the United States,
not these POOR safleFs who were assaulted IN .
manner 50 brutal and so cowuFdiy-
Before attempting 70 give an outline OF TIE
laets upon NAi1eh ms CONCLUSION rests think
II right 70 say n WSru or two upon the legal as
ms BaltiIzlore was In the narbor Of valpa-
raise by virtue Of thst general invitation which
nations are held 70 extend 20 the war vessels
Of other powers with which they have frtsndig
relations The invitation, I think. mist -
seld ordinarily TO embrace she privilege OF such
communication with the shore as reasonable,
necessary ana proper for The comfort dad con.
vessels Capt Sehlsy testtdez that when his
vessel returned 10 Valparaiso, SspternhrF -
the eirg ulnrerai as Is Customary. extended ne
hesptralttes OF tbs city to his ofzieers and Grew
II Is not claimed tbas every personal collision
or injury In which q sailor or sadceF a such
naval vessel visiting the shore may BE- involved
raises a. international question; but ] am
clearly O. the opinion that where such saEnrs
or 0slezrs are assaulted BY q residelr Esop-.lasss
anisnated BY hostility 70 =he governments whose
Uniform those sailors ana ulcers wear and iu
resentment Of sets done hT their goEErnl-sa5a
not By them their nation must lake ulgic1 81
thu event a. one involving N insrastioa OF rs
rsEozs ana dignity, not IN secondary way, -
where citizen I1 injured and presents air
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