The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-05
THE APOLOGY AMPLE.
Supplemental Message From the President
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| supplemental Message From the President
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 29-The president
yesterday transmitted to congress the
additional correspondence in the
Gillian matter, together with the follow
ing brief message:
To the senate and house of representatives:
1 transmit herewith additional correspondent
| between this government and the government
| Of Chilli. consisting of note Of Mr.. Mont,
| the Gillian minister at this capital, I'd
Mr.. Blaine. dated January 3: a reply O.
Mr.. Blaine thereto. January =, and
q dispatch from Mr. Egan. our minister at San
| tago. transmitting the response OF Mr. PeT.era-
the Gillian minister Of foreign affairs. TO TIE
note Of Mr.. Blaine Of January 81. which wasf8
ceived by me On the 18th inst. The note of NJ.
| MOntt to Mr.. Blaine, though dated January
/ .. was not delivered at the state depart.
ment until after II O'Clock meridian Of the
| s5th and was not translated and its receipt
! notified 10 me until late in the afternoon of
! that day. The response Of Mr.. Periera to our
| note OF the 2lst withdraws. with acceptable
| expressions Of regret, the offensive note Of Mr..
Malta Of the 18th ult, and also the request
4, fer the recall Of Mr. Egan. The treatment Of the
! Incident Of the assault up5n the sailors Of
/ the Baltimore is so eOnciliatory and friendly
that 1 am OF the opinion that there is good
prospect that the differences coming out Of that
! serious affair can now be adjusted upon terms
satisfactory TO this government by the usual
methods and without special Iower from con
| gress.
This turn In the affairs is very gratifying TO
/ me, as am sure il will be 10 congress and 10
| our people The general support of the efforts
Of the executive 10 enforce the just right Of the
nation in this matter has given an instructive
and useful illustration Of the unity and patriot
/ ism os our people. Should il be necessary will
/ again communicate with congress upon the sub
| Jet BENJAMIN HARRISON.
The following is the telegram from
Minister Egan received by Mr.. Blaine
| last Tuesday:
SANTIAGO, Chilli Jan. - 1892 TO Blaine,
Washington: ! have to-day received the follow
/ ing reply 10 my note of the I'D instant:
Sir-The undersigned had the honor 10 re-
ceive your excellency's communication dated
22d instant. received in this department I'D.
/ and the only duly authenticated copies Of
| the instructions which the honorable sec
/ Rotary OF state of Washington has sent
/ to your excellency by cable under dates OF the
I 2lst instant and the 21d Of October, 1891. In
/ the instructions Of the 2lst the honorable sec
rotary Of state informs your excellency that his
excellency, Mr.. Harrison. after examining
/ carefully all that had been submitted
/ TO him by the government Of Chilli,
/ with respect TO the event which occurred in
| Valparaiso on the eve OF the 10Th of October.
and taking into consideration the testimony Oi
the officers and crew Of the vessel. the Balti-
/ more. and others who witnessed the affair, has
\ arrived at the conclusion:
! First, that, with regard to the assault. there
4 has been no change whatever made in the char
acter given 10 IL by the first report Of the event
/ to-wit. That IL was an attack upon the uniform
Of the navy Of the United States. which had its
I origin and motive in feeling Of hostility to
4 wards that government and not in any act of
the individual sailors belonging TO it.
Second, that the authorities Of Valparaiso
evidently did not do their duty in protecting
| these sailors and that part Of the police and
some Of the Chilians soldiers and sailors
rendered themselves guilty Of unprovoked as
sault on the sailors Of the United States before
and after the latter were arrested, and that he
| believed Riggin was killed by the police or the
soldiers.
Third. that he Il consequently compelled TO
carry the question back 10 tia state in which il
was placed by the note Of Hon. Mr Wharton,
dated October ~ and TO ask for suitable salts
faction and some adequate reparation for the
7 injury done the government Of the United
States.
The demands Of Secretary Blaine are
then summed up at some length,
and Mr.. Pereira, Gillian minister
of foreign affairs, states the regret
with which the Gillian government
sees the United States continue to re-
gard the incident of October Is as an
attack caused by hostile feeling to-
wards the United States He says that
unfortunate occurrence took place on a
sudden. He admits the incident was of
greater gravity than usual: that the
preliminary examination into the
attack on the Baltimore's men
was commenced on the morning
following the night of the conflict. but
the investigation could not be finished
with the rapidity the Gillian govern
ment desired because the rules of
criminal procedure in Chilli are slow;
that Chill is willing that the case be
submitted to the supreme court at
Washington. He also states that his
government sent force TO the scene of
the conflict without delav; that it was
stated to the interpreter of the Balti
more that the object of the police in ar
resting the crew OF the ship was to
protect them from any attack by ex-
cited people. Mr.. Pereira then recalls
the circumstance that his government
has, through its minister at Washing
ton, expressed the desire to submit any
misunderstanding to arbitration by any
power.
As for the dispatch addressed under
date of December II to the Gillian
minister in Washington by the minis
ter of foreign relations OF the pro-
visional government Mr.. Pereira sub
mits that there should not be on the
government of Chilli a purpose to in
flict any offense upon the government
of the United States, with whici. it de-
sires ever to cultivate the most friendly
relations and he deplores that in that
telegram there was employed, through
an error of Judgment expressions
which are offensive in the judgment OF
your government
Mr.. Pereira then concludes as fol-
lows:
The government Of Chilli eherishes the convic-
ton that the relations with the government
should be sincerely and cordially maintained
under the shelter OF that mutual respect and
that good understanding which are based upon
the Just and equitable appreciation Of the
facts and OF its appreciation 10 be given tbs
Spontaneous declarations made on either side
The undersigned moreover declares that in
presenting its explanation his government finds