The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-01-30

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! think It right to say word or two upon
the legal aspect of the case. The Baitl-
/ more was IN the harbOr OF Val
| paralso by virtue OF that general
/ invitation which nations are held
! to extend to the war vessels of other
powers with which they have friendly
! relations. lhlS invitation. think, must be
held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of
/ such communication with the shore as is
reasonable. necessary and proper for the
! comfort and convenience of tie officers and
! men of such vessels. Cant. Schley testi1cS
that when his vessel returned toN alparaiso.
! on September H. the city officers as Is Gus
!! tomary. extended the hospitalitleS OF the
! city to his officers and crew. 1t is not
claimed that every personal collision OF IN
| Jlry III which sailor or officer
. oi such naval vessel visiting the shore
may be involved raises an inter
/ national question: but am clearly of the
/ OPINION that where such sailors or officers
are asSalted by 4 Resident populacc. an
/ mated by hostility to the government
( uniform which these sailors and officers
/ wear, and III resentment of acts done by
! Their government, not by toem, their nation
| must take notice OF the event as one
/ involving an infraction OF its rights and
/ dignity: not in Il secondary way. as where
Il citizen Is injured and presents his clai IN
I through Ills own government. but III a
primary way. precisely a. if its minister
! or consul or the Ia" itself had
been the object of the same character
! of assault. The officers and saIiorS Of
/ the Baltimore We're IN the harGOr of NaI-
/ raraIho under the orders OF the govern
mrnt. not by their own cholcc. They
/ were upon the shore hy the i'm
( piled invitation Of the government
4 Of Chill and with the approval Of their
| commanding officer: and it does not DIS
! tlnguiSh their case from that OF Il
! consul that his stay is more per-
mancnt or thai he holds the eX-
! press invitation OF the local government
10 Justify his longer residence. Nor does
/ il affect the question that the injury was
/ the act of Il mob. If there had been no
1 tary III this trucl work. and
no neglect on their part To eX-
4 tCnd protection. the ease would still
1 he one, III my opinion, When its extent and
character are considered, involving
4 international rights. The incidents
, OF the affair are briefly as follows:
! un the 18TH OF October last Capt. Schley.
/ commanding the United States steamer
{ Baltimore. gave shore leave to liz petty Of
! tcerS and sailors of his ship. These men
/ left the ship about ! 80 p. ". Nuincident of
! violence occurred: none of our men We're
! arrested: no complaint was lodged againS!
! them. nor did any collision or outbreak
I occur until about & O'Clock 7. VI. Capt.
/ Schley states that he was himself on
/ shore and about the streets OF the
4 city until $50 =. ": that hc met very
many of his men who We're uDon leave;
that they were sober ana conducting them
/ selves wi II propriety, Saluting IhilianS
and other officers as they mel
/ them. Other officers OF the snip
and Capt. Jenkins. OF the merchant
! ship kcWeenaW. corrObOratc Capt. Schley
/ as 10 the general Sohricty and good be
/ haviorof our men. The Sisters of Charity
J at the hospital to which our wounded men
! Wee taken. when inquired Of stated that
! thcN were sober when received. II the
situation had been otherwise, WE must be-
/ ii"ve that the Chllan police authorities
/ would have made arrests.
AhOut i 4. VI. the assault began, and it is
/ remarkable that the investigation by tn"
/ Judge of crimes. though So protracted. does
/ not enable him 10 give any more SatlSfac-
/ tory account OF its origin than is found
{ in the statement that It began between
/ drunken sailors. Repeatedly in the cor
was Impossible to learn the precise cause
of the riot. The minister of foreign at
/ fairs, Malta. in his telegram To Mr.. Montt,
/ under date of December 81. Statt $ tDat the
1 quarrel began between two sailors IN a
| tavern and was continued Ill the street,
! persons who were passing joining
| in il. The testimony OF Talbot. an ap
! prentice. who was with Riggin. is that the
! outbreak in which they were involved be
/ gan by a Chlllan sailor splitting IN the face
! OF tdiDO3. WHICH WtS Resented by Il hltoth-
! down. 1t appears that liggn and Talbot
We're at the time unaccompanIed bH any
! others of their shipmateS.
