The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
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The President Sends Another Message
to Congress Transmitting the Re-
ply Of ChiI-The Latter 10
All We Could Ask.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The president
sent the following special message and
accompanying correspondence to con-
gress:
THE MESSAGE.
To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIvEs: / transmit herewith additional CORE
spondence between this government and the
government of Chill, consisting Of a note Of Mr..
Mont the Chilian minister at this capital. to
Mr.. Blaine, dated January g; a reply Of Mr..
Blaine thereto, dated January q, and a dis
patch from Mr.. Egan, our minister at Santiago,
transmitting the response of Mr.. Pereira, the
Gillian m mister Of foreign affairs. to the note
Of Mr.. Blaine Of January q. which was re-
eeived by me on the e8th instant. The
note Of Mr.. Montt to Mr.. Blaine. though dated
January q, was not delivered at the s<ate de-
partment until after IL o'clock. meridian, of the
18th, and was not translated and its receipt
notified to me until late in the afternoon Of that
day. The response Of Mr.. Pereira to our note
Of the 2lst withdraws. with acceptable ex-
pressions of regret. the offensive note of Mr..
Malta Of the 18th ultimo. and also the request
for the recall of Mr.. Egan. The treatment Of
the incident Of the assault upon the sailors of
the Baltimore is so conciliatory and friendly
that l am Of the opinion there is a good pros
pect that the differences growing out of that
serious affair can now be adjusted upon terms
satisfactory to this government, by the usual
methods and without special powers from con-
~ra@o Thsa &,,-n IN tha aHotr 4 rar nr1tffvfn0
to me. as / am sure il will be to the congress and
our people. The general support Of the efforts
of the executive to enforce the just right of the
nation in this matter has given an instructive
and useful illustration of the unity and patriot
ism Of our people.
Should it be necessary I will again communi-
cate with congress upon the subject.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. y. lsas.
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
The first document was Chili's answer
to the uItimatum of the 2lst inst, dated
January 25, and received at the state
department at Q a. IN. January &c. II
is as follows:
SANTIAGO. Jan. 81. ls92.
To BLAINE. wAsHIsGToS-I have to-day re-
ceived the following reply to my note Of the Id
inst:
SIR-The undersigned has had the honor to
receive your excellency's communication dated
I'd inst, received in this department the ed.
and the duly authenticated copies of the instruc-
tons which the honorable secretary Of state of
Washington has sent to your excelhency by ca
bic under dates Of the 2lst inst, and the I'D Of
October, 1891.
In the instructions Of the 21st inst. the hon
orable secretary Of state informs your excel
lency that his excellency. Mr.. Harrison, after
carefully examining all that has been submitted
to him by the government of Chill with re-
spect to the event which occurred in Valparaiso
on the evening Of the 10th of October. and tax
ing into consideration the testimony of the Off
GERS and crew OF the vessel, the Baltimore. and
of others who witnessed the event, has arrived
at the following conclusions:
First-That with regard TO that assault there
has been no change whatever made in the char
scter given to it by the first report Of the event,
to wit: That il was an attack upon the uniform
Of the navy Of the United States. which had its
origin and motive in a feeling Of hostility to-
wards that government and not in any account
Of the individual sailors belonging to it.
Second-That the public authorities of Val
paraiso evidently did not do their duty in pro-
tecting those sailors, and that n part of the po-
lice and some Gillian soldiers and sailors rem
dered themselves guilty Of unprovoked assaults
on the sailors Of the United States before and
u IUt ldllf Nflt III lldl It "
lieves that Riggin was killed by the police or the
soldiers: and
Third-That he is consequently compelled TO
carry the question hack to the state in which it
was placed by the note Of the Honorable Mr..
Wharton. dated October I'D, AMI TO ask for suit
able satisfaction and some adequate repara-
ton for the injury done the government Of the
United States.
The honorable secret lry Of state. Mr.. Blaine.
--~A. .L.t a.. fsl,1, H. -
from the very first. appreciated the gravity of
the question raised. and that it has attributed
to Il no other importance than that of an Ordi-
nary quarrel between sailors, adding that no
government which respects itself can consent
TO civil or military persons employed in its
service being maltreated or killed in a foreign
territory on account Of resentment for acts
which 1t may have committed, or which may he
imputed to it, without requiring ade-
quate reparation. The Honorable Mr.. Blaine.
in this connection, recalls the fact that
the government Of the United States have volun-
tarily recognized this principle, and has acted
accordingly when any injury has been commit
ted by its people against anyone holding an Off
rial position Of n foreign country. in conse-
quence of acts which had aroused resentment.
In such cases the United States has never
sought words Of little weight or ambiguous
meaning in order to make reparation, but
has condemned such acts in vigorous and
energetic ueTms, anu las never TtIuSPu 10
give other adequate satisfaction. The
honorable secretary 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 conclusions at which his govern
ment has arrived. The honorable secretary OF
state says: we have given every kind of OPP
p%ortunity to the government of Chill to offer
explanatory or extenuating circumstances, and
we have given due consideration to the fact that
the government of Chill, during a great part of
the time which has elapsed since the
10th of October. has been In a pro-
visicual situation" He then adds that he
Is directed by his excellency. Mr.. Harrison.
to say that he has been compelled TO take notice
Of the instructions sent by Mr.. Malta. minister
Of foreign affairs, to the CHILEAN minister in
Washington, under date Of December II, be- |
cause. although they were not officially COM
municated to his government. they received the
greatest possible publicity. and that. conse-
quently, he demands the immediate withdrawal
of the said instructions As to those parts which
he considers offensive. and adequate ~satisfac !
ton, in order that the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two nations may not be interrupted.
without any intention of opening a discus
sion rs to the facts referred to by the commune
cation, which l have extracted, and confirming |
himself to the first part of the instructions of
the honorable secretary Of state, the under
signed must state to your excellency the regret
with which the government OF Chill sees that |
his eIcellency, the president of the United
States, finds reason to continue to regard the
incident Of October as an attack caused by a !
hostile feeling towards the uniform Of the navy |
of the United States. The unfortunate
occurrence took place on a sudden,
in q district where the sailors of the vessels ly-
ing in the bay of Valparaiso are in the habit of
assembling, without distinction Of nationali-
~. From the nature Of the incident IT would
be impossible to prove that there was no doubt
a. TO the special cause which served as its
origin or pretext; but the undersigned can as
sert that that cause was not a hos
tile feeling toward the uniform Of the
navy of the United States. be-
Gauss the people Of Chill have always
esteemed and respected that uniform ever since
the time when 1t saw it figuring honorably in
the ranks Of the soldiers and sailors who, in q
glorious struggle, gave it Independence and es-
tablished the republic. The undersigned admits
that the occurrence of October Is was of greater
gravity than those which usually occur in the
same district, between the sailors which fire.
quent 1t, and the fact of knowing
that two deaths have resulted from it
among the sixteen wounded men Of
the Baltimore. has suficed to give it
an extraordinary character, and to induce the
OF Chill to hasten to adopt the
necessary to discover and punish the
parties, to offer in due time. IL there