The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-02-04
WHITE-WINGED A
The Ominous War Clouds Appar-
entity All Dissipatod.
The President Sends Another Message
to Congress Transmitting tho Re-
ply of Chiii-The Latter 10
All We Could Ask.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The president
sent the following special message and
accompanying correspondence to con-
gress:
II MESSAGE.
To THE SENATE AND HoUsE OF REPRESENTA-.
TivBs: / transmit herewith additional CORE
spondence between this government and the
government Of Chill, consisting OF n note of Mr..
Montt the CHILEAN minister at this capital, to
Mr.. Blaine, dated January 81; n reply of Mr..
Blaine thereto, dated January %, and n dis
patch from Mr.. Egan, our minister at Santiago,
transmitting the response of Mr.. Pcreira, the
CHILEAN IN mister of foreign affairs, to the note
Of Mr.. Blains of January 81, which was re.
ceived by me on the 26th instant. The
note Of Mr.. Mont to Mr.. Blaine, though dated
January g, was not delivered Mt the state de-
partment until after l2 o'clock, meridian. of the
25th, and was not translated snd its receipt
notified to me until late in tho afternoon of that
day. The response of Mr.. Pcreira to our note
Of tho 21st withdraws, with acceptable eN.
pressions Of regret. the offensive note OF Mr..
Malta Of tho 18th ultimo, and also the request
for the recall Of Mr.. Egan. Tho treatment OF
the iDcidt mt of the assault upon the sailors of
the Baltimore is so concilistory and friendly
that | nm of the opinion there Is n good pros.
pect that the differences growing out of that
serious affair can now be adjusted upon terms
satisfactory to this government, by the usua
methods and without special powers from con
gress, This turn in the affair is very gratifying
to me, as I am sure il will he to the congress and
our people. The general support Of the effort.
OF the executive to enforce the just right of thu
nation in this matter has given nm instructive
and useful illustration Of the unity and patriot
ism Of our people.
Should it be necessary I will again communi.
cate with congress upon the subject.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Washington, D. c., Jan. -, 1897.
II CORRESPONDENCE.
The first document was Chili's answer
TO the ultimatum of the 2lst inst, dated
January -, and received ut the state
department at Q Il. III. January 26. 1t
is as follows:
To BLAINE, wAsHISGTos-I have to-day re
ceivcd the following reply to my note of the I'D
inst,
SIR-The undersigned has had the honor tc
receive your cxcelleucy's communication dated
22d inst. received in this department the 2}d
and the duly authenticated copies Of the instruc.
tions which the honorable secretary of state Of
Washington has sent to your cxccllrncy by ca,
BILE under dates of the Fist inst. and the I'D OF
October, 1891.
In the Instructions OF the 2lst inst. the hon.
orable secretary Of state informs Your excel
lency that his cxcellency, Mr.. Harrison. after
carefully examining all that has been suhmittct
to him by the government of Chilli with re
spect to tho event which occurred in valparais,
On the evening OF the 10Th of October. and tax
ing into consideration the testimony of the Off
GERS and crew Of the vessel. the Baltimore. AM
Of others who witnessed the event, has arrived
at the following conclusions:
First-That with regard to that assault thor,
has been no change whatever made in the char
acter given to it by the first report of the event
to wit: That it was an attack upon the uniform
of the navy Of the United States. which had it
origin and motive in a feeling Of hostility to
wards that government and not in any accoun
of the individual sailors belonging to it.
Second-That the public authorities of Val
paraiso evidently did not do their duty in pro
tecting those sailors, and that a part of the 10
lice and some Chilian soldiers and sailors rem
dered themselves guilty of unprovokcd assault
on the sailors Of the United States before an,
after the latter were arrested, and that he be
lieves that Riggin was killed by the police or tn
soldiers; and
4, 1hird-Tnat he is consequently compelled
carry the question back to the state in which
was placed by the note OF the Honorable NJ
Wharton dated October I'D, and to ask for s,iit
able satisfaction and some adequate rcpara
ton for the injury done the government Of th
United States.
The honorable secret iry Of state. Mr.. Blaine
regrets that the government Of Chilli has not
fDm the very first, appreciated the gravity o
the question raised, and that it has attribute,
foit no other Importance than that OF an ordi
nary quarrel between sailors. adding that n
government which respects itself can consen
to civil or military persons employed in it
service being maltreated or killed in a foreigl
territory on account OF resentment for act
which it may have committed, or which NAV b
imputed to it, without requiring AIDE
uuate reparation. Tho Honorable Mr.. Blaine
In this connection, recalls the fact tina
the government of the United States have volun
tarily recognized this principle, and has acte,
accordingly when any injury has been commit
ted by its people against anyone holding an Off
cial position of a foreign country, in consc
quence Of acts which had aroused rec. ntment
In such cases the United States has neye
sought words OF little weight or ambicuou
meaning in order to make PREPARATION, bu
has condemned such acts in vigorous an;
energetic terms, and has never refused t
give other adequate satisfaction. Th
honorable secretary of state, Mr.. Blaine, states
moreover, that it is not his intention to discus
the details of the incident of October, but onl
TO set forth the conclusions at which his govern
ment has arrived. The honorable secretary o
state says: W. have given every kind of op
portunity to the government Of Chill to ofe
explanatory or eStenuating circumstances, an
We have given due consideration to the fact tina
the government Of Chill, during n great part o
tho time which has elapsed since tn
10Th OF October, has been in a pro
visional situation" He then adds that h
Is directed by his excellcncy, Mr.. Harrison
to say that he has been compelled to take motto
OF the instructions sent by Mr.. Malta, ministe
OF foreign affairs, to the Chilian minister il
washington under date of December IL, be
cause, although they We're not officially com
inundated to his government, they received IN,
greatest possible publicity, and that. conse
quently, he demands tho immediate withdraw
or the said instructions AZ to those PARTS which
he considers offensive, and adeQuat, satisfa .
ton, in order that the diplomatic relations Inc
tween the two nations may not be interrupted
Without any intention Of opening u discus
sion as to the facts referred TO by the communi
cation, which | have extracted, and c%onfininc
himself to the first part of the instructions o
the honorable secretary Of state, the under
signed must state to your excellency the reyre
with which the government of Chill sees tina
bis exccllcncy, the president OF the Unite,
States, finds reason TO continue to regard tn
incident OF October as an attack caused nv
hostile feeling towards the uniform Of the nav,
Of the United States. The unfortunat
occurrence took place on q sudden
In a district where the sailors Of the vessels "
ing in the bay OF Valparaiso are in the habit a
assembling, without distinction of nationali
~. From the nature Of the incident 1t woul
be impossible to prove that there was no douh
as to the special cause which served as II
origin or %pretext; but the undersigned can as
sert that that cause was not a hos
tile feeling toward the uniform OF IN
navy ct the United States, he
cause tho people OF Chilli have alyay
esteemed and respected that uniform ever sine
the time when 1t saw it figuring honorably /
the ranks of the soldiers and sailors who, in
glorious struggle, gave it Independence and es
tablished the republic. The undersigned admi,
that the occurrence of October Ia was of greate
aravitu than thasa which .la,,allu 49, \.