The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-01-29

not in any act of the individual sailors
belonging to il.
Second-That the public authorities
Of Valparaiso evidently did not do their
duty in protecting those sailors, and that
q part of the police and some Chilean
soldiers and sailors rendered themselves
guilty of unproyoked assaults on the
sailors Of the United States before and
after the latter were arrested, and that
he believes Riggin was killed by the
police or soldiers; and,
Third-That he is consequently COM
PEELED to carry the question back to the
state IN which it was placed by the note
Of the Hon. Mr.. Wharton, dated Oct.
%, and to ask for suitable satisfaction
and some adequate reparation for the
injury done the government Of the
United States.
The honorable secretary Of state, Mr..
Blaine, regrets that the government of
Chile has not from the first duly appre-
ciated the gravity of the question raised,
and that it had attributed to it no other
importance than that of an ordinary
quarrel between sailors, adding that no
government which respects itself can
consent to civil or military persons EN-
ployed in its service beng maltreated or
killed in a foreign territory ON account
of resentment for acts which it may
have committed, or which may be inn
puted to it, without requiring adequate
reparation.
The honorable Mr.. Blaine, in this con-
licction, recalls the fact that the govern
ment of the United States has volnn-
tarily recognized this principle, and has
acted accordingly, when any injury has
been committed by its people against
any one holding an official position of a
foreign country in consequence of acts
which had aroused resentment. In such
case the United States has never sought
words of little weight or ambiguous
meaning in order to make reparation,
but have condemned such acts in vigor-
GUS and energetic terms, and have never
refused to give other adequate satisfac-
+, ton.
MIR. Biainc's Demands.
The honorable secretary of state, Mr..
Blaine, states moreover that it is not his
intention to discuss the details of the in
cident of Oct 16, but only to set forth
the conclusion at which his government
has arrived. The honorable secretary of
state says:
We have given every kind Of opportunity to
| the government of Chile to offer explanatory
| OF eXtenuallug circumstances, ana we nave
given due consideration to the fact that the
/ government Of Chile during agreat part Of the
time which has elapsed since Oot 10 has been
| In provisional situation.
Without any intention Of opening q
discussion as to the facts referred to by
the communication which / have ex-
tracted, and combining himself to the
first part of the instructions of the hon
orable secretary of state, the undersigned
must state to your excellency the regret
with which the government of Chile sees
that his excellency the president Of the
United States finds reason to continue to
regard the incident of October as an at
tack caused by hostile feeling towards
the uniform of the navy of the United
States That unfortunate occurrence
took place on sudden, in a district
where the sailors of the vessels lying in
the Bay of Valparaiso are in the habit of
assembling without distinction of ma
tionality.
Not Hostile to Americans.
From the nature of the incident it
would be impossible to prove that there
was no doubt as to the special cause
which served as its origin or pretext,
1 but the undersigned can assert that that
cause was not hostile feeling towards
the uniforiR~-ef the navy of the United
States, because tine people of Chile have
always esteemed and respected that uni
form ever since the time when it saw it
figuring honorably in the ranks of the
soldiers and sailors who, in serious
struggle, gave it independence and es-
tahlished the republic. The undersigned
admits that the occurrence of Oct. IL
was at greater gravity than those which
usually occur in the same district be-
/ tween the sailors which frequent it, and
| the fact OF knowing that two deaths
have resulted from it among the sixteen
wounded men Of the Baltimore has suf-
feeti to give ii an extraordinary charac-
ter. and TO ipdnce the government of
Chile to hasten to adopt the measures
necessary to discover and punish the
| glilty parties, to offer in due time, if
there should be ground for so doing,
such PREPARATION rs might be due.
The preliminary examination was
| commenced on the morning which fol-
lowed the night of the conflict, some
i days before you presented your COM
| plant, but the investigation could not
be finished with the rapidity that the
government of Chile desired, because
the rules of procedure in internal mat
tiers which are established by our laws
L
possible forthe president of the republic
to modify or to set them aside.
i Chile's Lament.
In view Of your communication, and
considering that MP to date it has been
impossible for the trial initiated by the
judge of the criminal court of Valpa-
raise to be decided, the undersigned re-
/ CARDS rs his duty to declare, once more,
that the government of Chile laments
the occurrence of Oct. 10, and by way Of
showing the sincerity of his feeling and
i the confidence which he has in the JUS
tice Of his cause, he declares his willing
ness not toawait the decision of the ex-
amining Judge and proposes to the United
States government that the case be sub
mitted to the consideration of the SUI
preme court Of justice, at Washington.
The undersigned would remind You,
i referring to the conduct of the Valpa-
raise authorities, that it appears from
the preliminary examination that they
sent without delay to the sceneof the
conflict all the forces at their disposal