The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-14
THE QUINTERos INCIDENT.

In answer to question: regarding
the report which he has handed to
the Government, the Admiral said
that it was chiefly about the so-called
QuinterOs incident.
'I sailed in the San Francisco to
Quinteros," he continued, sin con-
Torrance with line of action ar
ranged by the Government in WASH
ingtOn. Quinteros is a small place
about eighteen miles from Valpa-
raise. It was understood in the latter
city q week before that battle would
be fought in few days. / was in
daily communication by cable with
Washington, and the Governments
desire was that I should watch with
the closest scrutiny every movement
on either side.
DIN consequence had to be on the
alert and at the seat of action. When
the report came that the revolution
lists had landed at Quinteros 1 went
there at once, saw that it was true,
and returned to Valparaiso to watch
the result. When | arrived there it
was about SPIN. of the same day,
and the news was already there and
had been discussed for seven hours in
the streets.n
"How about the Baltimore's sailors,
Admiral?n was the next question.
"Of that matter I can say little"
he replied, "for I was not there at the
time of the occurrence. Captain
SchIey is vigorous and just. The
promptness with which he secured
the release of the Baltimore's sailors
after their seizure deserves the high
est commentator. He has laid all
the facts of the case before the State
Department in Washington, and you
may be sure that his report is the re-
suit of most thorough Investigation.
In judding of the affair, it must be
remembered, however; that Chile has
Just come out of a fierce conflict, and
that street brawls and lawlessness in
certain quarters of a city stirred to its
depths by excitement and contention,
as was Valparaiso, are not unnatural.
I am sure that our Governments
policy throughout the matter is
one of moderation, and, yet of the
firmness which was necessary.
ANIMosITY OF THE ENGLISH PRESS.
ssThe tone of the English news
papers, in their cable dispatches and
editorials, has been filled with the
same luminosity to the United States
which was displayed against Minister
Egan. He was an Irishman, and has
been as patriotic toward Ireland as he
is now toward his adopted country.
One English paper said, in speaking
of him as former English subject,
that as he had been a traitor to Eng
land, it was natural that he should be
disloyal to America.
stNow, how silly all that is! Ire
land, not England, is Egan's country;
and in fighting England when he
was a young man Egan was
only proving himself faithful to
the land of his birth. / have yet to
find a true Irishn1an who speaks OF
himself or his country as belonging
body and soul to England. From
Patrick Henry down, Irishmen have
proved to be foremost in their loyalty
to their adaptive country, the United
States, and think Egan is one OF
their best specimens"
The Admiral then spoke in the
highest terms of Consul General Nc
Crary, who comes from Michigan and
fought bravely through the late civil
war on the Northern side. He is
stationed at Valparaiso, and the Adj
miral says that he is one of the most
brilliant diplomats he ever met,
worthy of far more exalted position
| than he holds at present.
ITO be continued.)