Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-29

hum has been granted, they have never pee-
threatened with cruel treatment nor hasit
been sought To remove them from the iegt-
ton, nor has their surrender been asked for
Never has the house or the person OF the plen-
ipotentiary, notwithstanding indi,cretions
and deliberate provocations, been subjected
to any Offence, as Is proYed by the eleven
notes OF September, October and November.
Mr.. Egan sent on the 26th Of October note
that was aggressive in purpose 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 IL has been de-
layed owing to the non appearance of the
officers of the Baltimore and owing to undue
pretensions and refusals of Mr.. Egan himself
No prOvocation has been accepted or
initiated by this department.
Its attitude, while it has ever been one of
frmness and prudence has never been one of
aggressveness, nor will it ever be one Of
humiliation, whatever may be or has been
said at WASHINGTON by those who are inter-
ested in iustifying their conduct or who are
blinded by erroneous 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-wil and the con-
sequent words and pretentions have not ema-
mated from this department. Mr.. Tracy and
Mr.. Harrison have been led into error in re-
spect to our people and government: the in
structons Recommending impartiolity and
friendship have not been complied with neither
now nor before.
If no official complaint has been made
against the minister add the naval officers, it
is because the facts public and notorious. both
in Chile and the United States, could not, al
though they were well proved, be urged by our
confidential agents.
Proof of this is furnished by the demands of
Balmaceda and the concessions of June and
july the whole ltata case. the san Francisco,
Quintero, and the cable companies. The state
ment that the North An erican seamen were
attacked in various localities atthc same time
a Is deliberately Incorrect.
> Deny in the meantime everything that does
not agree with 4 c statements. being as
sured of their eXactnc-s as we do of the dig
l nifty, and the final success of Chile, notwith-
l standing the ntrigues which proceed from so
? low "a source) and the threat which come
70 from so high "a souice).
l Egan's Pointed Questions.
In a telegram on Dec. H. Mr. Egan in
> forms Mr.. Blaine that he has transmitted
{ the following to the minister ON foreign
relations
Hon Manuel A Malta: SIR Having learned
/ today of the interrogation put yesterday in
the honorable senate applying TO the relations
t between the United States and Chile. desire
{ to know Officially and at the earliest possible
t moment. If the telegram directed by your ex-
y celency to senior Don Pedro Montt in Wash
u ington, and which your excelency read in tho
: senate, Is the same As that published in the
ferro-Carril of today, "A copy of which have
: the honor to send herewith. In this telegra
| your excellency, as minister of foreign rela-
t tions of Chile referring to the message of the
n President of the United States and the report
+ of the secretary of the navy. says:
= tTranslation.l "The statements on which
g both report and message are based are err
Il roneous or deliberately incorrect with
respect to the seamen of the Balmtore.
There is. moreover, no exchanges or sincerity
in what is said at Washington:"
n lettering to my note of 10th of October. Your
l. eXcelencv characterizes it a. [translationl-
aggressive in purpose and virulcnt in lam
guage. With REGARD to the summary examine
I ton begun on the 18th of October your excel
' lency saws that
e [Translation.l at has been delayed owing to
It the non-app arance Of the officers Of tn Bati-
l. more and owing TO undue pretcnsions and re-
n fusals If Mr.. Kan himself"
Alludng to the testimony regarding the
= sum"ary. your eXcclleucy SAYS [transation1:
! YOU no doubt have the note of Nov. 2 written
+ in ply to Minister Exam. in which | request
Is him 10 furnish testimony which he would not
p give, although he had said that he had evil
IT dence showing who the murderer was and
r. who the other guilty parties Of OCT ID were"
+ And your eNcciiency concludes this telegram
by saying iran atioll Deny in The mranti ne
everything that doe, not agree with these
IL statements. We feel confident of your exact
d ness. rs We do of tn" right, the dignity and the
D final success of Chile. Notwithstanding the in
C.. trigues which proceed from so low "a source),
II and the threats which comes from so high IA
sourcei."
g beg your excellency to he good enough to
- favor me with a reply regarding the anthem
y tICitN of the telegram to which | refer. and
which your excellency has read to the honor
l. able senate with. a. stated by your excellency,
v the special authority of his excellency. the
n president OF the republic. and after having
i consulted with the other members of the hon.
orable cabinet
, With the due expression of my consideration,
D. remain your excellency's obedient servant.
PATRICK EGAN.
4 Some Side Issues.
IS Various matters at issue are referred to
in the correspondence other than the
q three leading causes of contentiou-ths
right of asylum, the Baltimore incident
and the Malta note. Adverting to the
c. Itata, Mr.. Egan, Sept. II, expressed the
m opinion that the English element in Chile
Of would do all in their power, las has al
n ways been their CUSTOM" to promote and
lie foster the feeling of hostility to the
% United States.
ID He says that the reasonable men in
power admit that the United States could
to not consistently have taken any other
At course than the one she adopted, and that
is ErrazuriZ, when acting as minister of for
T. eign relations. two weeks ago, SO stated TO
him without reservation. In this relation
= the minister alludes to the charge that the
IL l. s ) san Francisco carried news TO
We Balmacedists of the Congressional land
T. ing and enclosed an unequivocal denial of
r. the charge by Admiral Brown.
lie On 1.-THE l9;h of November Mr.. Exam
~ writes that he has seen number of UNI
ll truthful and entirely indecent attacks
III made upon him through the press of the