The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-26

AScAuShS III oNbtllIk HIS EedBOub IOI
making these demands. advises that they be
CONFINED and caforced by Congress.
|. The Message.
10 he senats uad House ,f'Rer, e.entaHre,:
In my annual message. delivered to Con-
gross at the beginning OF tho present session.
sitsr brief etatement OF the facts then In the
possession 6f this Government touching the
assault tnf tho streets OF Valparaiso. Chilli
upon tba sailors Of the United States steam
ship baltimore on the evening OF Oct. 10 last,
Isaid:
This Government Is now awaiting tho re-
Fvdlt OF On investigation which has been con-
Quoted by the Criminal Court Mt Valparaiso.
1t is reported unoflicially that the inyestiga-
tion is about completed and 1t is expected
that the result will soon be communicated to
this Government. together with some ade-
Quate ana satisfactory response to the note
by which theAttention OF Chilli was called to
this incidsht II these Just expectations
should be disappointed or further needless
delay intervene l will. by n special message.
bring too matter again to tho attention OF
sary'
my opinion the time has now como when
fehould lay before the Congress and the coun-
Afry the correspondence between this Govern
iment and the Government Of Chill. from the
time OF the breaking out OF tho revolution
against Balmaceda, together with all other
facts In the possion Of the Executive Depart
ment relating to this matter.
The diplomatic correspondence Is herewith
transmitted. together with some correspond
Ance between tho naval officers for the time in
command in Gillian waters and the Secretary
of the Navy. and also the evidence taken at tho
MAYO Island Navy Yard sincc tho arrival OK tic
Baltimore at San Francisco.
7 do not deem it necessary. in this commune
cation. to attempt any full analysis OF the cor
respondence or Of the evidence. brief re-
/. statement Of the international question in
volved and OF the reasons why the responses
Of the CHILEAN Government are unsatisfactory
n all that deem necessary.
EaAN BORE HIMSELF WELL.
It may be we'll at the outset to say that,
whatever may have been said In this country
or In Chilli in criticism OF Mr.. Eean. our Min
lister at Santiago. tho true history OF this OK
citing period in CHILEAN affairs from the out
= break Of the revolution until this time, dis
closes no act on the part Of Mr.. Eagan un-
worthy OF his position. or that could Justly be
the occasion Of serious animudversion or
criticism.
He has. I think. on tho whole. borne him
self In very trying circumstances with dignity,
discretion. and courage, and has conducted
the correspondence with ability. courtesy. and
fairness.
1t is worth while also at the beginning to
say that the right Of Mr.. Egan to give shelter
In the Legation to certain adherents of the
Balmaceda Government who applied to him
for asylum has not been denied by the Gillian
authorities. nor hns any demand been made
for the surrender Of these refugees.
That there was urgent need OF asylum is
Ahnvu hv,N Me- Tyor 20 30 k,,r. u
serlbing the disorders that prevailed in San
tiago. and BY tho evidence Of Capt. Schley as
to the pillage and violence that prevailed in
Valparaiso.
Tho correspondence discloscs. however, that
the request OF Mr.. Egan for q safe conduct
from the country In behalf OF these refugees
was denied.
The precedents cited by him In the corre-
spondehce. particularly the case OF the revo-
tuition In Peru in 1885. did not leave tho Gillian
Government In position to deny tho right OF
asylum to political refugees. and seemed
worry clearly to support Mr.. Egan's contention
that 10 safe conduct to neutral territory was n
necessary and acknowledged incident OF tho
asylum.
These refugees have very recently, without
formal safe conduct. but by the acquiescence
OF the Gillian authorities been placed on
toard tho Yorktown. and Are now being con-
vcyed to Callao. Peru. This incident might be
considered wholly closed but for the disre-
spect manifested toward this Government by
tho close and offensive police surveillance OF
tho legation premises which was maintained
during most Of the period OF tho stay OF the
refugees therein.
Attsr the date OF my annual message and up
10 the time OF tho transfer OF the refugees to
tho Yorktown. the legation premises seem to
lave been surrounded by police in uniform
snd police agents or detectives in citizens
drcss. who extensively scrutinized persons en-
terlng or leaving the legation. and. on one or
more occasions. arrested members Of the Min
listers family
THE LEGATION 4 PRISON.
Commander Evans. who. by my direction,
recently visited Mr.. Egan ut Santiago in his
telegram to the Navy Department. described
the legation as veritable prison. and states
that the police agents or detectives wore. after
his arrival. withdrawn during his stay.
Il appears further. from the note OF Mr..
EgRu of Nov 20. 1901, that on one occasion at
least these police agents. whom he declares
10 be known to him. invaded the legation
premises. pounding upon Its windows and
using insulting and threatening language to-
ward persons therein.
This breach OF the right Of Minister to
freedom from police espionage and restraint
seems to have been so fragrant that the
Argentine Minister. who was Dean OF the
Diplomatic Corps. having observed it. felt
called upon to protest against it to the Gillian
Minister 81 Foreign Affairs.
Tho CHILEAN authorities have. as will be OBJ
served from tho correspondence. charged tho
refugees aud tho inmates of the legation
with insulting the police; but II seems TO me
1n0redlblo that men whose lives Wero In