The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-29

primary way precisely as if Its minister or con
SUI or thu Gag Itself had been the object OF the
sailors Of The Baltimore were IN The harbor Of
Valparaiso under she orders Of their govern
meHt, not by their own choice
They were upon the shore 7y the inlPlied In
gitst4on OF the government OF Chill aud with the
approval Of their commanding oGiesF; and It
does not distinguish their case from that OF q
consul that his stay Is more permanent or that
he holds the express invitation OF the local gov
eminent 20 justify his long residence Nor does
e AFFECT the question that the injury was the
act Of a mob. II there had been no participa-
tion og the police military IN this cruel work
/ and no neglect on their part to extend prOtec-
ton the case would SIM be- in my opinion
when its extent and charac are considered,
involving international rights The incidents Of
the anair are briefly as follows.
On the E0th Of October last Capt. Schleyl
commanding the United States steamer Balti-
more, gave shore leave 10 IIg petty oancers and
about I:S0 p m No incident OF violence Oc-
Cured Zone OF our men were arrested; no com
plant was lodged against then7 nor did any
COLLISION or outbreak occur until nnout eioei,
p. m Capt Schley states that he was the FIRST
on shore and on the streets Of the city until
Bed p m; mat he met very many OF mis- men
who were on leaves that they were sober and
were conducting themselves with pTopriety,
salu1tng Gillian and other olneers as they met
them
Other omcers Of the ship and Capt Jenkins,
Of the merchant ship keweenavFs corroborale
Capt Schley as 10 The general sObriety and
good behavior Of our men The sisters Of char
iEy At the hospital 10 which our wounded men
were taken when inquired or state Lney were
sober when received II the situation had been
otherwise We must believe that the
Gillian police authorities would have made ar
rests ~ D. the assault begun and IL Is re
uugFEahle that the investigate by the judge
OF crimes, though so protracted, does not en-
/ able him 70 give any more satisfactory account
Of its origin than Is found IN the statement that
! Il began between drunken sailors Repeatedly
fn the spondence, it is asserted that IL was
/ impossible to learn the precise cause Of fh1
riot. The minister OF foreign affairs Malta, in
his telegram 10 bIontt under date December
81, states that the quarrel began be
tween two sailors in a tavern and was
continued in the street. persons who were pass
/ ing joining in it, The testimony Of Talbot, an
| apprentice, who was with Riggin, is that the
outbreak in which they were involved began by
a Gillian sailor spltting In tifs lace OF talDOt
which was resented by knock down 1t ap
pears that Riggin and Talbot were al the time
/ unaccompaniod by others OF their shipmates.
/ These two men were Immediately beset by q
! crowd of Gillian citizens and sailors, through
/ which they broke their way 10 a street car and
| entered It for safety. They were pursued driver
! from the car and Aggin was so seriously
beaten that he fell in tle street apparently dead
! There IS nothing in The reports Of Gillian in
| vestigatioE made TO that seriously i'm
] peaches this testimony. It appears from Chill
! ian sources that almost instantly, with a sud
! denness that strongly implies meditation and
/ preparation, mob, stated by the police aU
] thorities at one time 20 number -,UJO and al
I another, s00O was engaged in the assault upon
! our sailors who are represented as resisting
! with stones clubs and bright arms The re
/ port Of the intendente of October states thai
/ the fight began at q in three streets whicf
| are named that inforIuation was received al thC
] infendencia at 6-l5, and that the police arrived
on the scene Mt $3.50, fun half hour after the as
| sault began At that time ne says that moi
| of 200O men mad collected and that for severa
squares there was the appearance Of 4 ''reG
/ battlefield"
The scene at this point is very graphically Sc
| before us by the Gillian testimony. The Amer
lean sailors who, after so long an examinat ion
have not been found guilty of any breach Of tht
peace, so far as the Gillian authorities are ablt