The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-04

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Chile's ans ser 10 MS utimatum:
TO the Senate aud House OF Represent ,liycs
transmit herewith a dispatch from
Egan, our minister at Santiago, trans
hitting the respou OF Percira, Chill
can minister OF foreign affairs, to the
note of Blaine Jan. q, which was re-
ceived by me on the 2Gth inst. The
response of Pereira to the note Of the
Dist withdraws, with acceptable eX-
pressions Of regret, the offensive note
OF Malta of the 18th ultimO and also
dhe request for the recall of Egan.
The treatment of the incident of the
assault upon the sailors of the Balti-
more is so conciliatOry and friendly
that | am of the opinion that there
are good prospects that the differences
coming out of that serious affair will
now be adjusted upon terms satsfac-
tory to this government by the usual
methods, and without special power
from congress. This turn in affairs is
very gratifying to me, as | am sure it
will be to congress and our people.
The general support of the efforts Of
The executive to enforce the Just
rights of the nation in this matter has
given an instructive and useful illus
traton of the unity and patriotism of
our people. Should it be necessary
will again communicate with con-
gress upon this subject.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
CmLE's ANSWER.
Following is Pereira's reply to the
ultimatum transmitted by Egan to
Blaine, received Jan. 26:
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. %, 1892.
TO Blaine, Washington
/ have today received the following
reply to my note of the 22d inst:
EIR-Undersigned has had the
h0nOr to receive your eXcellency's
communication dated the 22d inst,
received at this department on the
23d, and duly authenticated copies of
the instructions which the honorable
secretary of state at Washington has
sent your eXCellency by cable, under
dates of Dist and 23d inst. of October,
1891. In the instructions of the 2lst
the honorable secretary of state in
forms your eXcellehcy that his excel
lency, Harrison, after carefully OK
aiming all that has been submitted
to him by the government Of Chile
with respect to the event which
occurred in Valparaiso on the 10th of
October and taking into consideration
the testimony Of the officers and crew
of the vessel Baltimore and others
who witnessed the affair, has arrived
at the conclusion
First-That with regard to that as
.sault, there has been no change what
over made in its character given it
by the first report of the event, towit
That it was an attack upon the uni
d0rm of the United States, which had
ITS origin and motive in feeling hos
tile toward that government and not
in any act of the individual sailors be- |
longing TO it.
Second-That the public authorities
Of Valparaiso evidently did not do
their duty in protecting those sailors,
and part of the police and some o!
the Chilean soldiers and sailors rem.
dered themselves guilty Of unpro.
VOked assaults on the sailors of the |
United States before and after the lat
ter were arrested, and that he believes
itiggln was killed by the police or
soldiers.
Third-That he is consequently
to carry the question back to
the state in which it was placed by the
note of Wharton, October %, and ask
for suitable satisfaction and some ade-
quate reparatiou for injury done the
of the United States.
The honorable secretary of state,
Blaine, reports that the government of
Chile has not from the very first duly
appreciated the gravity of the ques-
tion raised, and that it had attributed
lott no other Importance than that
OF an ordinary quarrel between sail.
ors, adding that no government
which respects itself can consent to
civil or military persons employed in
its service being maltreated or killed
in foreign territory on account of re-
sentiment for the acts which it may
have committed or which may be i'm
puted to it, without referring adequate
The Hon. Mr. Blaine in this connec-
zion recalls the fact that the govern.
ment of the United States has partic-
ularly recognized this principle and
acted accordingly when any injury
has been committed by its people
against any one holding official posi-
lion of foreign country in conse-
quence of acts which aroused resent
ment In such case the United
States never sought words of little
weight or ambiguous meaning in
order to make reparation, but con-
such acts in vigorous and en-
ergetic terms, and never refused to
give other adequate satisfaction
The Hon. Secretary of State RlaiNc
states, moreover, that it is not his in
tention to discuss the Incidents of
October, but only to set forth the con-
clusion at which the government has
The honorable secretary of
state says:
I'VE have given every kind of OPP
portunity to the government of Chile
50 offer explanations or eXtenuating
and have given due
consideration to the fact that the gov
srnment Of Chile, during a great part
Of the time which has elapsed since
che 10th of October, has been in pro-
vincial situation He then adds that
ne has been directed by his eXcellency
10 the notice of the instructions sent
by Malta, minister of foreign affairs,
10 the Chilean minister at Washing
ton, under date of December llth; be-
cause, although not officially COM |.