The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-26
THE malta CIRCUL AR.
The President and Navy Department Il
suited by the Note.

The President and Navy Department In
suited by the Note.
WASHINGTON Jan. 25.-The text of the
offensive note by Minister Malta is as fol-.
lows: Having read the portion of the
the message of the presiden4 of the United
States, think proper to inform you that
the statements on which both report and
message are based are erroneous and de-
liberately incorrect. With respect to the
persons to whom an asylum has been
granted, they have never been threatened
with cruel treatment, nor has it been
sought to remove them from the legation.
nor has their surrender been asked for.
pienipotentiary, notwithstanding indiscre-
tions and deliberate p!ovocations, been
subjected to any ofrense, as is proved by the
eleven notes Of September, October and
November. With respect to the seamen of
the Baltimore, there is, moreover. no exact
Washington. The occurrence took place in
a bad neighborhood of the city, the main
top of Valparaiso. and among people who
are not models of discretion and temper
anoe. When the police and other forces
interfered and Gained the tumult. there
were already several hundred people on the
ground and it was ten squares or more
from the place where it had begun. Mr..
Egan sent, on the 26th of October note
that was aggressive in purpose and virulent
i'll language, US is seen by the copy, and the
note written in reply, the 25th On the
18th the preliminary examination had al
ready been commenced. 1t had been de-
laved, owing to the non-appearance of the
officers of the Baltimore and owing to the
undue pretensions and refusals of Mr.
Egan himself. No provocation has ever
been accepted or instituted by the depart
ment. Its attitude, while it has ever been
one of tirmness and prudence, has not been
one Of aggressiveness, nor will it ever be
one Of humiliation. whatever may be or has
been said at Washington by those who are
Interested in justifying their conduct, or
who are blinded by erroneous views.
The kilograms. notes and letters which
have been sent to you contain the truth, the
whole truth in connection with what has
taken place in these matters, and those in
which ill-will and the consequent words
and pretensions have not emanated from
this department. Mr.. Tracy and Mr.. Har-
rison have been led into error in regard to
our people and government. The lnstruc-
friendship have not been complied with.
neither now nor before. If official COM
plant has been made against the minister
and tho naval officers, it is because the
facts, public and notorious both in Chilli
and the United States, could not, although
confidential agents. Proof of this is fur
nished by the demands of the Baltimore
and ths concessions made in June and
July. the whole Itata case, the conduct of
the San Francisco at Quinteros, and the
cable companies.
1.-The statement thatNorth American sea-
men were attacked in various localitius at
the same time is deliberately incorrect. As
the Observation-Disclosures is not yet con-
cluded, it is not yet known who and how
many the guilty parties ure. You no doubt
nave the note of Nov. $. written in reply to
Minister Egan, in which I request him to
furnish testimony, which he would not
give, although he said he had evidence
showing who the murderer was and who the
other guilty parties of the 10th of October
were. That and all the other notes will be
published here. You will publish trans
lation of them in the United States. Deny
i'll the meantime everything that does not
agree with these statements, being assured
of their exactness, az we are of the right.
the dignity aud the final success of Chill.
Notwithstanding the intrigues that proceed
from so low q source and the threats which
come from so high source"