Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-29
WHITE-ROBED PEACE
The Presidents Message Dis
pels the War Clouds.
NO LONGER FEAR OF CONFLICT.
Ohilfs Answer to the Ultimatum Salts
factory to the United States.

Abstract of the Message and Correspond
ence--President Harrison Says That the
Dificulty Can Now Be Settled BY the
Usual Methods without the Granting
of Additional Powers BY Congress-
Work at the Various Departments As
sumes the Even Tenor of Its Way
Estimated Cost of the War Prepara-
tiOns S1,5OO,OOO, Very Little, If Any,
of Which Will BE Lost.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The message of
President Harrison announcing the salts
factory reply of Chilli to the last peremp-
tory note from Washington was read in
both Houses of Congress yesterday, and,
with the correspondence accompanying
it, was referred to the Foreign Affairs
Committees.
AS soon as delivered it was read in the
Senate, but in the House it was delayed
some time, until Benton McMillin had
concluded speech.
Mr.. Sherman, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, rising,
said:
81 desire to say that I, and every mem
Der of the Senate, I believe, will heartily
concur in the congratulations over the
hopeful and honorable settlement to
both parties in this unfriendly difficulty
and unpleasant incident
President Harrison, in his message,
says, after some comment upon the cor
respondence, that ''the treatment of the
incident of the assault upon the sailors
of the Baltimore is so conciliatory aud
friendly that I am of the opinion that
there is good prospect that the differ
ence growing out of that serious affair
can now be adjusted upon terms salts
factory to this Government by the usual
methods and without special powers
from Congress.
Presidents message is, in abstract, as
follows:
, The note of Minister Pedro Montt to
Mr.. Blaine, bearing the date of Jan. %,
is the first portion of the correspondence
transmitted with the Presidents message
to Congress. In this note Senior Montt
acknowledges the receipt of copy of the
ultimatum forwarded to Mr.. Egan. He
also repeats the CHILEAN view of the case
and says that his government does not
feel authorized to consider the occurrence
at Valparaiso as due to any dislike of the
United States uniform.
He reminds Mr.. Blaine that formal
agreement had been reached that any
differences between the two countries
which might exist after the conclusion
of the CHILEAN inquiry should be submit
ted to arbitration. He explains that the
offensive note of Senior Malta had not
been communicated to the United States
Government, because it was letter of
instructions, of which our Government
could properly have no cognizance. He
says, however, that his government has
expressed its willingness to strike out
from that note any expressions which
might be considered offensive.
He claims, on the other hand, that
Commander Evans dispatch was often
sive to Chilli, and was SO recognized by
Mr.. Blaine. He reminds the Secretary of
State of his admission that if Minister
Egan was persona non grata to Chill,
that Government had the recourse of re-
questing his recall, and reiterates his
statement of January 90, that Mr.. Egan
is now persona non grata to Chilli.
Mr.. Blaine's reply is dated January 81.
He reminds the CHILEAN Minister that
while he recognized the legal proceedings
at Valparaiso as necessary and proper
he frequently had occasion to complain
of the delay in bringing them to a close.
The Secretary said that arbitration
could only be proposed by some foreign
power, not Chilli.
In regard to the Malta note, Mr.. Blaine
said that a frank withdrawal was the
only possible apology. He reminds Senior
Montt that on several occasions he had
of Mr.. Egan unjustly, as he
admitted, and says that in his
request for Mr.. Egan's recall no reasons
were assigned.
The third and last part of the CORE
spondence consists of Minister Egan's
inclosing the conciliatory an
swer of the CHILEAN Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Louis Pereira, in which he
the receipt of the ultima
tum; disclaims hostility to Ameri
cans; admits THAI the quarrel at Valpa-
raise was of an unusually serious ma
ture, and declares his willingness not to
await the decision of the examining
judge, and proposes to the United States
Government that the case be submitted
to the Supreme Court in Washington, to
the end that the tribunal may determine,
without appeal, whether their is any
ground for reparation, and in what shape
it should be made.
Minister Pereira says that he considers
that Chilli does not appreciate the gravity
of the case, and hopes his expressions of
unqualified regret will be satisfactory to
the authorities at Washington. The
offensive expressions in the Malta note,
employed through an errol in judg-
ment," are absolutely withdrawn by
Chill. No steps will be taken in the
matter of Mr.. Egan's representation of
the United States at Santiago without
the accord of this country
The white winged angel of peace how
ers over the State, War and Navy Depart
and calm, where but re-
Gently bustling activity was apparent
prevailed and pervaded
even the corridors.
The hurrying to and fro of messengers
and clerks, the constant stream of de-
partment officials going to Secretary
Tracy's room for consultation, the
secrecy with which the clerks handling
the mysterious cipher dispatches were
wrapt-all had disappeared and the
several departments resumed the even
tenor of its way.
Department officials, too, are thawed
out, and it is now even possible to obtain
the movements of United States men-of-
war. 1t is officially stated this morning