Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-25

note, the minister explained, was sent to the
Chilean minister in Washington and, with the
sanction of the President was read in the Sem
ate and published IN all the papers that day.
The note is as follows:
Having read the portion OF the report Of the
Secretary OF the Navy and of the message of the
President OF the United States, think proper
to inform you that the statements on which
both report and message are based are errone-
GUS or deliberately incorrect. With respect ia
the persons TO whom an asylum has been
granted, they have never been threatened with
cruel treatment, nor has it been sought to re-
move them from the legation, nor has their
surrender been asked for. Never has the house
or the person of the plenipotentiary, notwith.
standing iudiscretions and deliberate provoca-
lions, been subjected to any offense, is proved
by the eleven notes Of September, October and
November.
"with respect to the seamen of the Baltimore
there Is. moreover, no exactness nor sincerity
in what is said at Washington. The occurrence
took place in a bad neighborhood of the city
the MaintOp Of Valparaiso, and among people
who are not models of discretion and temper
ance. When the police and other forces in
terfered and Gained the tumult there were
already several hundred people on the ground
and 1t was ten squares or more from the place
where it had begun. Mr.. Egan sent on the
18th of October a note that was aggressive in
purpose and virulent in language, as is seen by
the copy and the note written in reply on the
9th.
''On the 18th the preliminary examination
had already been commenced. 1t has been de-
layed owing to the non-appearance of the Off
GERS OF the Baltimore and owing to undue pre-
tensions and refusals of Mr.. Egan himself. No
provocatlon mas ever been accepted or initiated
by this department. Its attitude. while it has
ever been one OF tirmness and prudence, has
never been one of aggressiveness, ncr will it
ever be one OF humiliation, whatever may be
or have been said at Washington by those who
are interested In justifyinS their conduct or
who are blinded by erroneous views.
The telegrans, notes and letters which have
been sent to You contain the truth, the whole
truth, III connection with what has taken place
III these matters, i'll which iil-will and the con-
sequent words and pretensions have not enla-
mated from this department. Mr. Tracy and
MI. Harrison have been LED into error in re-
spect to our people and government. Their
instructions RECOMMENDING impartiality and
friendship have not been complied with
neither now nor before. If no official COM
plant has been made against the minister and
the naval officers 1t is because the facts, public
and notorious both in Chile and the United
States, could not, although they We're well
proved, be urged by our confidential agents.
Proof or this is furnished by the demands OF
the Baltimore and the concessions made in
June and july the whole Itata case, the san
Francisco at Quintero and the cable companies.
The statement that the North American seamen
were attacked in various localities at the same
time Is deliberately incorrect.
AS the preliminary examination is not vet
concluded, it Is not yet known who and how
many the guilty parties are. You no doubt
have the note Oh November 8, written in reply
TO Minister Egan, in which | request him to
furnish testimony which he would not give,
although he had said that he had evidence
showing who the murderer was and who the
other guilty parties OF the 10th of October
were. That AMI all the other notes will be
published here. You will publish n transla-
tlon OF them in the United States. Deny in
the meantime everything that does not agree
with these statements. We feel confident OF
your exactness as We do of the right, the dig
nifty and the final success of Chile, no.with-
standing the intrigues which proceed from 80
low Ia sourceI and the threats which come
from SO high La source,."
ANTICIPATING THE NOTE.
1t appears from the subsequent correspond
ence that Mr. Egan inquired of Senior Malta if
the copy In his possessionr-the same that he
sent to Washngton-was accurate and anthem
tic. On the 18th Senior Malta replied, saying:
Sir: Yesterday, after o'clock in the even
Ing. at his house. the undersigned received
your note OF the 18th, in which, inclosing
copy OF the Newspaper called the Ferro CGI7i,
containing telegram addressed on the 18th
instant to Don Pedro Mont at Washington,
you inquire whether the printed text is anthem
tic. In reply the undersigned has the honor to
state that, with the exception of very slight
differences OF words or letters, the said text is
the same that was transmitted by the depart
mcnt OF foreign relations.
'lhe copy OF the newspaper inclosed in your
note Is herewith returned to you and. to the
end that a comparison may be made the IN
Gersigned incloses the Official Journal O. the
18th, wherein you will find the genuine text of
that telegram, and the contents of the series of
notes which have passed between the United
States legation and this department in relation
to the riot of October 16 and to the case of the
persons to whom an asylum has been granted
lnasmuch as that telegram is an official act of
the Government of Chile, whereby it commu-
nIcates instructions to its envoy extraordinary
and minister plenlpotentiary in the United
States OF North America, any explanation or
dissertation on the part of the undersigned
could add nothing to Its contents. which are to
serve as Il guide Tor Don Pedro Mont at Wash
ington in treating of these matters Your note
being thus answered. the undersigned renews
to you. as usual, the assurance OF his high con-
slderation."
In his telegram of the same date. noting this
reply and his own note, Mr.. ESan added the
following valuable information:
Since addressing the above note find that
the telegram referred to has appeared in the
same terms in the official diary, and has been
forwarded by the Chilean minister at Buenos
Ayres to all Chilean legations in Europe The
-
government; On the Baltimore case is published
In all papers here today"
Communication Suspended by Minister Egan.
On the 18th instant Mr.. Egan wired, saving
that he has not thought necessary to COM
ment upon the instructions sent by the Chilean
Government to its minister at Washington, but
that pending further instructions he has sus-
pended communicating with the Foreign Office.
He states that policemen in uniform and nu-
merous detectives have for several DAYS past
been surrounding both his and the Spanish le-
cations in an offensive manner; that they are
now on ostentatious watch at each corner of
the block i'll which the legation is located. He
reports that the ex-President of Ecuador and
several other persons have been arrested fully
armed CD after leaving the Spanish legation,
and that he is promised the harmonious CO.
operation of the new Spanish charge q aifaires
lie states that the newspapers relentless in
their offensive and INSCRIPTIONS attacks and
that he learns from different sources and on
rumors which seem to be well founded that it is
Intended to drive out the refugees by attempt
ing to burn the legation an adjoining house
He relates the expressions of approval from
members of the diplomatic corps and says that
the British minister has commended to his
Government the position taken by him in the
whole matter.
Another instance of molestation by the police
around the legation of persons leaving it is
noted In cable3ram of the 20th and ON the
I'D Mr.. ESan wired to say that two gentlemen
who had called on the refugees were arrested
at different times on going ont of the lepation