St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-26
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
Synopsis of the Most Recent and
lmDOrtant


WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The Gillian
correspondence, as submitted to con-
gress today, is most voluminous, and
concludes with the more recent COM
munications transmitted, between tue
United States officials and Chill. The
most important of these are Minister
Egan'S telegram OF. Jan. 20 and Seer e.
tary Blalne's dispatch to Mr.. Egan,
dated Jan. 81:
Jan. 20 Mr.. Egai reports by telegraph that
the minister OF foreign affairs had not vet re-
turned an answer in the matter of withdraw
ing Mr. Matta's telegram of Dec. 10. and Jan.
Il telegraphs that the minister promised him.
in an interview on the 18th, to consult with
his colleagues of the cabinet and return his
reply in another interview specially ap-
pointed. He says that this promise has not
yet been discharged. and that the answer is
still withheld.
On the 21st of January Secretary Blaine
telegraphed to Minister Egan as follows
Il am directed by the president to say to you
that he has given careful attention to all that
has been submitted by the government of
Chilli touching the affair of the assault upon
the crew of the United States steamer Balti-
more i'll the city of Valparaiso on the even.
Ing of the 10th of October last, and to the
evidence of the officers and crew of that
vessel. and of some others who witnessed
the ARRAY"
MIR. Blaine here repeats the conclu-
siOns stated by President Harrison in
referring to the ultimatum of the 21st,
and proceeds:
You will assure the government of Chilli
that the president has no disposition to be
eXacting or TO ask anything which this gov
eminent would not under the same circum-
stances. freely concede. He regrets that,
from the beginning, the gravity of the ques-
tons involved has not apparently been ap-
preciated by the government of Chill, and
that an affair in which two american sea-
men were killed and sixteen others seriously
wounded: while only one Gillian was
seriously hurt should not be distinguished
from an ordinary brawl between sailors in
which the provocation is wholly personal
and the participation limited. No self-re-
speeding government can consent that per-
sons i'll its service. whether civil or military,
shall be beaten and killed in a foreign terri
tory, in resentment of acts done by or i'm
puted to their government, without exacting
a suitable reparation. The government of
the United States has freely recognized this
principle and acted upon it when
the injury was done by it's PEG.
pie to one holding an official relation to a
friendly power in resentment of acts done by
the latter. In such case the United States has
not sought for words of the smallest value or
of equivocal meaning in which to convey its
apology, but has condemned such acts in
vigorous terms, and has not refused to make
other adequate reparation. We have given
every opportunity to the government of Chill
to present any explanatory or mitigating
facts, and have due regard to the fact that
the government of Chill was for considera-
ple part of the time that has elapsed since
Oct. 16 upon provisional basis.
l am further directed by the president to
say that his attention has been called to the
note OF instructions sent by Mr. Malta, secre-
tary of foreign affairs, to you under date of
the 18th ult Mr.. Montt very prudently, and
l must suppose from a just sense of the of
fensive nature of the dispatch refrained from
communicating it officially to this, govern.
that Mr.. Montt was directed to
Sive it to the press of this country
and that it was given the widest possible
publicity throughout the world, this govern
nent must take notice of it. You are there
fore directed to say to the Gillian govern
ment that the expressions therein impugning
untruth and insincerity to the president and
to the secretary of the navy Ill their official
communication to the congress of the United
States are in the highest degree offensive to
It's government
Recognizing the usual rules of diplomatic
intercourse and of the respect and courtesy
which should characterize internal relations
(Which he cannot assume are wholly unfa-
miliar to the Gillian foreign otfce). the pres
ident was disposed TO regard the dispatch
referred to as indicating a purpose
diplomatic relations. But in view of the
fact that Mr.. Malta was acting PROFESSIONALLY
and that reorganization of the Chllan cab
lHel WAS ABOUT tO ld.,e pldCP, anu dIlerWaruS,
i'll further view of the expectation that
held of the withdrawal and of a suitable
apology, notice of this grave offense has
been delayed.
am now. however, directed by the pres
ident to say that if the offensive parts of the
dispatch of the 18th of December are not at
once Withdrawn and a suitable apology of
fered, with the same publicity that was given
to the offensive expressions, he will have no
other course open to him except to terminate
diplomatic relations with the government
of Chill.
On the 23d Mr.. Egan telegraphed acknowl-
edging the receipt of Mr.. Blaines telegram
OF the 2lst With regard to his being persona
non-grata Mr. Egan said that at a diplomatic
banquet at the home of the minister of for
eign affairs OH the 10Th inst Prime Minister
Lucp told him. with approbati on of some of
his colleagues and 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
self personally.