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

to our legation, as the manifestation Of q most
| unfriendly spirit. Mr. Egan d instructed to
| furnish copy Of this 10 the minister for for
eign Affairs and to take the utmost precsution
| to prevent any sbure Of the privilege Of Asylum
BY those to whom he has extended it; their in
tercourse with outside persona whether by
person or by letter, should be under his super
| vision and limited to the most necessary and
innocent matters. Tho discussion and adjust
ment OF the matter would probably be much
| facilitated were there an authorized agent of
| Chile at Washington"
| SENIOR MArTA's DISCLAIMER.
| On the Sd Mr. Egan cabled to say that he had
! on that day read to Senior Malta the cablegram
from Mr.. Wharton, and that the minister had
| replied that his government fully recognized
| the views therein expressed and assured Mr..
Egan that no disrespect had been intended
| toward the legation. He stated that the order
to arrest applied only to those against whom
there might be legitimate grounds for suspicion,
| and denied that there could have been any
order to arrest all persons visiting legation.
| lhe statement OF police officers must therefore
| have been based on misunderstanding. He
| will investigate this point and reply in answer
| ing Mr.. Egans note OF the LIST of October. All
| correspondence will be forwarded by FIRST
mail. Mr.. Egan is certain there has not been
and will not be any abuse Of asylum and will
carry out Departments instruction to prevent
any. His desire is TO obtain safe conduct for
| refugees out of the country"
! Various charges were made by Senior Malta
| against the refugees in the American legation,
but always insinuating that Of course the miu-
ister could have had no knowledge of them.
| these charges Mr. Egan denied in detail, and
gave reasons for each occurrence that WAS al
| legged to have been indicative Of conspiracy
| In the legation.
DEGENERATION AS TO REFUGEES.
| On the 9Th of October Mr.. Egan cabled as
| follows:
.'All acts Of the late Government since the
LIST OF January last, including the election and
| proceedings OF Congress, have been decrced by
| tie present Government unconstitutional and
the refugees are charged with crime In having
| acted without constitutional authority III their
several positions The refugee IN the English
| legation. having promised to go home and re-
main there. has been permitted to 60 Others
| nave been allowed out on bonds to submit
themselves to tho tribunal. Those i'll tho
| Spanish and United States legations would be
subjected to heavy penalties. and iii some cases
death. No one has been graused a safe-conduct
10 leave tho country. The press of Buenos
Ayres and Moutevldeo contain extremely
strong articles against the atn;ude OF the Gov
ernmen; toward the supporters OF Balmacoda.
Or. Eyau note Of the Ist instant has not set
been replied to by the minister of foreign
atTalrs.
SENIOR MArTAs REPLY.
Under date of October Is Mr.. Egan cabled as
follows:
''Nr. Egan statos that tho foreign Office. in
ats reply to his represrn tatlo:s says that the
instructions to the iutendente authorized the
arrest OF no one except u on weiifUGndeu hus-
picion OF being agents of illegal attempts Oh
The part OF refugees and on the pubilc streets
away from Tie legation. anu ;hat access TO the
legation should have been entirely free. Min
lister for foreign affairs deplores all errors com
al nEttp
not properly subject 10 suspic Jon and AYERS
that no ve1atlor was intended to the legation.
iic Considers that. since u decree was issued On
| the l4th September by the provisional govern
ment submitting supporters of the late Gov
ernneht 10 tie tfiuunaie, 1t would be wn unjus-
| ttaDle ir.eguiarity to grant safc-t onuuct.
We're it possible to do 20. hs Says, without dis
respect TO the law. the interest of the country,
Or the prestige OF the Government, 1t would he
given as proof of nmity toward the legation.
In replying Mi. Egan viii cite important in
stances il which Chile strongly advocated safe
conduct under similar CIRCUMSTANCES.
PARALLEL CASES FOUND.
Mr.. Egan then began to search the archives
| for parallel cases aud found some ;lat he cited
to the Chilean government He notes this fact
in his dispatch Of the 18th:
Mr.. Eyan reports tina; he has again solicited
snfc-conduct for the refugees In his legation.
and had cited in his note to tie minister for
!OrelSh AFFAIRS the case III WHICH tue Chilean
| minister for foreign affairs III July, 1866. ill.,
| structed the Chilean minister at Lima to insist
upon the saie-conduct OF refugees then in the
several legations in that city. those refugees
were transported Oh board ships Mt Calao un-
der the protection Of the foreign ministers.
Sir. Egnn also cited the Of the approval of
| the Chilean delegates to the South American
Congres. held i'll Montevideo i'll December.
1883. o! a resolution recognizing the right Of
ssy lHm accompanied by the right OF sfe-con-
duct. The decree OF September IA. Dir. E;;;an
argues III his note. cannot abroSate lnterna-
tional usage repeatedly approved by the Chill
can Republic. and applies only 10 persons
within the powers Of Chilean Government. Ac-
corhng to precedent. and as logical conse-
quence of the recognition OF she right OF asy
lum. Chilean Government: should grant safe
conduct. which it is entirel,'at liberty TO do. A
favorable reply is hoped for"
SAFE CONDUCT REFUSED
The position of Mr.. Malta in regard to The
request for safe-conduct for the refugees was
thus stated in note to DIR. Egan on the 9th OF
October:
"a safe-conduct under present circumstances
and in this articu.ar case which gives NC tives
TO these explanations. would be grave irreg-
larity and uIjus:ifiable on the part OF the Juuta
or OF its ministers, since those persons have
been submitted to the hands of jastice in the
most solemn form. If. after having done this,
the juuta should now give them safe-conduct.
they would be dlsavowiag their own word, and
would by doing release them from the hands
Of justice and be interfering with the jurisdic-
:ion CT the tribunals and the action already
commenced against them"
SERIOUS GRIEVANCE.
On the other hand MIR. Egans attitude was
thus expressed in note to Mr.. Malta on the
10th:
Tho refusal Of your excellency to concede
those snfe-conducts should be a matter of regret
to my Government because it could ouly be in
terpreted as serious grievance which the Gov
eminent desired to impose upon this legation,
and particularly as to do so, il should be neces-
ssry that your excellency would forget the in
ternatioEal practice OF Chile and the agreements
entered into in its name"
The Attack on the Baltimore sailors,
Then comes the other complication in the
controversy, the attack upon the sailors Of the
Baltimore in the streets of Valparaiso, which is
first noted in a cableGram from Egan to Blaine.
dated October Is. He had not yet learned the
particulars and he merely noted that a fight
had taken place, as q result OF which one of the
mon had been killed and five seriously wounded
On the next dav he wrote making a mail an
nouncement Of the same fact and added:
80 far Capt. Schiey has not ascertained the
causes which led to the disturbance, but the
general impression il that the attack was un-
provoked and premeditated.
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