St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-26
DODGED THE ISSUE.
ChiIians Utterly Failed to Act the
Manly Part
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Touching the
Chilian end of the correspondence. the
president comments as follows:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Touching the
CHILEAN end of the correspondence, the
president comments as follows:
The communications of the Chiian gov
eminent in relation to this cruel and disas-
trous attack upon our men have not in any
degree taken the form of manly and satisfac
tory expression OF regret, much less OF apol-
ogy. The event was of so serious a character
that if the injuries suffered by our men had
been wholly the result of an accident in a
Gillian port the incident was grave enough
TO have called for some public expression of
sympathy and regret from the local authori-
ties. 1t is not enough to say that the affair
was lamentable, for humanity would REQUIRE
that expression, even If the beating and kill
ing of our men had been justitiable. 1t is not
enough to say that the incident is regretted,
coupled with the ste tement that the affair
was not an infrequeht occurrence in ports
where foreign sailors are accustomed to
meet 1t is not for a government to seek for
words of small or equivocal meaning in
which 10 convey to a friendly nation an
apology for an offense so atrocious as this.
The president then recites the action
of Mr.. Webster at the time Of the attack
upon the Spanish consulate by New
Orleans mob in 1851, and continues:
On the 21st inst 1 caused to be communi
Gated to the government of Chilli, by the
American minister at Santiago, the cOnclu
sions OF this government. after a full cOnsid-
Grafton of all the evidence and of every sug-
gestion affecting the matter, and to these
conclusions adhere. They were stated as
follows:
''First-That the assault is not relieved of
the aspect which the early information of
the event gave to it, viz: That of an attack
upon the uniform of the United States navy,
having its origin and motive in feeling OF
hostility to this government. and not in any
act of the sailors or any Of them.
'SecOnd-rhat the public authorities of
Valparaiso f1agrantly failed in their duty 10
protect our men, and that some of the police
and of the Gillian soldiers and sailors were
themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults
upon our sailors before and after arrest He
tine ptesident) thinks the preponderence of
the evidence and the inherent probabilities
lead to the conclusion that Riggin was killed
by the police or soldiers
"Third-That he (the president is there
fore compelled to brig the case back TO the
position taken by this government in the
note of Mr.. " harton of Oct % last and to
ask for suitable apology and for some ade-
quate reparation for the injury done TO this
government"
The request for the recall of Mr.. Eglu,
upon the ground that he was not persona
grata was unaccompanied by any suggestion
that could properly be used in supp lrt of it,
and infer that the request is based upon
Official acts of Mr. Egg IN which have received
the approval of this government. But how
ever that may be- could not consent to con-
slider Such question until it had first be1n
settled whether our correspondence with