The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-29

me several times that in that distant future
when the Gillian court should order its
Judgment Gf the United States should not
be satisfied with it) the two countries
could arbitrate the matter, ard even then
you always maintained hill
WOULD NOT VOLUNTARILY PROPOSE ARBITRA-
TIoN.
but would do SO when requested by some
friendly power to take that course. On
that occasion you mentioned Spain as
nation likely TO intervene with Chill and
made effective your mention of arbitration
always as method TO be adopted in future
If we were not content las l have said),
with the judgment of the court. You re-
marked that to adopt it before would pe
dlscredltlng the judgment of the court in
advance. You always looked to the future
Ter proposal and acceptance of arbitra-
uon. You say in your note 4 took occa-
sion to inform you on the 1st of January
that my government had authorized me to
conclude an agreement looking to arbitra-
ton and my government subsequently APP
proved the agreement concluded by me-
And yet you do not pretend that a word
was ever written of the agreement which
you say was between US. 1t is impossible
that ever sought TO bind the government
of the United States in that way. 1t
would have been the highest degree
lMPRUDENT FOR ME TO DO so.
I'm regard the Malta note, which was
the subject Of contention between US, you
sum 1t up by the following declaration, Il
added, however. it was far from being the
purpose OF my government to act in a man
ner at all offensive to the President of the
United States or any member of his cabi-
net, and that Matta's note, if rightly in
terpreted, admitted OF no such construc-
tlon.' | al forwards had the honor to in
form you had received instructions from
my government TO inform that of the
United States that considering the views
expressed by Buchanau and Webster in
lo4J and 1880 that the messages sent by the
Pres dent TO Congress were domestic COM
muniCations which cannot Ierve as basis
for Interpretation by foreign powers or
their representatives. My government
had no objection TO striking Out of the note
OF DE, emoer IL such WoruS as might be
considered disagreeable by the United
States government.
by your own statement you evidently
attempted 10 Justify the Malta note. [ GER
tainly could not accept your language and
never did accept language of that kind as
au apology sufficient for the case. The
Malta mole was highly discourteous 10 the
President and secretary OF the navy in i'm
pugnlng them of untruths and InsinCerity.
SUCH language does not admit of the condi-
tlonal or contingent apology which you or
tered. 1t could be apologized for
ONLY BY A FRANK WITHDRAWAL.
You always contended it was a commune
cation between officers of your government
| and that IL was not proper for this govern
ment to take any cogniZance Of it. You
| quoted the well known declaration about a
| communication to Congress not being sub
! ject TO criticism in a foreign country. Y GU
did not see the great difference involved by
your government sending the Malta circu-
lar TO all the legations OF Chill requesting
its several ministers 60 publish II, SO that
Chill was not only responsible for the dis
courteous language, but for it's publication
throughout the civilized world. That you
did not comply with Chili's request to pub
lish it here is the strongest proof of your
own disapproval of the note.
SIN regard to Egan, you complained
many times and very bitterly to me espec-
tally that he was deserving of Censure
you thought, for not communicating to his
| government the brutal murder of some
young men who were slain by order OF
Balmaceda. When the next day l showed
you dispatch of Egan speaking of the in
cident in general in proper terms you &C,
knowledged you were mistaken. | thought
you would be satisfied, but you again spoke
disparagingly of Egan and | said somewhat
vehemently, why do you not demand his
recall instead of constantly disparaging
HING intending thereby not to favor his
recall, but to put stop to the
FREQUENT MENTION OF EGAN's NAME.
"Referring to the question you remark
You were PLEASED to acknowledge the gov
eminent of Chill had right to ask that
change be made Undoubtedly she has
that right, provided she assigns reason
You are too well skilled in diplomatic usage
to be reminded that when anation is forced
to declare minister is pe'So non grdtd
she is expected to assign a reason therefor
We have twice had occasion to ask Great
Britain to recall her ministers, and in eact
case gave the reason why the minister
ceased TO be useful 1t is hardly neces
sary TO observe that conditions which we
complied with ourselves would likewise bt
expected of Chilli.
81 have thus frankly endeavored to cor
rect some misapprehensions of yours il
order that the record of the state depart
ment of the United States shall be kept eX
act and in all its proceedings shall bt
proved consistent. Accept the renewed as
surances of my highest consideration.
JAMES @. BLAINE"
EGAN TO BLAINE, TELEGRAM.
SANTIAGO, Chill, January %.
To Blaine Washington:
81 have to-day received the following
reply to my note of the 22nd inst: Sir
The undersigned has had the honor to re
ceive your excellency's communication
| dated the 22nd instant, received in this de
partment the 23rd, and duly authenticated
} copies of the instructions which the honor
able secretary of state of Washington sen
your excellency by cable under dates o
the 21st Instant and 23rd of October, 1891
In the instructions OF the 21st instant tn
honorable secretary of state informs you
excellency that his excellency, Harrison
after carefully examining all that has bee
3 su bmitted to him by the government O
Chilli, with respect to the event which oc
} Cured in Valparaiso on the evening of tn
10th of October, and taking into considers
, ton the testimony Of the officers and GREY
of the vessel, the Baltimore, and of other
f who witnessed the event, has arrived a
a the following conclusions
THAT with regard to that assault
3 there has been no change whatever mad
l In the character given to 1t by the first re
9 port of the event, that it was an attac
D upon the uniform of the navy of the Unite
: States, which had its origin and motive i
D a feeling of hostility towards that govern
1 ment and not in any act of individua
e sailors belonging to it.
9 's2-That the public authorities of Va
Y paraiso evidently did not do their duty
protecting these sailors ana tnat part
the police and some Gillian soldiers an
sailors rendered themselves
GUILTY OF UNPRovoKED ASSAULTS
on the sailors of the United States, befor
and after the latter were arrested, and b
9 believes Riggin was killed by the police c
t soldiers, and,
9 "S-And that he is consequently con
I PEELED to carry the question back to tn
r state in which il was placed by the HoI
S Wharton in a letter dated October % and
Q ask for suitable satisfaction and some adj
: quate reparation TO the injury done to th