Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-29

the minister for foreign affairs asked him for
the testimony, which the Gillian minister in
sists was requested by him in the Baltimore
case and was not given"
Mr.. Egan replied that Minister Malta never
asked him for any testimony, except that
which he suggested Captain Schley could give,
as to names of witnesses of the ARRAY, etc. ;,
and that had been submitted.
Matta's Offensive Note.
On Dec. Is Mr.. Egan telegraphed the state
department as follows: 9Th following tele-
gram from minister of foreign relations, sent
CHILEAN minister, Washington, with sanction
OF president, was read in senate and published
in papers today:
SENIOR PEDRO MONT. WAsH1NGToN:-Hav-
Ing read the portion of the report of the secre-
tary of the navy and of the message of the
president of the United States, l think proper
to inform you that the statements of which
both report and message are based are erron-
eous or deliberately incorrect.
witt respect to the persons to whom an
asylum has been granted. they have never
been threatened with cruel treatment nor has
1t been sought to remove them from the lega-
ton, nor has their surrender been asked for.
Never has the house or the person of the plen-
ipotentiary. notwithstanding indiscretions and
deliberate provocations, been subjected to any
offense, as is proved by there notes of Septem-
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the seamen of the Baltimore the is, moreover,
no exactness or sincerity in what is said at
Washington. The occurrence took place in a
bad neighborhood Of the city, the maintop of
Valparaiso, and among people who are not
models of discretion and temperance. When
the police and other forces interfered and
ealmed the tumult there were already several
hundred people on the ground and it was ten
squares or more from the place where it was
begun.
"Mr. Egan sent on Oct. 81 q note that was
aggressive In purport and ~virulent in Ian
guage, as is seen by the copy and the note
written in reply on the 9th. On the 18th the
preliminary examination had already been
commenced. 1t has been delayed owing to the
non-appearance of the officers of the Balti-
more and owing to undue pretensions and re-
fusals Of Mr.. Egan himself. No provocation
has ever been accepted or initiated by this de-
partment. Its attitude, while it has ever been
one of firmness and prudence, has never been
one of aggressiveness, nor will it ever be one
of humiliation, whatever may be or has been
said at Washington by those interested in
tustifying their conduct or who are blinded
by erroneous views. The kilograms, notes and
letters which have been sent you contain the
truth. tho whole truth, in connection with
what has taken place in these matters, in
which ill-will and the consequent words and
pretensions have not emanated from this de-
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been led into error in respect to our people and
government. The instructions recommending
impartiality and friendship have not been
complied with, neither now nor before. If no
official complaint has been made against the
minister and the naval officers, it is because
the facts, public and notorious both in Chilli
and the United States, could not, although
they were we'll proved, be urged by our con-
fidential agents. Proof of this is furnished by
the demands of Balmaceda and the
concessions made in June and July. the
whole Itata case, the San Francisco and
Quintero and the cable companies. The state
ment that the North American seamen were
attacked in various localities at the same time
is deliberately incorrect. AS. the preliminary
examination is not yet concluded, it is not yet
known who and how many the guilty parties
were. You, no doubt, have the note of Nov,
written in reply to Minister Egan. in which l
request him to furnish testimony, which he
would not give, although he had said he had
evidence showing who the murderer was and
who the other guilty parties of Oct. 16 were.
That and all the other notes will be published
here. You will publish a translation of them
in the United States. Deny in the meantime
everything that does not agree with these
statements. We feel confident Of your exact.
ness as we do Of the right, the dignity and
the final success of Chilli, Notwithstanding the
intrigues which proceed from so low d source
and the threats which come from so high a
source"
This telegram was published in the official
dairy and ~nsmit by the Chilian minister
at Buenos Ayres to all Gillian legations in
Europe. On the same day the correspondence
between Messrs. Egan and Malta on the Bal
timorc case was published in all the NalDar-
also papers.
Mr.. Egan at once wrote Minister Malta ask
ing if the published text of the telegram was
correct.
Suspended Communication.
Pending further instructions Mr.. Egan mott
fed the state department on Dec. II that he
had suspended communications with the Chill
ian foreign office.
He also reported that policemen and detec-
tives surrounded both the United States and
Spanish legations, that several parties had
been arrested after leaving the latter, thai the
newspapers were relentless in their offensive
and INSCRIPTIONS attacks and that it was in
tended to drive out the refugees by attempting
to burn the legation or adjoining houses. He
related the expressions of approval from mem.
bers of the diplomatic corps and said that the
British minister commended to his govern.
ment the position taken by him in the whole
matter. MIR. Egan's son and two gentlemen
who had called at the legation, were seized by
the police Dec. A-22 as they were leaving thu
legation, but were released. Against this
course Of action by the authorities the Argen.
eAhO hic oo o0eA VI thO uApAOulhlAC COlpb,
protested. and he was promised that only the
regular uniformed police should be main
tanned about the legation. This promise, Mr..
Egan reports, was compiled with in part only.
Mr.. Egan telegraphed on Dec. 80 that he had
hopes that when a new ministry was formed a
better spirit would be evinced. The new min.
istry was announced Jan. / inst, and Mr..
Egan telegraphed that two of them were his
personal friends and that he had excellent re-.
lations with all and that Cancellation would
mark the disposition toward the United
States.
Requested by Blaine.
On the Sth inst, Mr.. Blaine asked whether
all that is personally offensive to the president
and other officers of the United States in the
Malta circular would be Withdrawn by the
new government. Also, whether a safe con-
duct would be granted to the refugees who
were still in the legation; and, finally, whether
all surveillance of the legation had been re-
moved. hat day Mr.. Egan was at Valpar.
also to place on the United States steamship
Yorktown, two refugees who had Travelled
without safe conducts, and consequently did
not answer Mr.. Blaine's inquiry until the 18th
inst, when he reported that he had had a con.
versation with the minister for foreign affairs,
in the course of which he secured for all the
refugees permission to leave the country. and
was assured verbally that no harm wauld be
done them. but could not obtain a written
safe conduct; that on the first question he