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


seyen pcnknives bcinR found In tho possession
Of tho men arrested. while there wore received
sy our mc that thd s n ts %ac
and almost every confused wound WAS on tlie
back Of tho head, The EVIDENCE Of the, shin 8
Of tho mon were taken from them before leav-
Ss to the brutal nature Of tho treatment re-
tho account given Of the affair by the Ia rah,ia
newspaper Of VALPARAISO. OF Oct IL cannot be
Tho Yankees. as soon as, the!r, ,pura,ueers
gave chase. wont BY way q the Gale dol ar
whom we're some sailors, the North Americans
took scats In tho street car to ESCAPE from the
S XII was Believed for an instant that the North
Americans had saved themselves from popular
fury but saeh gs ss not the case ovs whom
progress. Under these 'circum stances. shd
Ttss any n stSnss az Hs
s!sk .! the situation to the Vehicle. ordered
AT The. instant the sailors left the car. in
the midst Of hail OF stones. tho said con.
dactSr blow on hS hsaa s
the direction Of the Plaza Wfhssiriaht. Iut the
other was felled to the Eronn,d, l by stone
whore he lay. no staggered in an opposite d.
reGtion from the station In front Of the hnse
OF benOr MQHZlnl ne was again WCunuSus lullluk
No amount Of evasion or snbterfuGe is able
TO cloud our clear vision Of this brutal work;
the. American sailors arrested. aitor IN, OK
amination. were. during the four DAYS follow.
Ing the priest every one discharged, no , GnnrGe
OF any breach OF the peace or other crminal
conduct having been sustained against sin-
aaso aa S% asss 81 S s St s ns
despatch from this Government Of the follow,
ing day. which aroused the authorities of Chill
says: "Havingtpresided Temporarily over this
court court IN regard to the seamen OF tho United
states % 1 wb
took place." &c.
OUR MEN INDICATED.
The noticeable point here is that our sailors
haa bssn tea 6rs oct - ana df no
quite CHARACTERISTIC Of the management, OF
s f s the e" Ill nypssS d0 s
Davidson Of the baltimore has been included
In the indictment. his offence being. 50 far as
to defend u shipmate against an assnilant who
was striking at him with knife The perfect
yindisaton Of or is furnished by this
Of criminal fault, and that for an act clearly
affair thu the ssrt madS By is sS
killed Is only three minutes walk from the no-
lance from the lntendencia. and yet accord
ing to their official report, u full half hour
s,apsod after tte assault began before the po-
It has been stated that, all but two of our
have said that the police did their Duty
II such statement was procured from our
men 1t was ACCOMPLISHED by requiring them to
sgn writing in they did net nn
a mere declaration that they had taken no part
in the disturbance. Lieut. McCrea. who acted
our sailors wero examined before the court
carefully avoided that he reported the fact to
Capt. Schley on his return to the vessel.
AN1NosITY TOWARD OUR SAILORS.
toward our sailors in, tho minds of sailors in
the Chilian navy. and Of tho populace of Val
paraiso. arc SO abundant and various as to
examine the paper submitted.
Il manifested itself in threatening and in.
te in ny
which they greeted every appearance Of an
Capt Schley reports that Eoats from tho Chill
ian warships several times went out Of their
course to cross the bows Of his boats. compel;
@ eena wss mar ~ YIN heer ranE
is shown by an incident related by Surgeon
After the battle q Placilla he with other
woundei in the hospitals fhe SON Of chian
army officer of high rank was under bis care.
when tine shr ne few int
son die than have Americans touch him. and
at once had him removed from the ward.
spatehes OF the Foreign oilice. and had quite ito
open expression in the disrespectful treatment
OF the American Legation. The CHILEAN boat
Of money. to return our sailors. who crowded
the Mole. to their ship when they were endeav-
oring to escape from the city ON the night of
EvANs's GIG STONED.
The market boats Of the Baltimore were
threatened, and even quite recently the gig OF
stoned while waiting for him at tho Mole,
The evidence OF our sailors clearly shows
the int K vas bsd by GhaH
the afternoon; the keeper OF one house. into
establishment in anticipation of tho attack.
which he advised them would be made upon
T ep Of Gep schsS to the Navy De-
partment he saws:
!" In the only Interview that had with Judge
TO the, disturbance. before he was aware o, Of
the entire gravity OF the matter. he informed
me that the assault upon my men was the out
lower classes. because they thought we had
svmpathiZed with tho Baimaceda Government
on account OF the ltata matter. whether with
reason. or without. he could not. OF course
admit but such. he thought. was the cy-
PLANTATION Of the assault at that time"
Several OF our men sought security from the
mob by such complete or partial changes in
their dress as would conceal the fact Of their
then possible to walk tho streets without
molestation.
WHAT THESE INCIDENTS PROVE.
These incidents concusively establish that
tho attack was upon tho uniform, lilo
nationality, and notsupon tho men. The origin
OF this feeling Is probably found in the re-
iusal OF this Government to give recognition
to the Congressional pnrty before It had
established Itself. in the seizure of the Itata
for an alleged violation Of tho, neutrality law
Admiral Brown conveyed information to
Valparaiso Of tho landing mt Quintero.
1t Is not my purpose to enter here any do
fence OF the action OF this Government in these
matters. 1t 10 enough for the present purpose
t.. say that II there was any breach OF inter-
national comfy or duty on our part 1t should
have been made the subject OF official COM
plant through diplomatic channels or OF re-
nrlsnlS Tor which full responsibility was as
sumod.
those .pcrversions Of the truth shall DO used
to excite murderous, attack upon our unof-
go acquitted Of responsibility. In fnct. the
conduct OF this Government during tho war in
Chill pursued those lines Of International duty
which we had 80 strongly insisted upon on the
part Of other nations when this country was in
the thrOea OF active conflict.