Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-01-30

days in jail without process of law, forced
to sweep the streets and brutally beaten by
police officers The consul said that he
had been medically examined and found
! to be in a serious condition and that the
! local authorities had been demonstrated
| against The fact that Shields was an
| Irish citizen does not. in the estimation of
our government, effect our duty to protect
him 50 long as he sails under an American
flag
+ That Insulting Circular
Mattas offensive letter is comprehend
in what follows On Dec Is Mr. Egad
telegraphed the state department as foln
lows: "The 70 lowing telegram from the
| minister of foreign relations, sent to the
| Chiiian minister, at Washington, with
| sanction Of the president, was reai the
senate and published In the papers today:
SENIOR PEDRO MoNTT, WASHINGTON .
Having read the portion Of the report OF
| the secretary OF the navy and of the mes
| sage Of the president of the United States,
think proper to inform you that the state
ments of which both report and message
are based are erroneous or deliberately in.
correct
with respect TO the persons to whom
an asylum has beer granted, they have
never been threatened with cruel treat
ment nor has 1t been sought to remove
them from the legation, nor has their sur
render been asked for. Never has the
house or the erson of the potentiary,
notwithstanding indlscretions and deliber
ate proyOcations, been subjected to any
otfense, as is proved by the notes of Sep
TENDER, October and November With
respect to the seamen of the Baltimore
there is. moreover, no exactness nor sim
cerity In what is said at Washington. The
occurrence took place in bad neighbor-
hood Of the city, the maiutop of Valpa-
ralso, and among people who are not
models of discretion and temperance
When the police and other forces ter
fered and Gained the tumult there ere
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 26 "a note that
was aggressive in purport and virulent in
language 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 Baltimore and owing to
undue pretensions and refusals of Mr..
Egan himself. No proyocation has ever
been accepted or initiated by this depart
ment. Its attitude, while it has ever been
one Of 6rmness and prudence, has never
been one of aggresslveness, nor will it
ever be one of humiliation, whatever may
be OF has been said at Washington by
those interested in justifying their
condact or who are blinded by erro.
neous views. The kilograms, notes
and letters which have been sent to you
contain the truth, the whole truth, in
connection with what has taken place in
these matters, in which ill-will and the
consequent words and pretentions have
not emanated from this department Mr.
Ir, ICY and Mr.. Harrison have been led
into error in respect to our people and
government. Their instructions recon-
mending 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, IL is because the facts,
public and notorious both in Chill and the
United States, could not, although they
were well proved, be urged by our con-
idential agents. Proof of this is furn-
ished by the demands of Balmaceda
and he concessions made in June
and July, the whole ltata case, the San
Francisco at Quintero anu the cable COM
panies. The statement that the North
American seamen were attacked in vari-
GUS localities at the same time is deliber-
ately incorrect. AS the preliminary ex-
animation is not yet completed it Is not
yet known VINO and how many the guilty
parties were. You, no doubt, have the
note of New 3, written in reply to Minis
ter Egan, in which | request him to fur
nish testimony, which be would not give,
although he had said he had evidence
showing who the murderer was and who
he other guilty parties of Oct. 49,
were. That aud 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, Je-
ing assured of their exactness, as we are
of the right, the dignity and the final sue
cess of Chill, notwithstanding the in
trIgues which proceed from so low q source
and the threats which come from 81 high
. source. ="
THIS telegram was published in the off
cidl daily and transmitted by the CbIlian
mlulster at Buenos Byres to all CHILEAN ie-
cations in Europe. On the same day the
correspondence between Messrs. Egan and
Malta on the Baltimore case was publish
ed IN all the Valparaiso papers
Mr.. Egan at once wrote Minister Malta
asking If the Published text of the tele-
gram was correct, and the latter replied It
was, and added; ''Inasmuch as the telC-
gram is an official act Of tie government
of Chill whereby il communicates instrua-
tions @ its envoy extraordinary and min
lister PARLIAMENTARY IN the United States
OF N0gth imerca. any explanation or dis.
sertIon on the part Of the undersigned
could add nothing to its contents. which
are 10 serve as guide for bon Pedro
Mont at Washington IN treating Of these
matters.
% the S.h inst. MIR. Blaine asked
whether al, that is personally offensive 10
the prssiden. and other officers Of the
United States IN the Malta circular would
be Withdrawn by the new government. !
Also, whether safe conduct would Be
granted to the refugees IS ho wprr sl.ll in
the legation and. duaIly, Whether ail -ur-