Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-29
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sitter Feeling Against the United s..;os.
Sept. l Mr.. Egan wrote that ever since the
Atata incident q bitter feeling had been held
against the United States by the young and
unthinking element of those then in opposi-
ton to the government Sept. "a and rs Mr..
Egan telegraphed that it had been intimated
that he was expected to turn the refugees out
Il that were in the legation to be prosecuted, but
ne would permit them to go out only I'M
Ssnoer safe conduct to neutral territory; also that
feeling against the United States because
Stssof the ltata incident was being fomented.
%ssSecret police surrounded the legation arrest
persons, twenty in number, for entering it
s2and placing two of Mr.. Egan's servants in
asprison. Against this Mr.. Egan protested to
sSthe minister of foreign affairs. BY direction Of
sAthe president Mr.. Wharton t%elegraphed Minis
SsSer Egan Sept. ab, to insist firmly that the re-
aspect and inviolability due the minister of the
United States and the legation buildings, in
Scluding free access, be given and observed
sSS1ully and promptly by the CHILEAN authorities.
n A lengthy report of the situation was sent by
S# minister Egan, dated Sept. %, in which he
\ noticed the arrest Of w. E. Raycroft, a citi-
n zen of the United States, solely because he
called at the legation for his correspondence.
+ Minister Malta. Sept. 30, again refused safe
81 conduct or permission to leave the country to
n the refugees in the United States legation.
N Oct: l Mr.. Egan was informed that THE
president cannot but regard the acts of disre-
u spect to our legation as the manifestation of a
& most unfriendly spirit" Mr.. Egan was in
u structed to furnish a copy of this to the minis
II Ter OF foreign affairs and to take the utmost
8 precautlon to prevent any abuse of the privi-
lege of asylum by those to whom he has ex-
Il tended it.
This note being shown to Minister Malta
~ A1af a In o,rvD q
respect was intend ed to the legation; that or
ders for arrest applied only to those against
4 whom there might be legitimate grounds for
suspicion and that the police must have mis-
understood it. He promised an investigation.
The Attack on the Sailors.
coming to the attack on the sailors of the
baltimore and its consequences, the first noti-
ncatlon was In q telegram from Minister Egan,
dated Oct. 10, the fight having occurred on
the 10th.
Captain w. 8. Schley, of the man-of-war
baltimore, was directed to thoroughly inves-
tlgate the causes and results of the assault and
report to the navy department. Captain
Schley reported that the attack was unpro-
voked, that the Americans were unarmed,
tnat the attacking party was armed and in
Guided city policemen, and that the assault
was animated by hostility toward the men be-
cause they were United States sailors. No ex-
preston of regret because of the assault, or of
VI hohAA oCd1CAlAB 1uQulEy Win d
view to punishment of the guilty parties was
made to the United States government. Min
lister Egan received a copy of Captain Schley's
report and was directed to bring to the atten-
ton OF the government Of Chilli the facts as
reported by Captain Schley and INQUIRE
whether there are any qualifying facts in the
possession of that government or any explain
alton to be offered the United States, which
might prevent unfriendly relations arising be-
tween the two nations.
Senior Malta replied Oct. q and said that
the United States government formulated de-
mands and advanced threats that We're not &C.
ceptably nor could they be accepted in that
case or any other of like nature. He said the
administrative and judicial authorities had
been investigating the affair; that the judicial
investigation under Gillian law is secret and
the time had not yet arrived to make known
the results; when the time did arrive he would
make known the result, although he did not
recognize any other authority competent to
judge criminal cases than that established by
the Gillian people.
Captain Schley reported that the officers of
the Baltimore were refused permission to be
present at the investigation, and that the
American sailors were obliged to sign a paper
in Spanish which they did not understand.
Minister Egan was directed to read that puper
but the privilege was denied,
Ill ent of Shields.
Nov. 7 Mr.. Egan reported the i'll treatment
of Patrick Shields, a fireman of the United
States stea keewana, and an American
citizen, who, according to a report from the
United States council at Valparaiso, was az
rested for drunkenness, Il charge denied BY
him, kept for several days in Jail without pro-
cess OF law, forced to sweep the streets and
brutally beaten by police officers. The qucs-
ton of Shields citizenship having been raised.
investigation was made and he was found to
be entitled to the Profession of the United
States government, and Minister Egan so re-
ported to United States council McCreery at
Valparaiso.
On the same day, Nov. 7, Mr.. Egan reported
a public meeting called to denounce the Unit
ed States legation and to request the delivery
of the refugees. This was due to attacks in
the press. The government sent a squadron of
cavalry to protect the legation. The meeting
was called by a proclamation which charged
that the refugees in the legation had conspired
to kill Colonel Canta. Subsequently a procla-
nation was issued denying the alleged con-
spiracy. OF this incident Senior Malta wrote
to Mr.. Egan that 1.-The government does not
alarm itself, however 1t may disapprove the
misdemeanors of speech, spoken and written,
which, as has been observed by the honorable
minister plenipotentiary, was not borne out by
the results"
Recognized the New President.
Mr.. Egan called Nov. 9 upon Senior Jorge
Montt, president Of the junta, and congratu-
lated him upon his unanimous nomination to
the presidency of the republic. He was cor
daily received, and Senior Mont begged him
to convey to the United States his warmest
acknowledgment under the new order of
things. Mr.. Egan expressed the hope that the
state of feelings toward the United States
would be improved.
Congress reorganized the government Dec.
10, each member of the junta being recognized.
Preceding his election and regular ~installa-
ton Senior Malta, in a note to Mr.. Egan, Nov.
!, asked him to onward to the judge of crimes
8 any information the commander of the Balti-
more or Consul McCreery, of Valparaiso,
might be able to furnish of the attack on the
~ Baltimore sailors. Under instructions from
the navy department the sailors of the Balti-
more gave their testimony before the Judge of
4 crimes Nov. ~.
Nov. 16. in response to questions, Mr.. Egan
informed the state department that he had
sg supported the refugees at the legation at his
own expense, then amounting to more than
$500. Nov. II he reported that he was COM
PEELED to complain that the secret police who
had been watching the legation for two weeks
had become boisterous under the influence of
W liquor, and from the street used insulting
Language toward the refugees. Mr.. Malta re-
81 Piled, denying that the disturbers were police