Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-26
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The text of the
note to Minister Egan of Jan. 81, in which
Secretary Blaine transmits the ultimatum
OF this government to the Gillian authori-
ties, Is rs follows:
Il am directed by the president to say to
you that he has given careful attention to
all that has been submitted by the govern
ment of Chilli touching the affair of the as
sault upon the crew of the United States
steamer Baltimore in the city of Valparaiso
on the evening of the 10Th of October last
and to the evidence of the officers and crew
of that vessel and of some others who
witnessed the affray, and that his conclu-
sions upon the whole case are as follows:
Il. That the assault is not relieved of the
aspect which the early information of the
event gave to it, viz: That Of an attack
upon the uniform of the United States
navy, having its origin and motive in a
feeling of hostility to this government and
not in any act of the sailors or of anv of
them.
The Case Whore 1t was Oct. 23.
80. That the public authorities at Valpa-
raise flagrantly failed in their duty to pro
tect our men, and that some of the police
and of the Gillian soldiers and sailors were
themselves guilty of unprovoked assault
upon our sailors before and after arrest.
He thinks the preponderance of the evil
dence and the inherent probabilities lead
to the conclusion that Riggin was killed
by the police or soldiers
80 That he is therefore compelled to
bring the case back to the position taken
lnK-t Aar,S in, h.. g
Wharton of Oct % last Ia copy of which
you will deliver with this and to ask for a
suitable apology and for some adequate
PREPARATION for the injury done to this gov
eminent.
Would Do as Would BE Done By.
'You will assure the government of Chill
that the president has no disposition to be
eXacting or to ask anything which this
government would not, under the same
circumstances, freely concede. He regrets
that from the beginning the gravity of the
questions involved has not apparently been
appreciated by the government Of Chill,
and that an affair in which two American
seamen were killed and sixteen Others were
seriously wounded. while only one CHILEAN
was seriously hurt, should not be distin-
guished from an ordinary brawl between
sailors in which the provOcation is wholly
personal and the participation limited.
a Matter of SeIf-Respect.
NO self-respecting government can con-
sent that persons in its service, whether
civil or military, shall be beaten and killed
in a foreign territory in resentment of acts
done by or imputed to their government
without exacting a suitable reparation
The government of the United States has
freely recognized this principle and acted
upon it when the injury was done by its
people to one holding an official relation to
friendly power in resentment of acts done
by the latter. In such case the United
States has not sought for words of the
smallest value or equiyOcal meaning in
which to convey its apology, but has con-
demned such acts in vigorous terms and
has not refused to make other adequate
reparation.
That Offensive Malta Note.
"But it is not my purpose here to discuss
the incidents of this affair, but only to
state the conclusions which this govern
ment has reached. We have given every
opportunity to the government of Chill TO
present any explanatory or mitigating
facts and have had due regard to the fact
that the government of Chill was for a
considerable part of the time that has
elapsed since Oct. 10 upon provisional
basis. am further directed by the presi-
dent to state that his attention has been
called to the note of instructions sent by
Mr. Malta, secretary of foreign affairs, to
you, under date of the 18th ult. Mr. Montt
very prudently, and, must suppose, from
just sense Of the offensive nature of the
dispatch, refrained from communicating it
officially to this government.
Obnoxious in a High Degree.
@But in view of the fact that Mr. Montt
was directed to give it to the press of this
country, and that it was given the widest
possible publicity throughout the world
this government must take notice of it,
You are, therefore, directed to say to the
CHILEAN government that the expression
therein iInputing uutruth and insinceritY
| to the president and the secretary of the
| navy in their official communications to
the congress OF the United States are in the