The two men We're Immediately be :
1 set by a crowd OF Chilian citizens and sail
! urS, through which they br0k" their way to
| a street ear and entered it for safrty. They
! were pursued, Grlyen from the car. and
| RlggiM was 50 seriously beaten that he fell
/ in the street. apparently dead. There Is
nothing IN the report Of the Gillian
investigation made to us that StrIouSly I'M
! peaches this testimony. Il appears from
/ CnIllau SoHrces that almost instantly. with
| a SuGdcnneSS that strongly implies lhcdlta-
! iiou and preparation. a mob. stated by the
! police authorities at one time to number
/ 2,NuN. and at another LOCO. was engaged III
1 the assault upon our sailors. VINO were rep
resented as resisting with stones, clubs and
I bright arms. The report OF the lntendente
/ OF Dctoner 80 states that the fight TOOK
/ place at t T. ". III three streets which are
/ named: that information was received at
! the intchdencia at 6:15. and that police ar
/ rived on the scene az 6:Sn. a full half hour
I after the assault began. At that time, he
SAYS. mob of 1000 men had collected,
! and that for several squares there was the
/ appearance of a real battle field.
/ The scene at tniS point is very graphic
! aly set before Ms by the ChiIiam testimony.
4 Tie American sailors, who. after so long
anpXaminatiOn have not been found guilty
(
/ the Chilian authorities are able to discover.
| were unarmed and defenceleSS. are fleeing
/ for their lives. pursued by overwhelming
! numbers and fighting only IN aud their
| own escape from death or to SuccOr some
mate whose life Is in greater peril.
! Eighteen of them are brutally stabbed and
! beaten. while one ChlIan seems from the
renort tn have suffered some injury. but
/ how serious or with what character OF
| weapon. or whether by a missile thrown
! ny our men or hv some of his fellow
I rioters l. unaScertaned.
/ The nretenSe that our men were llghtIng
with .'StoneS, clubs and bright arms. IN
view of these facts, Is incredible. III Is
! further refuted by the fact that our prison
erS when searched We're absolutely with
! out arms. Only seven pen knives being
! found in the possession of the men. while
/ there were received by our men more than
( thirtl wounds. every wound 0t which was
inflicted III the back. and almost every con-
! fused wound was on the back or back of
! the head. The evidence of the ships Off
4 Ger on the day is even the Jack knives Of
/ the men were taken from them before
/ leaving the ship.
! As to the brutal nature OF the treatment
/ received by our men the following extract
! from an account given Of the affair by the
/ La Patria newspaper Of Valparaiso. of
/ October l.. cannot be regarded as too
! friendly:
! The Yankees. a soon as their pursurers gave
/ chase. went by way Of the Calledel Arsenal to-
/ wards the city ear station. In the presence OF
4 an ordinary number of citizens, among whom
1 were some sailors the North Americans took
seats in the street car TO escape from the
/ stones which the Chillans threw At them.
4 IL was believed for all instant that the
/ North Americans had saved themselves from
/ the popular fury. but such was not the 2ase
scarcely had the car begun to move when Il
I crowd gathered around and stopped is prog
/ re>> Under these circumstances and without
/ any cessation OF the bowling and throwing OF
| stones Al the North Americans, the conductor
/ entered the ca1 and seeing the risk OF the
( situation 10 the vehicle. ordered them 10
! gel out At the instant the sailors left the car
/ in the midst OF hail Of stones the conductor
received stone blow on the head. one OF the
| Yankee sailors managed TO escape III the direc
tion OF the plaza, but The other was feled TO the
! ground by stone Managing 70 raise himself
( from the ground where he lay he staggered in
l ar opposite direction from the station IN front
/ of the house OF >euor NaZLlni he was again
/ wounded, falling >euseless and GREATNESS
No amount OF evasion or Subtertuge Is
/ able ia cloud the vision of this brutal