The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Uncle Sans Demands.

Uncle Sans Demands.
Chilli must apologize or fight. That Is, In
brief the declaration of President Harrison,
whose long promised message. with the mass
of correspondence bearing upon he issues tn-
volyed, has been submitted 10 Congress. The
ultirsstunI, which wes made public, points dis
tinctiy TO a resort 10 arms unl5ss nm apology
for hcouing The capital now rings with talk
OF bloody war. Battles OIL the seas and bloody
confiic on lillian soil are thought to be clio
at hand. And everybody enjoys the prospect OF
the just chastisein mt OF the south American
bantam that for months past has dared TO Dap
It's wings In the face OF your forbearng Uncle
Sam.
Speaker Crisp called the House to order,
struck the desk and the bdslness OF tho y be-
gan with the usual prayer from The blind chap
lain. who, despite the war rumors, made no
reference TO them In the exp ota ton OF listen
Ing to the lillian correspondence and the
fresldents message large crowd filled the
galleries 10 Cverii ~ ing.
Private Secretary Pruden. with large bundle
under his arm pushed the doors aside and en-
tered the House. Speaker Crisp at once sus-
pended the call Of States Tor the Introduction OF
bills and nodded To the Presidents private sec
Rotary. The latter made the usual announce
ment that he bore message OF the President,
and handed the armful consisting OF the mes
sage ana correspondence, TO the doorkeeper,
VINO carried the heavy load to the speaker. Ihe
babble Of tongues. which hal been 80 loud as to
drown the voice OF the clerk, ceased. hush
fell upon the House, aud amid stiffness which
gould not have been greater had tho hi : chan
Dor been empty, the clork began to road. The
reading OF the precious document. printed IN
pamphlet form, was listened u with rapt at
tention.
THE MEssAo SUBMITTED.
10 the Senate and House OF Repre=en atives:
In my annual message, delivered To Congress
% the beginning OF the pre- eDt session, after a
brief statement OF the facts then in the pos
session Of this Government touching the as saut
In the streets Of Valparaiso, Chill, upon the
sailors OF the United stdtes steamship Bal l.
more on the evening OF tho 18th OF October last,
said:
.This Government is now awaiting the result
pf an investigation which has beeD conducted
~ tho Criminal Court at Valparaiso, IL is re-
ported unon. cially that the investigation is
About completed and it is expected that the
result Will be communicated TO this Govern
ment, together " ith some adequate and salts
factory re ponse to the note by which the at
tention OF Chill was called to this incident. IL
these Just expectations should be disappoint-
cd or further Leeuless delay intervenes Will,
by special message, bring this matter again
70 the attention OF Congress Tor such action as
may be necessary"
should lay before the Congress and the country
the correspondence between this Government
and the Government OF hill. from the time of
the breaking out OF the revolution against Bal
maceda, together wit all other facts In
tho possession OF the Executive Depart
mont relating 10 this matter The diplo-
matfo correspon ence Is herewith trans
United, together With some correspond
once between the naval officers fer the
time In commend In lillian waters aud the
Secretary OF the Navy, and also the evidence
taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard since the
arrival of tho Baltimore at san Francisco. l
do not deem 1t necessary In this communication
TO attempt any full analysis OF the correspond
ence or or the evidence. A brief restatement of
the international questions involved and OF the
reasons why the responses OF the Gillian
Cove nment are unsatisfactory IL ali that
deem necessary.
1t may DO VOL at the outset to say that what
ever may have'been said in this country or in
Chill In criticism OF MIR. Egan, our Minister at
Santiago, the truo history Of this exciting pc
Rod In CHILEAN affairs from the outbreak OF the
revolution until this time, discoses no act on
the part OF Egan unworthy of his position
that could Justly LIE The occasion of serious an
tmadyersions or critic san. lie has, think, on
the whole, borne hims elf. in very trying circum-
stances, with dignity, discretion and courage,
and has conducted the correspondence with
ability. courtesy and fairness.
1t Ia worth while also at the beginning TO say
that the right OF Mr.. Egan to give shelter in the
legation to certain adherents OF tho Balmace
Government who applied to him for asylum.
has not been denied by the CHILEAN authorities,
nor has any deu aud been made for the surren-
der OF these refugees. That there was urgent
need of aylum Is shown by Mr.. Egans note of
August "a, 1891, describing the disorders That
prevailed in Santiago, and by the evidence OF
that prevailed at Valparaiso. The corre-
spondence discloses, however. that the request
OF Mr. Egan for n safe conduct from the co n
try in ehalf OF these refugees, VAS denied.
The precedents cited by him In the correspond
ence particularly the case OF the revolution In
Peru In 1865. dt 4 not leave the Cnilian Govern
u
asylum to political refugees and seems very
clearly to support Mr.. Egans contention that
safe conduct to neutral territory was necessary
and acknowledged incident Of the asylum.
formal safe conduct but by the acqui-
escence of the lillian authorities, been
placed on board the Yorktown and are now be-
Ing conveyed 10 Callao. Peru. This incident
might be considered wholly closed. but for the
disrespect manifested toward this Government
by the close and offensive police surveillance of
n fQeQ W fat al
during most OF the period OF the stay OF the
refugees therein. After the date OF myannual mes
fugees to the Yorktown. the legation
promises seem to have been surround
cd by police IA uniform, and police
agents or detectives In citizens dress, who
Extensively scrutinized persons entering or
leaving the legation, and, on one or more
casions, arrested members OF the Minister'S
rection recently visited Mr.. Egan at Santiago,
In his telegram to the Navy Department. de-
scribed the legation as -verltable prison, and
states that the police agents or detectives we're,
appears further from the note OF Mr.. Egan, of
Nov. 90 1891. that on one occasion at
i declare. these police agents w b% he
yaded the legation premises, pounding on
It's windows and using insulting and threaten
ing g So pS therein This
from police espionage and restraint seems to
have been so fiagranI that the Argentine Minis
Ter, VINO was Dean OF the diplomatic Corps,
having observed It, felt called upon to protest
against 1t 10 the CHILEAN Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The CHILEAN authorities have, as
will be observed from the correspond
snce, charged the refugees and the In
mates of the legation with insulting the
police but IL seems to me incredible that men
whose lives were I'm jeopardy and whose safety
could only be secured by retirement and quiet
ness should have sought to provoke collision
which could end only In their destruction, or to
aggravate their condition by intensifying q
popular feeling that, at one time, so threatened
the legation as to require Mr.. Egan to appeal
TO the Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
But the most serious incident disclosed by
the correspondence Is that of the attack on the
sailors of the Baltimore In the streets of VAL
pAraiso on the 10Th OF October last. In my last
annual message, speaking upon tho informa-
ton then In my possession, 1 said: $50 far as
have yet been able to learn no other explana-
ton Of this bloody work has becn suggested
than that IL had its origin in hostility to these
mon as sailors of thu United States wearing the
uniform of their Government. and not In any
Individual act or personal animosity.'
We have now received from the CHILEAN Gov
eminent an abstract of tho conclusions Of
the Fiscal General upon tho testimony taken
by tho Judge of Crimes In an Investigation
which was made to extend over nearly
three months. I very much regret TO be
compelled to say that this report does not
auable me to modify the conclusion an.