The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-26

diplomatic corps (the Argentine Minister)
and the promise that only uniformed po-
lice should be maintained about the Lo-
CATION promise which he says was
complied with only in part
January Mr. Blaine asked If what
was personally offensive to the President
and other officers OF the United States in
the Malta circular would be withdrawn,
whether the refugees would receive safe
conduct and whether the Legation was
under surveillance. Mr. Egan reported
on the 18th that the absence of the
President at Valparaiso made it impossi-
bic to obtain an immediate answer to
the first question, that he had verbal
permission for the refugees TO leave the
country and that the Legation was free
from surveillance. An early reply to
the first question was promised.
The UItimatum.
On the 21st inst, Secretary Blaine sent
the following telegram to Mr.. Egan:
am directed by the President to say
to you that he has given careful atten-
tion to all that has been submitted by
the government of Chill touching the
affair of the assault upon the crew of the
U. S. s. Baltimore, and to the evidence
of the officers and crew OF that vessel
!
affray, and that his conclusions upon th0
whole case are as follows:
First-That the assault is not relieved
of the aspect which the early information
of the event gave to it, viz: That of an
attack upon the uniform of the U. S.
Navy, having it's origin and motive in 4
feeling of hostility to this Government
and not in any act of the sailors of any
OF them
Second-That the public authorities at
| Valparaiso fagrantly failed in their duty
! to protect our men, and that some of
/ the police and of the Chilian soldiers and
| sailors were themselves guilty of unpro-
! voked assaults upon our sailors before
and after arrest
Third-That he is therefor compelled
to bring the case back to the position
taken by this Government in the note of
Mr.. Wharton of October 21st last "a copy
of which you will deliver with this, and
I to ask for suitable apology and for
| some adequate reparation for the injury
! done to this Government.
You will assure the government of
/ Chill that the President has no DISPOSE
tion to be eXacting, or to ask anything
] which this government would not, under
the same circumstances, freely concede.
! No self-respecting government can con-
! sent that persons in it's service, whether
civil or military, shall be beaten and
| killed in foreign territory in resent
ment of acts done by or imputed to their
| government without exacting suitable
reparation.
On the 23d, Mr.. Egan telegraphed ac-
! knowledging the receipt of Mr.. Blaine S
telegram of the 2lst.
The translation of a telegram from
Pereira, Minister of Foreign Affairs ia
Montt, left at the Department on the
18th, is as follows "Commandant OF
Yorktown notified naval commandant
that he was going to send by mail
steamer the refugees he has on board.
Having asked instructions, the naval
commandant replied to him that the
| government did not give safe conduct to
the refugees. They will understend the
contingencies to which they are exposed
by embarking in merchant vessels or in
mail steamers" "
According to the above, Senior Montt
presented no dispatches from his govern
1nent about Withdrawing the Malta tele
gram, as indicated in the message of Mr.
Egan Jan. l6
Request for Egan's Recall.
With regard to his being persona non
grata, Mr. Egan said that at a diplo
matte banquet at the home of the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs on the 18th inst.
Prime Minister Luco told him, with ap
probation of some of his colleagues, anC
in the presence of the English Minister
and Spanish Minister, that the present
Cabinet entertained most cordial feelings
for the United States, and for him per
sonally.
In the aftegnoon of January 21st
Senior Montt delivered to Mr.. Blaine s
note from the Chilian Government ask
ing for the withdrawal of Minister Egan
"The desire of the Government Of
Chilli to draw closer its relation witt
that of the United States is its motive
for taking this step, " the note concludes
The last communication is from Seno
Montt to Secretary Blaine, of the 23I
inst, inclosing the testimony of sailol
John NJ. Talbot, taken at Valparaiso
which Senior Montt declares to have beer
very different from the state of facts h.
testified to at the hearing at Vallejo
talbot was higgins immediate compan
ion when the latter received his deatl
wound.
The Naval Correspondence.
The correspondence furnished by th
Navy Department includes the full re
port of the inquiry at Vallejo, Cal, re
garding the Baltimore affair, severa
letters from Admirals McCann ant
Brown, all showing the hostility enter
tanned by the Chilians towards Ameri
cans; messages from Capt Schley, giyinl
bie ,5arsion Of the incideuts that have oc