New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-22

terminate TRANQUILITY and that relations Of the two
countries would remain before. NO ma''cr NJ"
weicl,y might be the words Of the President OF inc
United States and the Secretary of the Navy OF h"o
Renub,ic there was no gainsayng the hct thht
Minister Fan and the United states Consul h"a con-
cealcd testimony which might have cc"eu up "o
matter: and there nothing which could PoS'o'l
impede Chill In the exercise OF her rlght 70 cohouc' %
iudpe OF the judicial proceedings necessary Tor ue
punishment of offences committed WITHIN her I"ls
dic,on Minister Malta said that he had sent
ta,eoam "a tbi, effect 10 the Chilan Minister a'
wohipotop senior Pedro Mont. This telegram, which
he read 10 the senate, was as follows:
Santiago December II, ISL
Pedro Montt, Washington. -
poino acquainted with the report Of the Navy Depart
mon, and the message Of the President Of the onted
States deem proper 10 tell you that the ino'',''V"
roo which the said report and message are FOUNDED Is
erroneous and deliberately untrue. Concerning 'he Vu
oaes they have never been threatened or treaNu win
cruelty nor there been any intention I" VNu "
out OF the Legation to ask that they DC ueh'e''"
Never has the the person Of the PcpoVehar!
notwithstanding the calculated indiscfeuchs auu ,
cations received any is proved by the eeNeh
letters Of September october and November No'r's
the sailors the Baltimore, there is also no accuracy VI
Neutrality-suspicious. what is said in Washington Inc
ana.r dsreputable quarters OF the cy' inc
.'Man Top' of Valparaiso among persons VINO are no'
models Of discretion and temperance "h'h 'he pooo
md other forces interviewed Gained the disturbance
progress ten blocks or more from the place. "'e' "
started. :,
Mr. Egan sent letter on October &c, aggressive In de-
language is seen by he copy anu w
the reply sen: on October o. The investigation was
.ard ON the 18th Of October has been delayed on
account the non-appearance before the court " inc san
ors OF the Baltimore and account OF the nnoue prc-
sions and resa Mr.. EFan Never on the part oil ths
n.rarent has there been tolerated initiated any provo
cation 1t has maintained itself always In position
which II it has been one Of frmness ana prudence ne'
has aggression will 1t be one OF humiN'
no matter what may have been dlvuIgea IN ""s"'s''
Nv those n.sons who NAV have interested in giving
decent appearance his conduct or who may nave on
deceived by erroneous Impressions Mr. Tracy anu MI
Harrison had led into respecting ourselves our
people and Government The instructions eh'on,nk
mrartity and friendship have not been observed cither
in the $tsent the past -, MI,
7, official charges have not been made against the Min
ster and officers is because the iacts puoi0
md notorous as they are Chill and the United States,
ire that our confidential agents have been uhaoie " ~
attention 10 them though the subject OF ue oharses ~
been well founded The requests Of Balmaceda the coh
sessions male to him in June and July. everything con-
corning the Itata Francisco in cunteros' anu
the cable companies proofs of this 1t is dehoeisey
that the American sailors were attacked IN uiei
ent localities at the same time. Inc ih'esuEaio" NV
being finished known yet who are the guy per-
SONS. what is their number. You VIII CON
sidsr the letter of November O. replying 70
Minister Egan, IN which the Information ih
his possession requested and which he was not Wiling
t. give Notwithstanding the fact that he had said ,hat ne
had proof who were the muIdeiefs ana o'her
guilty persons in OF october 49, That etter
and all the other recent letters will published here You
ought 10 and publish the same there On "i'e
tom, Endeayor in the meantime not TO give any cieo'
to anything which may be contrary TO these statements
being sure their correctness, we are mere oil the
right the honor the final triumph OF Chi, notwiu
standing ntrgues which 20 at present from 50 10"
source and the threats which from so hgn an author
49,. Malta
As soon as Minister Mattas speech had been de-
iivered In the Senate. and his telegram TO Pedro
Montt had been made public, all OF the newspapers
Including the official paper OF the government pup
ushed them, and on the following DAY uefe "as
hardly any other topic of discussion III sahuaso'
TIE local press Joined in the attack upon minister
Ecan and the American Government and apparently up
held Minister Matta's policy. However, there mas
been only construct IN placed upon 1t oy all inc
American residents, and by a large poruon OF "ie
other foreign residents that Is, that minister No''
has openly accused the American Minister and mo
American Naval officers OF making reports 10 "a'mns
ton that were deliberately false and OF engaging III
intrigues for the purpose OF creating trouble "e"
the United States and Chill
There is hardly a sentence in Matta's telegram 10
Montt which has not aroused the indghauoh Vi V"o
Americans here They call attention 10 the fact that
the Presidents message and the report ol e Se'Ios
of the Navy were doubtless founded upon the NiUiHa
lion derived fom Minister Egan and Captain ochey'
particularly the latter and that IL 10 TINS Information
which Minister Malta characterlEes as dehoe'aVc''
un;rue Minister Mata's reference 10 the refugees ia
The legation is regarded remarkable IL Is hol
known what he means by the calculated indiscfeuois
and provocaOns," but il is notorious 1act thdC 'e
American Legation has been annoyed BY spies ior the
last three months, that persons have been aIIcs'eu
for entering leaving the Legation, ana that Caoe.
Ministers In the Gillian Government have declared
without reserve that certain OF the refugees III tle
American Legation would undoubtedly De shot IL they
could be captured - 1t
The apparent efforts of Minister Malta, both ID ms
teiat Ia
N characterize the attack upon the sailors as uruhhch
ight have created surprise, for there mas pe nv
evidence introduced AZ the InNesusau0h 70 s1" ' r
drunkenness had anything u DO with the auar, v,
that any Of the Baltimore sailors VINO were ataoheI
were Intoxicated. In fact, of the entire party Oh ~
men who were ashore on tlat DAY ueS wero o'is ~
flr cases Of drunkenness returned, aG they weic VI
The letter which Mr. Egan sent 10 the Foreign once
On october 20, which Mr Malta deslenates as aYe IT.
sent on the positive instructions OF Acting ser
retary Wharton, II the state Department aad was
baltimore affair That letter. and also Socretary WMti-
ions instructions. have already been published both
IN the United states ana IN Tn inclndins Moi.ter
Fgan himself say that the charges that he ana tle
American Consul withheld CT refused Information are
absolute folly. MIR. Egan had no personal tes,lhony
IN dive and he could produce except That col
lected by the Naval officers in Valparaiso lie asserts
that he never told Mr. Malta any one else that ne
lad testimony which would show VINO were tire muir
deiers and other guilty persons. ~ .
The closing sentence Of Mr.. Matta's instructions to
Montt has attracted much attention as any othcr
Freely nv foreign residents that Mr.. Malta has gone
beyond the bounds Of propriety in referring 70 m
trigues which from 50 lOw a source ana thredVs
which come from so high an authority
THE DIPLOMATS SUPPORT MR.. EGAN.
SPIES AROUND THE AMERICAN LEGAT1oN-BIT.