The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-29

not form subject OF discussion for
foreign governments"
In reference to the offensive Malta
note Mr.. Montt takes the ground that
it was domestic document, being ad.
dressed to officers of the Gillian govern
ment.
MIR BLAINE's REPLY.
In his reply to the foregoing letter
Secretary Blaine reminds Minister
Montt that he had repeatedly COM
planned of the delay of the Valparaiso
court, and also takes him to task for
what he says about an agreement to
arbitrate in case the United States
should not be satisfied with the decision
of the CHILEAN court. In this connection
Mr.. Blaine says:
Your offer of arbitration was never
unconditional and exact. Had 1t been
would have insisted on your reducing
1T to writing. for 1t would have been nv
duty to lay 1t before the President for
consideration. But l was unable to re-
port mere verbal exchange of views
between the United States as an agree
ment to arbitrate."
AS to ths Malta note, the Secretary
continues: by your own statement
you evidently contemplated to Justify
the Malta note. / certainly could not
accept your language, and never did ac-
cept language of that kind as apology
sufficient for the case. The Malta note
was highly discourteous to the Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Navy, imput-
ing to them untruth and insincerity.
Such language does not admit of the
conditional or contingent apology which
you offered. 1t could be apologized for
only by frank withdrawal
I'm regard to Mr.. Egan, you com
planned many times, and very bitterly
to me. Especially was he deserving of
censure, you thought, for not commune
eating to this government the brutal
murder of some Dung men who were
slain by order Of Balmaceda. Then on
tho next day showed you the dispatch
OF Mr.. Egan speaking Of the incident in
severe and proper terms, you &C.
knowlcdgcd that you were mistaken.
| thought you would be satisfied, but
you again spoke disparaginglY of Mr..
Egan, and | said somewhat i'm
patiently, Why do you not demand
his recall instead of constantly dispar-
aging him" intending thereby not to
favor his recall, but to put stop to the
frequent mention of Mr.. Egan's name.
In referring to the question you re-
marked: You were pleased to acknowl-
edge that the government of Chilli had
n right TO ask that n change should be
be made Undoubtedly she has that
right, provided she assigns that reason.
You arc too we'll skilled in diplomatic
usage to be reminded that when ma
ton is pleased to declare that min
lister is persona non grata, she is cX-
pected to assign a reason therefor"
CHILIS BACK DOWN
Tho third and last communication
submitted to Congress. with the Presi-
dents message, was the telegram from
Mr.. Egan to MIR. Blaine transmitting
the reply of Senior Pereira, the Gillian
minister of foreign affairs, to the ulti-
matum of the United States. In his
reply tho CHILEAN minister reviews the
demands made in the Presidents ultima.
tum and says:
The undersigned must stlte
tho government of Chilli saws
that mis- excellency, the Pres
ident of the United Stat 8, finds
reason to regard the incident of the
10th of October as an attack caused bv
hostile feelings toward the uniform of
the navy Of the United STATES, and that
the unfortunate occurrence took place
suddenly in district where sailors of
vessels lying in the bay of Valparaiso
are in tho habit of assembling without
distinction of nationality.
IRON the nature of the incident /,
would be impos ,ible to prove that there
was no doubt as to the special cause
which served as it's origin or pretext.
But the undersigned can assert that the
cause was not hostile feeling toward
the uniform of the navy of tho United
States, because the people of Chill have
-
uniform ever since the time it had sny
figuring in ranks Of soldiers and sailors
who in the glorious struggle gave it in.
dependence and established the re-
public.
The undersigned admits that the &C.
currence of October 16 was of greater
gravity than those which usually occur
in the same district betweeD sailors
which frequent it, and the fact OF know
ing that two deaths has resulted from
among sixteen wounded men of tho
baltimore has sufIiced to give it an ex-
traordinary character and to induce the
government of Chilli to hasten to adopt
measures necessary to discover and pun
ISL the guilty parties; to offer in due
time If 1here should be ground for so
doing such reparatioE as might be due"
The minister continues with a detailed
review OF the examination by the CHILEAN
court presenting Chili's side of the
affair about as strongly as President
Harrison did that Of this country in his
message to Congress, and reaches the
follow conclusions
The undersigned regards it as his
duty to declare once moro that the gov.
eminent of Chilli laments the occurrence
of October 10th, and by way of showing
the sincerity of his feeling and the
confidence which he has in the Justice
of his cause, he declares his willingness
not to await tho decision of tho pyamin