Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-26
HARRISON SPEAKS.
The Message Of the President
Concerning Chile.
THE NATTER LAID BEFORE
THE NATION.
Review Of the Incld'a's that LED 10
Tie Present Critical Condl'
ton Of Affairs.
,ur PRESIDENT GIVES HIS VIEWS
or THE SITUATION.
7st PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
wAsnrSo1oS, Jan. e5.

! WAsiiISoIoS, Jan. %.
=, tl,e Senate and House OF Repre-
4 mnlAtivcs:
In my annual message delivered 10
/ r,petes- Mt the beginning OF the pres.
mi session, after brief stnlomvni OF
M facts then In posse ssion Of this gov
,,5ment touching the assaults In the
rr,rts u Valparaiso, Chile, upon the
,lIdrs OF the United States steamship
Bsl,imore," un tho evening OF tho
I'm OF October last, l said:
arhls government II now awaiting
M t8nlt OF the investigation which
/, row being conducted by the Grim
1al court NJ valparaiso. 10 " report
Il utoflclally that the investigation
stl1ut completed, and II IL expected
| tal the result will soon be communi-
add 10 this government, together
ain. some adequate and sntisiactory
rsronsc 10 the u0tc by which the
Attention OF Chile was called TO this
naieut. II these just expectations
,boud DO disappointed, or further
ttciles delay Intervene, ] VIII, by
rec.a message, bring this matter
trlln 10 the attention Of COugrUss for
,g,h action ~ may be necessary"
IN my opinion the timo has now
COMO whom 1 should lay before Con-
res aud tho country the correspond
/ 4ce between this government aud
ne government OF Chile, from the
| tine VI tho breaking out OF the rovoiu-
ton against BRlmaceda, together with
an other facts IN possession Of the tAe-
|uliye department relating 10 this mat
ttrf. The diplomatic correspondence Is
fhefevlth transmitted, together with
slme correspondence between the
naval officers for time IN command
I ~ Chilean waters and the secretary of
1 tie navy. and also the evidence taken
/ at Mare leland navy yard since the
arrival d the "Baltlnlore" ~ San
n Francisco,
II so FULL ASALYsis.
4, no. deem u necessary In this
communication TO attempt any full
analysis " the correspondence or OF
iAeevlIunee. A brief re-ftatemont Of
the International questions involved
and the lessons why the responses OF
The Chilean government nru unsatis-
factory, j. all deem necessary.
4 may be well ut the outset TO say
that, whatever may have been said In
ihs country or Chile In criticism OF
Lg,n, cur minister at Santiago, the
itur story 81 this exciting period In
chilean ailsir., from the outbreak OF
tar revolution until this timc, dis
ucus no action on the part Of Egan
f. unworthy Of his Iuaitlgn, or that could
Il justly be the occasion OF Ecri0uH anil
naiNttsiOn or criticism. He has, |
\. WuS on the whole, borne himself In
w Tying olrcumstaf ces with dig
hNy ihcrutlUn and courage, anu abil-
10 ciuriesy and iairness.
III worth while also nj the Begin
nltg 10 say that the right Of Egin to
give shelter IN the legation TO certain
hheents OF the Balmaceda govern.
meat who applied 10 him Tor Naylnm
IA hol been denied by the Chilean
authorities, nor has any demand
g,th made TO surrender these refugees.
lpal there was an urgent need OF asy.
.'al 4 shown by Egan's note Of Au-
hh-l 1871, describing tho disorders
ltat prevailed In Santiago, and by the
Evidence Of Captain Schley Az to the
ihsge and violence that prevailed at
valparaiso. The cOrfespond.nce dis.
,lo'esi however, that the requeat OF
Lsah Ior safe conduct from the coun-
w IN behalf Of these refugees was
VENTED Ihs presidents cited by him
~ 'lt correspondence, particularly the
..eS OF thc revolution in Peru IN 1885,
~ not leave the Chilean government
uu position 70 deny the right OF asylum
|l1illoal refugees, and seemed very
,.tfly 10 support Egan's contention
.iu. saie conduct TO neutral terri
Wy was a necessary anu acknowl.
Vlteu Incident OF asylum. Tho refu.
hee' nave very recently, without for.
ilal sae conducts, but by the ncquiea-
en't N the Chilean authorities. been
i.aeeu on board the yorktown" aud
Peru. :" 'o'
pisREspEcr MANIFESTED.
This Incident might be consldered
wholly closed but for the dierosnrrt
,',,nnlesieu towards this government
y tne close aud Offensive police sur
v',,anee Of the legation premises
, ~ during most OF the period
" H1e stay OF the refugees therein.
A'tF Tie date OF my annual mes
c'se' and up to tho time Of the trans.
~ ~. 0, me refugees to the "Yorktown,,,
o Ngallon premises seem TO have
S,,n surrounded by police In uni
I. ami police agents or detectives
n, ~ Vl'lIlens' dress, who Extensively scru-
'nltiu iersons entering or leaving tne
,lu1il, ana ON one or more coca .ious
arrested members OF the mInl.ter,s
dinlly' Commander Evans, who, by
SS'n,Ne!ollonsi recently visited Egan nj
dlanuhgo, In his telegram to the navy
sy aati,'l1,senl' descrlbad the legation az a
rI,fisl'aole Prison." and states that The
tttloe Hgenu or detectives were. nfter
81, N,nsGl, Withdrawn during his STAY
Fsssiu isner appears from tho note of
aa nan OF November 20, 1901. that, on
NV NV occasion, at least, these police
10 him, " W Aho"h