The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
BLAINE's I, ANSWER.


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The Secretary Corrsots Some sssssm snts
Made by Mont. q "a
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON,
Jan. 81, 1892 have the honor to
acknowledge your favor dated the 23rd
inst, but not received by me until Mon
day, the 25th. Ibeg TO comment on two
or three of its recitals I think from zeal
for your country you have made some,
mistakes, which shall proceed to cor
rect Il ~
You are right in saying that consid-
cred the proceedings of the government of
Chill in making the judicial investigation
of the unhappy affair at Valparaiso en-
tirely praiseworthy. But you will remem-
Der as early as the a5th Of November /
complained of the length Of the judicial
proceedings, and from time to time re-
newed the complaint, saying to you very
lately that the court had already been
eighty days In session, considering . mat
ter which in tho United States would have
been wholly disposed Of in two or three
weeks. You replied that the Spanish law
was slow In its processes, but exact In It's
conclusions, and with your statements
had to be content, though impatient for .
final Judgment. Your offer Of arbitration
was never
Unconditional and Exact.
Had it been I would have insisted on your
reducing it to writing, for It would have
been my duty to lay IL before the presi-
dent for consideration. But I was unable
to report mere verbal exchange Of views
between us as an agreement to arbitrate.
Tho Malta Mess. 10 ~
In regard to the Malta note, which was
the subject Of contention between M, you
sum 1t up in the following declaration:
II added, however, that It was far from
being the purpose Of my governments to
act in manner at all offensive TO the
president of the United States or TO any
member of his cabinet, and that Mr..
Matta's note, II rightly constructed, id
mitted Of no such construction. after
wards had the honor to inform you that I
had received instructions from my govern.
ment to inform that Of the United States,
Messrsss. 'B uchanzaa H and e Webster II 1915
and 1850. that the messages sent by the
president to congress are domestic COM
munications, which cannot serve rs q basis
for the Interpretation Of foreign powers or
their representatives, my government had
no objection to striking out Of the note Of
Dec IL such words as might be considered
disagreeable BY the United States sayern:
mept.H =,
BY your own statement you evidently
attempted To justify the Malta note. I
certainly could not accept yenf Language
and never did accept language OF that
kind as an apology sufncient for the ease.
The Malta note was highly diaeaNrtea4a
to the president and the secretary Of tho
navy, imputing TO them untruth snd In
sincerity. Such language does not admit
of contingent or conditional apology,
which you offered. It could DO, apollo
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quest to publish It here WIS the atfonrest
proof Of your own disapproval Of the
note. s..
The Egsn Matter.
In regard to Mr.. Egan, you complicated
many times end very bitterly 70 md Es-
pecially was he deserving Of censure, you
thought, for not communicating to his
government the brutal murda. d some
young men who were slain by order Of
Balmaceda. When on the nskt day !
showed yeu the dispatch Of Mr. Egsf Of
the incident in severe and proper terms.
you acknowledged that you were mis-
taken: Thought you would be satisfied,
but you again spoke disparsgingly Of Mr..
Egan, and said somewhat impatiently,
Why de yen NET demand his recall in
stead Of constantly dispaFasina himin in
tending thereby not to tayoF hts recall but
to put stop to the frequent mention of
Mr.. Egan's name. In referring TO the
question you remark: "You were pleased
to acknowledge that the government Of
Chilli had right to ask that change
should be made" Undoubtedly she has
that right, provided she assigns reason.
You are too well skilled In Diplomatic
usage to be reminded that when . nation
is pleased to declare that q minister 10
persona non grata she Is expected to as
sign reason therefor. I have thus frankly
endeaYored to correct some misapprehsa:
sions Of yours In order that the record OF
the state department Of the United States
may be kept exact and in ell Its proceed-
ings shall be consistent Accept. sir, the
renewed assurances of my highest consid-
GRAFTON. Signed JAMES 6: BLAINE.
The Apaiosy Accepted.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ]. = Secretary
Blaine has sent q cablegram to Minister
Egan informing him that the reply OF
Minister Pereira to his note Of Jan. 81 Il
satisfactory, and that the president de-
sires to assure Chill that he ID glad to
meet in the most friendly spirit the
friendly overtures.
TREATY WITH GERMANY.
The President Aanounces Another Heel.
proeity Asrsemsnt.
4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.The president
has issued proclamation announcing
the reciprocal agreement recently con-
cluded between the United States and
Germany. By the terms Of the treaty
German sugar is admitted free into this
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