Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-10
DIPLOMATIC DIFFERENCES.
Boring Sea Negotiations Not Proceeding
with the Desired smoothness.
RESUME OF THE GILLIAN DIFFICULTY.
Report of the Chiiian Inquiry Does not
Correspond with Facts Cleaned from
Recent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
New Light ON the AHiir.

WasHINGroS. ID. e., Jan. A-The Boring
sea negotiations arc not proceeding with that
smoothness which would encourage tho
belief that before the next sealing season
opens the rights Of the United states in the
NORTHERN ocean viii be clearly defined. NO
real obstacles have recently b2Jn interposed,
but this government is struggling with poor
success to disturb the inertia Of the British
government and secure some forward move
mcnt on It's part toward a beginning of the
long expected arbitration. 1t is two months
now since the last definite proposals on this
subject were exchanged. Secretary Blaine
has so far yielded to Minister SIliSbury's re-
quest as to consent to the reference Of the
question under contention to q tribunal
composed of seven persons. One of these
arDitrators was to represent Canada, oae
Great Britain, two the United States and the
remaining three were to be selected from
other nations. Up TO this point everything
had progressed smoothly and uninterru ptedly,
but when it same to an agreement upon the
three neutral arbitrators there was a hitch.
Great Britain could not be induced to
submit any names Of persons who would
be acceptable to her, and has not up
10 this time. Unless Lord Salisbury gives
his attention to the negotiations, the pros
poets are favorable to a renewal OF the modus
vivendi, with all Of It's harassing features,
which was in force last season, for it is not
probable that a rupture will occur between
Great Britain ana the United States on u
matter so unimportant as the personality of
the arbitrator.
ChiIinn Matters.
There can be no doubt of the fact that the
administration received with disappointment
the dispatch yesterday from Senior Pereira,
tina CHILEAN minister of foreign affairs,
through Minister Montt. 1T was q repeti-
finn inf tho HpnlpuS nT tho t'hilinn jnnIpill
official, corresponding with tho district at
torney IN our legal practice, instead OF a
statement that might be regarded as an
apology for tho attack ON the crew of the
Baltimore. The length to which the pro-
~ccedings have dragged along In Chilli and the
statement made to Secretary Blaine by
Minister Montt, that only links remained to
be added TO the long chain OF legal fornali-
ties in the shape of a trial before the
judge of crimes upon the indictment,
naturally had an irritating effect
upon the administration, which had
postponed further communication with con-
gress upon the hope that a satisfactory un-
Outstanding would be reached in a short
time. Upon further consideration, however,,
it appears that the dispatch marks q tangible
advancement toward the desired object. In
the first place, the tone of the dis patch Is
much more friendly ana conciiiatory than
that which characterized some of the prece0-
ing communications from the Chllian govern
q ment. Minister MlaJta, Professionally IN charge
u OF the foreign affairs of Chill, in his reply
ITO Minister Egan, October Goth last, spoke
OF the attack on the Baltimore men as an
affair and rs 1.-The disorders in Valparaiso
Senior Pereira, the PRESENT minister, regret
fully speaks Of 'the deplorable lncident' and
the 'unfortunato incident" AS the pro-
ceedings so far in Valparaiso have resulted
only in indictments against Offenders, it is
hardly to be presumed that the Chilian
government, after the stand it has taken. can
be expected to make an apology and promise
PREPARATION to the United States until the
trial shall have taken placo and the nriSOn-
ers are convicted of the numerous assault.
Fair Grounds to Expect nm Apology.
Minister Months statements warrant the
assumption that the trial is to begin immedi-
ately and if it is clearly apparent that the
regular processes of CHILEAN law are being
carried forward with proper expedition ana
that there Is fair ground to expect an apology
the United States government will doubtless
continue to await the result for a reasonable
length of time.
Minister Montt characterizes as absurd the
statement coming from Vallejo, Cal, that
Davidson, one of the Baltimore's sailors,
was tried and convicted in Chill without his
knowledge or that of tho officers of the YES
sci. Minister Pereira's dispatch of yester-
day supports Minister Months statement on
this point, for it shows that Davidson was in
dicted, but that he had not been tried.
1t is entirely improbable that he will ever
be tried in Chilli for r'oting, as it is not to be
supposed that he would be surrendered 10 the
} legal authorities OF that country even should
buey US 81 pEcSuuIptuouS as L ueIuduu us
surrender.
A grave disparity is to be noted between
the findings OF the Chllian district attorney
aud the testimony collected from the Balti-
more people concerning the attack on them.
The reports of the medical officers of the YES
sci have reached the Navy department..
Medical Inspector Cook, reporting on Rig.
GINS death, says: 'After receiving several
wounds not necessarily fatal, he was wounded
by q rifle ball which, in its course, wounded
the iugular vein. Some of the wounds were
inflicted postmortem. There is good evil
dence, according to reliable testimony, that
the liberty party from the ship, consisting of
ITO men, were assaulted in at least six
different localities, nearly simultaneously.
The attack was apparently premeditated.'
Case of Coal HEAVIER Turnbuil.
In the case of Coal HEAVIER Turnbull the
inspector says. "He died from pytrmla,
following an incised wound penetrating the
left lung. after he was taken to the hospital.
He was first knocked down by a blow on the
head with a stone aud cut while lying UNI
conscious. He was arrested and taken uucon-
scious to a prison ward. The wound pene-
trated the pleura and lung. He received one
or two other stab wounds in the posterior.
1t was impossible for the medical officers of
The ship TO secure proper attention for him.
and attendance was entirely lacking at night.
The police, although appealed TO, would not
permit him to be removed to another ward.
Finally, when IL was represented that Turn
bull would probably die, he and four others
OF our wounded men were liberated and
were taken aboard the ship. Turnbull died
October %. This attack was apparently
premeditated and inspired by hostility which
u portion of the Chilian people entertain
toward Americans"
The medical officers report says that Rig
gin was killed by a rifle ball; that other men
received bayonet wounds; Turnbull was
stabbed nineteen or twenty times In the
back while lying unconscious on his face,
and that Higgins body was stabbed after
death. TO reconcile these statements with
those made by the Gillian minister will be a
difficult task, but possibly the investigation
now being conducted by Judge Advocate
General ltemy at San Francisco win throw
a clearer light upon the subject.
DISCUSSING THE LIEN LAW.