Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-04

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TEXT OF cHILI's APOLOGY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Among the
documents sent TO Congress with the
Presidents message to-day, was the full
text of Chili's letter of apology sent by
Minister Pereira TO Minister Egan, and
by the latter transmitted 10 Secretary
| Blaine. II is as follows:
Sir: The undersigned has had the
honor to receive your excellency's COM
munication dated 22d inst, received in
this department the Esd inst, and duly
authenticated copies of the instructions
which the Honorable Secretary of State
Of Washington has sent to your excel
lency by cable under dates Of the 2lst
and the 23d of October, 1891. In the
instructions of the 2lst inst the Honor
able Secretary Of State informs your ex-
cellency that his excellency, Mr. Harri-
son, after carefully examining all that has
been submitted TO him by the govern
ment of Chill with respect to the event
which occurred in Valparaiso on the
evening of the 10th of October, and
taking into con sideration the testimony
OF the officers and crew of thevesscl, the
Baltimore, and of others who witnessed
the event, has arrived at the following
conclusions:
First-rhat with regard to that as.
sault there has been no change what
ever made in the character given TO il
by the first report Of the event, to wit
| That it was an attack upon the uniform
OF the navy Of the United States, which
had lis origin and motive in feeling of
| hostility toward that government, and
not in any act OF the individual sailors
belonging TO it.
Second-That the public authorities
of Valparaiso evidently did not do their
duty in protecting those sailors, and that
a part of the police and some Chilian
soldiers and sailors rendered themselves
guilty of unproyokcd assaults on the
sailors of the United States before and
after the latter We're arrested, and that
he believes that ltiggiu was killed by
the police or tho soldiers
And third-rhat he is consequently
compelled to carry the question back to
the state in which ii was placed by tie
note Of the Hon. Mr.. Wharton, dated
October 23d, and to ask for suitable sat.
lsfactlon and some adequate PREPARATION
for the injury done the government &c
the United States. The honorable Sec.
rotary of State, Mr.. Blaine, regrets that
the government of Chill has not from
the very first duly appreciated.
THE GRAVITY OF THE QUESTION
raised, and that ii had attributed 10 il
no other Importance than that of an
ordinary quarrel between sailors, adding
that no government which respects itself
can consent to civil or military persons
employed III its service being maltreated
or killed in Il foreign territory on ac-
| count ot resentment for acts which il
may have committed or which may be
imputed to it, without requiring ade.
quate reparation.
The Hon. Mr.. Blaine, in this connec-
tloni recalls the facts that the govern
ment OF the United States has volun.
tarily recognized this principle and has
acted accordingly when any injury has
been committed by its people against
any one holding an official position OF a
foreign country in consequence of any
acts which had aroused resentment. In
such case the United States haze never
sought words Of little weight or am
biguous meaning in order to make rep
aration, but have condemned such acts
N vigorous and energetic terms, and
have never refused to give other ade-
quate satisfaction. The honorable Sec
rotary of state, Mr.. Blaine, states,
moreover, that it is not his intention to
discuss the details of the incident Of
| October, but only to set forth the con-
clusion at which his government has
arrived.
The honorable Secretary of State says:
we have given every kind of oppor-
UNITY 70 the government Of Chill to
offer explanatory or e4tenuating cir
cumstanccs, and We have given due
consideration TO the fact that the GOV.
ernment Of Chill during great part Of
the time which has elapsed since the
10Th Of October has been in a provisional
| situation"
He then adds that he Is directed by
his exeellency, Mr. Harrison, to say that
he has been compelled to take notice of
the Instructions sent by Mr. Malta, min
istcr of foreign affairs, TO the Gillian
minister in Washington under date of
December 18th, because, although they
We're not officially communicated TO his
government, they received the greatest
possible publicity, and that consequently
he demands
THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL
of the said instructions as to those
parts which he considers offensive, and
adequate satisfaction, in order that the
diplomatic relations between the two
nations may not be interrupted.
Without any intention of opening n
discussion MS 70 the facts referred TO by
the communication which have ex-
trlcted, and combining himself TO the
first part OF the instructions, the honor
able Secretary Of State, the undersigned
must state to your excelency tile regret
with which the government of Chill sees
that his eXcellency, the President Of the
United States, finds reason 10 continue
to regard the incident Of October as an
attack caused by hostile feeling toward
the uniform Of the navy Of the United
States.
That unfortunate occurrence took
place on sudden, in district where
the sailors Of the vessels living in the
bay Of Valparaiso are in the habit Of as
sembling, without distinction or nation
atty, From the nature of the incident
it would be impossible to prove that
there was no doubt as 10 the special
cause which served as its origin or pre-
text; but the undersigned can assert
that the cause was not hostile feeling
toward the uniform Of tie navy of the
United states, because the people of
Chill have always esteemed and re.
srected that uniform ever since tile time
when it saw it figuring honorable in the
ranks of the soldiers and sailors who, in
q glorious struggle, gave it Independence
and established the republic.
The undersigned admits that the
occurrence of October 18th was OF
greater gravity than those which usually
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