Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-26

10y our nun NAu htNn WNullN AUN teHhit
u nm accident In the Chilean port, the
Incident would have been grave
enough TO have called for some public
expression VI sympathy aud regret
from the local authorities. IL IL not
enough 10 say that the iurldenl
~ regretted, NJ long ~ IL u coupled
with the statement that II
was an affair not unusual
IN ports where foreign sailors are nc.
| custumcd 30 meet. IL f. not Tor gem
erUus aud sincere government TO SEEK
Tor words oi small or pquivOCal mean.
Ing IN which 10 convey to friendly
power nm apology for an o0ensc 80
atrOcious ns this. In the case OF M
assault 10y The mob In New Orleans
upon the spanish consulate iu lojl,
Webster WROTE u the Spanish Min-
| is,tr, Calderon, that the nets com.
planned Of were "disgrac,tul and
! ilngrant breach o. duty ana pronrletY"
aud that his government regrets
them a. deeply "a Minister Calderon
or his government could possibly do
that "thCsc acts have caused the presi-
I dent great pain aud he thiAlgz n proper
Acknowledgement due e. her majesty.
/ He invited the Spanish ronsul TO tc-
/ turn 90 his post, guaranteeing protec-
/ ton and offering o. salute the Spanish
/ flaN " the cnnsul should come In n
! Spanish vessel. Such treatment by the
government NJ Chile of this assault
would have been more creiilnble To
,he Chilean authorities aud much less
cga hardly he Eat sinctOry To gov
eminent That values It's dignity and
honor.
~ OuR NOTE % OCTOBER 23RD, LAST,
which appears in tho correspondence,
I after receiving the report Of the board
OF uilicefs appointed by Captain Schley
10 investigate the affair, the Chilean
government was advised OF tho aspect
which u thOn assumed, and called
upon forauy facts In H. possession that
might tend 10 modify tho unlavofRblo
| impressions which our report had
created. II IL very clear from the cor
respOndence that, before receipt N this
note, tho examination was regarded by
I the police authorities rs practically
I closed. Il. was, however, rcOpenrd
and protractci through period
Of nearly three months. We
might Justly have complained OF this
Unreasonable delay, hut In view Of the
| fact that the government Of Chile was
suil provisional, and with a disposition
10 be fofhcsring, gud hopeful OF "a
/ friendly termination, lave awaited
/ tho report which but recently has been
made. On the 2lsl inst, caused to
/ bu communicated 70 the government
| Of Chile by the American minister az
Santiago the conclusions this govern.
/ meat, aftus full consideration OF all
the evidence and every suggestion ~.
iccting this matter, and TO these CON
illusions l u there. They were stated
~ follows
First- That tho assault, IL not relieved
Of the aspect which the early inf0rma-
ton OF the event gave 10 II, viz; that
| j, was an attack upon the uniform o!
the United States navy, having It's
! origin AMI motive In feeling OF hos.
| tility to this government, aud not la
any act Of the sailors or any Of them.
secUnd--rhat the public authorities
OF Valparaiso ilngTantly failed in their
| duty 10 protect our men, and that some
Of the police and Chilean soldiers and
sailors were themselves guilty Of un-
| provoked assaults upon our sailors be.
fore and alter arrest. He (the PTesi-
dent thinks the prepOnderance OF the
/ evidence and the inherent brOba-
| Riggin was killed by the police or sol
diom.
Third-That he (tho PresidenD Is
therefore compelled to bring the case
back to the position taken by this gov
eminent In the note OF Mr.. Wharton Of
October 93rj last, and to ask for a suit.
able apology anu for some adequate
reparation for the injury done 10 this
| government.
THE OFFENSIVE MATrA NOTE,
In the same note the attention Of the
| Chilean government was called TO the
offensive character OF the note al
dressed by Malta, the minister at this
capital on tho llth inst. This dispatch
was not officially communicated 10
| this government, but, as Mont was
directed 10 translate Il aud give II TO
the press OF thls country, 1t seemed TO
me that II could not pass without OF.
| lclal notice. IL was not only uudiplO.
matte, but grossly insulting to our
naval officers and TO tho executive de.
partment, as II directly imputed un.
truth aud insincerity TO the reports OF
the naval officers and TO the Official
communication made by tho execu-
tive department TO Congress. IL will
DO observed that | have notified the
Chilean government that unless this
note Ia at once withdrawn and an
apology as public M the oilenso Is made
| VIII terminate tho diplomatic rela.
lions.
The request for the recall OF Egan,
upon the ground that he 10 not persona
gratd, was unaccompanied by any
suggestion that could properly be used
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