The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-26

afternoon the keeper of one house into which
some OF our men had gone, closed the establish
ment Ia anticipation OF the attack which he
ADVISED them would be made upon them as
darkness came on
In the report of Captain Schley to the navy
department, he says: In the only interview
that had with Judge Foster. who wa investi-
eating the case relative to the disturbance be-
lore ne was aware of the entire gravity of the
matter, he informed me the assault upon nv
men was the outcome of hatred for our people
among the lower classes because they thought
we sympatLlsed with Balmaceda'S government
or on account OF the Itata matter, whether with
reason or without, he could of course not
admit, but such he thought was the explanation
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 con.
ceal the fact OF their being Seamen of the Balti-
more and found it then possible to walk the
streets without moleStation''
These incidents conclusively establish that
THE ATTACK WAS UPON THE UNIFORM
of the nationality and not upon the men, The
origin OF inns feeling is probably found in the
refusal or this government to give recognition
TO the congressional party before it had estab-
hshed itself an in the seizure of the Itata for
alleged violation of the neutrality law.
iuto Ine caoie incident and the charge that
ADMIRAL Brown conveyed information to Val
pardlso OF the landing at Quinteros. it is not my
purpose TO enter here any defense of the action
OF lhls government in these matters. 1t is
SHOuhn loI pTGS6uI purposes TO say II 1t was
any preach of International comfy
or DUTY on our part it should have
been made the subject of official com
plant through diplomatic channels or
OF reprlsals for which full responsibility is as
sumed. We cannot consent that these incl
dents and thesr perversions of the truth shall
ne USED TO excite murderous attack upon our
unonendlng sailors and the government of
Chln go acquitte of the responsibility In
TACT the conduct of this government during the
war IN Chlll was on those lines of interna
Ilonal duty which we had so strongly insisted
upon on the part of other nations when this
country was in
THE THRoEs OF CIVIL CONFLICT
We continued our established diplomatic re-
latlons with the government in power until 1t
was overthrown and promptly and cordially
recognized the new government when it was
eStaDIlshe1 The good offices OF this govern
ment were offered TO bring about peaceful ad-
1ustment and the interposition of Egan TO m til
saIe tne severity against and shelter the ad-
herenls OIL the Congressional party was effe l.
ual ana frequent. The charge aga INST ADM al
Brown Is too base to gain credence with any
one who knows his high personal and profes-
slonal character
Recurring to the evidence of orr sailors
thlnN 1t Is shown there were several distinct
assaults and they were nearly simultaneous and
IL Is shown they did not spread from oae point.
Inc press summary of the report of the
procurator fiscal shows the evidence of the
Chlllan offic ais and others is in conflict as TO
tne place OF origin, several places being named
where
Ihe nrst outbreak occurred This, if correctly re-
ported, shows there were several outbreaks
and SO nearly at the same time as to cause this
CONFUSION La PdtFtd in the same issue from
which have already quoted, after descr. bling
the killing OF Riggin, and the fight which from
that ponU EXTENDED to the mole saws: "At the
same Time IN other streets of the port the
Yankee sailors fought fercely with the people
OF the town, who believed they saw in them the
INCARNATE ENEMIES OF THE CHILEAN NAVY,
The testimony of Captain jenkins of the
American merchant ship KeweenaYa which
had gone TO Valparaiso for repairs and who was
a witness OF some part of the assault upon the
Baltimore sailors, Is strongly corroborative
OF the testimony of our own sailors, when he
says he saw the Gillian Sentries drive
odck the seamen seeking shelter from
the mob that was pursuing them
The otncers and men of Captain Jenkins shin
furnish most conclusive testimony as to the in
dignitles practiced towards Americans in Val
paraiso. When American sailors, even of mer-
chant ships, can only secure their safety by de-
nylng their nationality, it must be time TO read
N Is such demonstrations
As 20 the participation of the police the evil
oence OF our sailors shows our men were struck
and beaten by police offlc 5rs before and after
their arrest and that one at least was
DRAGGED WITH LAsso ABOUT HIS NECK
by mounted policeman. That the death of
Rlggin was the result of rife shot fired by n
policeman or soldier on duty is shown directly
by the testimony OF Johnson, in whose arms he
was at the time. and by the evidence of Charles
Iangon, an American sailor not then a membsr
OF the Baltimore's crew, who stoou close by and
saw the transaction The Gillian authorities
do not pretend TO fix the responsibility for this
shot upon any particular person, but avow their
inability 10 ascertain who fired it, further than
that II was fired from the crowd. The character
OF the wound as described by one of the sur
geons OF the Baltimore clearly supports his
opinion that 1t was made by rife ball, the ori
Il hn1pU a m Dnb {,al,
and quarter in W 9TH. When shot the moor
fellow as unconscious and
IN THE ARMS OF A CoMRApE
who was endeavoring to carry him to a neigh
boring drug store for tre atment. The story of
the ponce mat IN coming up the street they
passed those men and left them behind them is
inconsistent with their own statement as to the
direction OF their approach, and with heir duty
to protect them, and is clearly disproyed in
TACT Riggin was not behind but in front of the
advancing force and not standing in the crowd
but was unconscious and supported in the arms
of Johnson when shot.
After summarizing the correspondence
up TO certain point, he says: The communl-
lions OF the Chilian government in relation to
this cruel and disastrous attack upon our men
as VIII appear from the cores Dondence has
not In any degree taken the form OF a manly ex-
preston OF regret, much less apology The
event was of so serious a character that II the
injuries suffered by our men had been wholly
the result of accident in CHILEAN port the Incl.
dent was grave enough TO have called for
SOME PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY
AND REGRET
from the local authorities 1t is not enough to
say the incident is regretted coupled with a
statement the affair is not of an unusual charac
ter IN ports where foreign sailors are accus-
TONED to meet. IL is not for a generous and
sincere government to seek for words of
small or equivocal meaning in which to
convey TO friendly power an apology
Tor an onense so atroclouS as this In the case
OF the assault by mob in New Orleans upon
The Spanish consulate in 1880 Web ter wrote
70 the spanish minister, Calderon, that the acts
complained OF were "a disgraceful and fragrant
breach of duty and propriety'' and that his
government regrets them as deeply as Minis
Ter Calderon or his government could possibly
DO; that these acts have caused the Presi-
dent great pain and he thinks a proper
acknowledgement due to her majesty" He in
Vited the spanish consul to return to his post
guaranteeing protection and offered 10 salute
Inc spanish nag II the consul should come in n
Spanish vessel
such treatment by the government of Chilli
OF this assault would have been more creditable
TO the CHILEAN authorities, and much less can
hardly be satisfactory to government that
values its dignity and honor.
In our note of october 23 last which appears
IN the correspondence. after receiving the re.
port of the board OF officers appointed by Can
tain Schley to investigate the affair. the Chi.
Ian government was advised of the asnert
which 1t then assumed and called upon for any
facts IN Its possession that might tend TO modi-
~ the uniavorable Impressions which our re
port had created. 1t Is very clear from the
correspondence that before the receipt of this
note the examination was regarded nv the no
lice authorities as practically closed 1t was
however, reopened and protracted through
period of nearly three months. We might lust
ly have
COMPLAINED OF THIS UNREASONABLE DELAY.
but in view of the fact that the government of
Chill was still provisional and with a disposition
to be forbearing and hopeful of a friendly ter
mination, have awaited the report which has
but recently been ma ie. On the list inst
caused 10 be communicated to the government
the conclusions OF this government after fnII
consideration OF all the evidence and every
suggestion affecting this matter and to these