The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-29
MR. MONT TO MIR. BLAINE.

Note from the Chiiian Minister In Which
the Recall OF hIr. Egan Is Requested.
The first Of the three notes comprising
the Chilian correspondence transmitted to
Congress by the President Ia as follows:
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Sir-I have had the honor to receive your
note of yesterday. as an inclosure which
you were pleased to transmit to me- the in
structiOns sent to Mr.. Egan on the day
previous. In the numerous conferences
with which you have been pleased to favor
me. have Informed you that immediately
after the occurrence of the events of Oct
10, at Valparaiso. which nv government
most sincerity deplored. the judicial thori-
ties inflated the investigation necessary to
throw light upon the facts and to detect
and punish the guilty parties. From the
antecedents which the government of Chill
was able to collect at the very outset, it
appeared that the disorder of Oct. 16 began
by quarrel among drunken sailors which
assumed considerable proportions, owing
to the condition of the locality in which it
originated, and that the police performed
their duty by rs-esta blishing tranquility
have been concerned in the disorder at the
disposal of the court. The government of
Chilli has no data authorizing 1t to think
the quarrel was due to any distinction of
the uniform of the United States or that
the police failed to perform their duty.
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fact that sailors get excited often when
they 60 ashore after having been on board
their vessel for long time. This is also
quite natural.
orders to which it gives rise, although they
may assume serious proportions and occa-
sion very lamentable 0ffenses as was
unfortunately the case at Valparaiso on
the 10th of October. cannot constitute an
insult to the nation In whose service are
m he
order. although they certainly donot Justify
the Otfenses committed during the disorder
The government of Chill could not, how
ever, form final opinion concerning the
to whether the police had or had not i'm
properly participated therein, or had failed
TO perform Its duty, until the termination
of the judicial investigation, which had
been initiated without delay. and which
was pushed forward as speedily as was
compatible with the provisions of the law.
with the obi CATION of collecting g
all the elements of proof that it
was possible to collect in order to throw
full light upon the matter. and with the
necessity of promptly Furnishing the perpe-
traitors OF the otfenses which had been COM
mitted and which had been in part suffered
by persons in the service of friendly ma
tion. 1t was the desire and the duty of the
in order to make its future proceedings
conform thereto and in order that the
United states government might be salts
fed that nothing was neglected in order TO
do full justice. You were pleased. with
your high sense of rectitude. to remark to
me that this proceeding of the government
of Chilli was correct, and although you de-
sired the judicial investigation might be
brought to a close with as little delay as
possible. you understood that IL was neces-
sary that the ordinary proceedings-which
were not as rapid IN Chilli as In the United
States-shOuld be held.
BOTH SIDES WERE HEARD.
/ have taken occasion at sundry times to
inform you of what the Chilian authori-
ties were doing to bring the insubordina-
tion to a close. In the criminal trial held
at Valparaiso not only have landsmen
been heard. but also the seamen of the Bal
timore, who have been confronted with
each other; the reports of physicians and
experts have been called for, the opinion OF
the surgeon of the cruiser has likewise been
invoked. and. in q word, nothing has been
neglected that could tend to bring the
whole truth TO light. The seamen of the
Baltimore made their statements with the
assistance of an interpreter designated by
themselves. who was an officer of the
cruiser, SO that the oath taken by the wit
nesses, their conformation with each
other, the reports of the experts concern
ing the cause and nature of the wounds.
and the hearing granted both Chilians and
Americans. so that all might present the
complaints and charges and be heard in
their own justification. give incontestable
authority to the trial held at Valparaiso.
In the course of our conferences we some.
times considered the case In which the gov.
ornment of the United States and that OF
Chill should fail TO agree when the investi.
CATION should be terminated and the two
governments should have formed their
final opinion, and We agreed that arbitra-