Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-28
PRESIDBNT'1 CONCLUSIONS
That, Apology and Reparation
Should be Made.

WAsHrNGToY, Jan. o5.-The president
to-day sent to Congress his special message
on the Gillian trouble. He says: 'ln my
opinion the tiu,e has row come when
Should Law before Congress and the country
tho correspondence between this govern
nent and the government OF Chilli from the
time OF the breaking out Of tho revolution
against Balmaceda, together with all otner
facts ia possession of the executive depart
ment relating to tle assault upon the SAIL
ors OF the United States steamer Baltimore
in Valparaiso October 49, The diplomatic
correspondence is herewith transmitted to-
gether with Soma correspondence sbstween
the naval officers for the time in commend
in Chlisu waters and the secretary OF the
navy and also the evidence taken at the
Mare Island navy yard since the arrival OF
the Baltimore ct san Francisco.
1t may be well at the outset to say that
whatever may have been said in this country
or in Chill in criticism OF Mr.. Egan, our
min ater at Santiago, the true history OF
this eSctin., period n Gillian affairs, from
the outbre2k OF the revolution until this
time, discioses no act on the part of hr.
EEau ulwcrthy of his position or that could
justly he occasion for serious anImadversion
OF cris csin. lie mas think, on the whole,
borne hmseif in very trying circumstances
with dignity, discretiCu and courage, and
has conducted the correspondence with abil
ity, courtesy and fairness.
it is worth while also, ut the beginning,
to say that tho right OF Nj EgOn to gIys
shelter IL ia legation TO certain adb'rents
of EGlma ceda's govorpmout, who applet 10
hi,u for asylum, has not bcsn dsn.eI w the
Gillian 2uthorities no. hua shy domaaG
been made for the surrender o: these
refugees, That there was urgent need o. ~
asylum Is shown by Mr.. Esau Rotu Of aug.
-, 39l, describing the disorders that PEE
vailed IN Santiago and By tLo evidence Il
Capt. Sch!ey as to pllage aud violence thGt
prevailed n Valpgriso, Tho corre. pond
euce di5closeS however, that the request 0:
MIR. igGn tor the safe conduct from the coup-
try in behalf OF thee refugees wa denied.
This incident nigh Do. considered wholly
closed, hut 10Y The Grcpt disre> pect map fest
cd loHevt this SoteruWya. ny toe clio and
offensive police eurva.!.gaae oc che legation
premisos winch wa Ra attained during most
e lie period of the sly OF the refugees
th,r,iH.
rat the most serious accident disclosed by
the correspondence, is tLat of the attack
upon the aiiors 81 tho Baltimore in the
stress Q. Valparaiso On the 10th OF October
last. Ia my auuua message, speaking upon
lie information then in my possession, /
said. 80 4ur as have yet been able to
lea-a no other explauatioAol this bloody work
mas been sugs s4t-J than tAat it had its orr
KIN ia hostility to these men us sailors OF tho
United Sta.es wearing the uniform OF their
government, and 10. IN any Individual act
Or personal G"imos!tv.'
We have now recaiVel from the Gillian
government IN abstrac, Of the coucil.sioni
Of tAe testn..puy taken ny the judge OF
Criu.aa IL The .:-s- t.-uton which was made
to extend over tire. months. / very much
regrct t. b. uompe..el to say THAI .li5 re-
port docs not enable nc to modify the con
oIuslon aunoaece- IN my annual message.
am still of the opinion that our sailors
we're assaulted, beaten, stabuad and killed,
not icr anything they Or anyone of them
had done, but Tor what the government OF
the United States mai done or VIC. charged
with having douo hy .ts civil officers aud
navet commanders
II thst be tE- true a.noct Of the case the
injury was u The Government OF the Unitei
Stnte5 end not to tGJ,o poor saiors who
We're assaulted in manner SO brutal and
so coNardiJ J am clearly OF tho opinion
thao where such sailors or officers lue as
sauited by a res dent ropuiace animated By
hostility TO the government, whose uniform
these sailors ami officers wear and IA re
sentiment Of nets demo toy their government
and not by them, their nation must tax.
nouce or tic event as ono involving an N
frncuon Of its r.lats and dignity, not il 9
secondary way as "hsTo a citizen is il lure,
aud presents his claim through his own gov
erument, but m ? primary way precisely a
II IT'S munster or consul or tho flag Itsoul
had been TIE object 0. t4e assault.
Tie president here reviews the incidents
Of the assault an the Americans and ot IN,
trisl and con nuts. "Eyiicuce oil the ex
Istrnce Of Gn.mo4i,T toward cur sailors ~
the minds Of the saIi0rs of tae Gillian navy
md OF the pupulace OF Valparaiso are 4,
abundant and various Is to leave no douB
in the mind Of anyone who will examine tn
papers submitted In the report oil Can't
Scnloy to the navy department he says
"in the only interview that ] had witt
Judge Foster who Is INVESTIGATING the cas-
relative to the disturbance before no va
aware Of the entire gravity OF the matter
he informed me that the assault upon IN,
men was the outcome OF the hatred for on
people among the lower classes because the
thoughtwe.had sympa;h!1eI with the Bulma
ceda government, GU account OF the ltatl
matter, whether with reason or without h
could Of course not admit but such h
thought was the explanation of the assaul
at that time
1t has teen conclusively established tina
the attack was upon the uniform, tho ne
tionality, and not upon the men, The orgi