Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
VOLUME Kill.

UNIFORM these sailors ana oncera weafs ana tu
resentment OF acts done by their Government,
not by them. their nation must take notice OF
lthe event as one involving an tnfraotion OF
its rights and dignity not IN q secondary
presents his claim through his own Cow
ernment, but In a primary way, precisely as II
dts Minister or Consul or the nag I t1self had
been the object OF the same cheracter OF as
'sault The "a nsers and sailors OF the Baau-
more were In Lne harbor Of Valparaiso under
the orders OF their Go nment, not by thed
imp led invitation OF the Government OF thih
and with the approval al thetr command
ing Officers, and it does not disin,
gulsh their case fro that OF consul
That his stay is more permanent or
that he holds the express Invitation of tn local
government to justify his longer res dence.
was the act OF n mob. II there had been no
participation by the PoltceOr military dn this
cruel work aud me- neglect ON their part 30 ex-
my opinion, when fts extent and character are
considered, involving international rights. The
incidents Of the al Il aTs briefly az foil yws b,sv
commanding the United States ship baltimore,
gave shore-leave to ll7 petty officers and sailors
OF his ship, These men left the ship about 80
p. M No incident OF violence occurred; none
of our men we're arrested !; no com plants lodged
against them; nor did any collision or outbreak
occur until about 6o'clock p. IN. Capt. Schley
states that he was himself on shore and about
the streets OF the city until $50 p. IN. that he
met very many Of his men who were upon leave
tuat they were sober and were conducting them
selves with propriety, saluting tihilian and
other officers as they met them. Other officers
OF the ship and Captain jenkins, of the mer-
chant ship keweenew, corroborate Captain
Schley as TO the general sobriety aud good be-
havior of our men. The Sisters Of Charity at the
hospital TO which our wounded men were taken
when injured stated that they were sober when
received. IL the situation had been otherwise,
we must believe that the Chilian police
authorities would have made arrests.
About . p. m. the assault began,
81 IL a. - a1..N 4wawra
tion by the Judge of Crimes, though 80
protracted, does not enable him TO give any
more satisfactory account of its origin than is
found in the statement thatlit began between
drunken sailors. Repeatedly In the correspond
ence it is assorted that IL was impossible 10
le Irn the precise oauae of theriot The Minister
Mr.. Montt. under date OF December 81, states
that the quarrel began between two sailors in a
tavern and was continued in the street, persons
" no were passing joining init.
The testimony OF Talbot, an apprentice, who
was with Riggin, is that the outbreak In which
they were invoived began by a Cbilian sailor
ed by knOckdown. 1t appears that Riggin and
Talbot were at ithetime unaccompanied by any
others Of their shipmates.
After summarizing the correspondence up to a
certain point he says:
The Communications OF the Chilian Govern
ment I'm relation ITO this cruel and disastrous
attack upon our men, as VIII appear from the
correspondence, have not In any degree taken
the form OF a manly and tisfactory expression
OF regret, much less OF apology. The event was
OF serious a character that,n the injuries
suffered by our men had been wholly the re-
suit OF an accident in Chilian port the
incident was grave enough to have call
ed for some public expression OF sympa-
thy and regret from the local authorities.
1t Is not enough to say that the affair was Ia
mentabIe, for humanity would require that ex-
men had been justihable. 1t is not enough to
say that the incident Is regretted, coupled with
the sta e1nent that the affair was not OF an un-
usual character in ports where . foreign
is not for generous and sincere gov
ernment to seek for words OF small or
friendly power an apology for an offense so
atrocious as this In the case OF the assault by
mob in New Orleans upon the Spanis on
sulate in 1851, Mr.. Webster wrote the Spanish
Minister, Mr.. Calderon, that the acts COM
planned OF were "a disgraceful and fragrant
breach Of duty and propriety, and that his Gov
ron or his government could possibly
do !" that -these acts have caused the
President very great pain and he thinks a
He Invited the Spanish Consul to return to his
post guaranteeing protection. and offered to
salute the Spanish flag II the Consul should
come in Spanish vessel. Such a treatment by
the government of hill OF this assault would
have been more creditable to the Chilian au-
thorities and much less can hardly be salts a.
tory to a government that values its dignity and
honor.
In our note of October 23d last, which ap-
pears In the correspondence. after receiving the
report of the board Of officers appointed by
Septain oclhey 70 nnvessgaEe Ins s hnalr elae
in !. tpo,, "a caied non foe s
facts In it's possession that might tend to modify
LS atJ "ye r. q. ,lr oIaor tron, ~ 49,
spondence that, before the receipt OF this note
the examina1lon was Teeardea 2y tne ponce au-
M ..ol is.oe - - ~ -ty.,to5 thvo,,,h - ,art"d
ot nsarIy three rnonths We might 5usti1 have
con,nlained ~ tbis unreeaonabIv delay lint in
view of the fact that the eovernmenf of Chill
wrs stili pror sionaI and with a disposition TO
be forbeariuQ and hopeful OF friendly Itermin-
alton I hare awaited the ,report which has
but recently been made.
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w .no q S.ss . .-so, "a Ss.it -, - az a a.Ht
W,n,aeor SHe ~ sa,tiaSo the concInsio ~ All
GGyemment' after Iun oonsideIat8n OF al ..i tne
ts oeeoe mn aa % 49, eSni,,oio1s a6hsra @
Tney were as ioaoMs =. r.,,o-od ., 4na a..
pect which the early Information OF the event
gave to It. VIZ dne. "a an attack So9 upon tne t UNI
gin and motive in a feeling Of hostility to this
Government. and not I'm any act OF the sailors
o. b Hy q tbs .ae nnnc authortes at walnaraiso
hagrantiy failed in their duty to protect our
men, and that some OF the the police an and OF the
son1lsrs .sau,ss sTon a,r asiioTs
Before and after arrest. He the President)
thinks the prepondersnoe Of the evidence
and the inneTen. h,Iad iesa lee a 20 me con
slIsou snIsiors '"A' i''ee'" "~' A- ~ '-' p-oe ~
a That hs nhe President, "a therefore conn
PEELED to bring tho case back to tn position
taken by this I've IN sns mote OF 0et G -
some som % adequate repsration req for The injury done
to this Government
behsi, ~ tbis man for While he waa not = csti- M
zen Of the United States; toe doctrtpe so long
ned py us; as % IN .he ,,sd ~,
this Governm,nt in regard to the protection,
as distinguished from the relief. OF seamen