The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-01
WORD FROM Chill AT LAST.

The Prosecuting Attorney Has Not Yet Ren-
dered His Decision i'm the Baltimore Case.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-Senor Montt. the
Chilian minister. hadanother interview
with Secretary Blame to-day. The Minister
laid before the Secretary the following
translation of telegram from Mr.. Malta.
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, bearing on
the inquiry into the trouble In the city OF
Valparaiso between the Chilians and the
sailors of the United States steamship Bal
timore:
From the summary OF proceedings il appears
that the struggle commenced between two sail
0rs in a tavern at the ward Arrayan; that IL was
continued in the street, with the accession OF
plumbers OF lshabitanis ana transient parties
cisco and Alamos. The disorder continued
and extended 10 tho streets Del Arsenal and
San Martin, where the police force succeeded IN
restoring order All the North Americans. ex-
ccpt two. state that the police did their duty.
and from the voluminous proceedings IL appears
that the court has dOns and is doing its duty.
Whenever the prosecuting attorney renders
his opinion end the time for producing evidence
shsli have expired. sentence viii lie eiven, and
parties, WHO may only be presumed ut present
Whoever they may be, they viii he punished:
The legal proceedings are being actively carried
forward 10 their proper termination.
The Minister, when asked by an Asso-
Grated Press reporter for an opinion re
spccting the statements made in the tele-
gram, called special attention TO the state
ment that all the North Americans excepting
two had said that the police did theiI
their duty. He regards this as favorable
to the Chilian side of the controversy.
1t is noted that the Chilian Minister of For.
eign Affairs promises that when the due
process OF law. according TO Chilian iuris-
prudence. be observed. those found guilty
will be punished. and says that these
judicial proceedings are being car
ried forward actively. This. taken in
connection with the statement that the
police did their duty.is significant as show
ing that the Chilian government does not
wish that the action of individuals belong
ing in Chilia shall be con-
nected with the government and having
official station. These lswless acts on the
part of individuals. as the dispatch
says, are being inquired into under the
usual judicial proceedings OF Chill. which
are conducted secretly, and, il is said. with
the cumbersomeness attaching 20 nearly
all law courts deriving sheir au :hoTity and
precedents from Spain. This government has
never asserted right TO interfere with the
ordinary judicial methods of other nations.
IL, however, is wstchful TO see that Gus
tomary judicial methods are followed. re-
gard of course, being had 10 the extraor-
binary character OF the offense. and Is
meantime making proyision for the always
possible occurrence of some untoward
event. such as undue delay or a final re-
sponse not consistent with the dignity of
the United States.
Within the past two days forty-fve
thousand pounds of brown powder and
twenty-five thousand pounds of gun-cot-
ton have beeu forwarded from the East
to San Francisco. The brown powder
is intended for the naval great
guns and the gun-cotton for shells
and torpedos. The Charleston and the
Baltimore. which are enroute TO this
country from Honolulu and Callao. re-
spectively. have not been heard from re-
Gently, but they are expected TO touch at
some port in .telegraphic communication
with Washington within q few days.