The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-29
HARRIsON'S HASTE.

The country continues to talk about the
CHILEAN affair, though, now that all appre-
hension of war is over, the subject must
soon be consigned to historic unimportance.
The frank disavowal by the MONT gov
eminent of hostile sentiments towards the
United States, the unequivocal withdrawal
of the peutulant note of Minister malta,
and the open expression of willingness to
submit the whole matter of the Valparaiso
riot to a judicial determination by this
country, leave no ground upon which a
difference between the two countries can
rest. And as the controversy has reached
this peaceful stage, the question arises,
Why should the people of both nations have
been worked into such state of anxiety
and disquietude with so little real reason!
The answer and explanation cannot fail to
be, the desire Of the Washington admins
tration to make capital for the coming presi-
Dental contest out of the Americal SEN
timent of patriotism. For this and the
aggrandizement of the Republican party,
the administration was willing to plunge
the United States into another war, with
the hope of covering up its unpopularity on
the political issues OF the times.
THE HERALD yesterday referred to the
precipitancy with which MIR. HARRISON,
after making an ultimate peremptory de-
mand upon the Gillian government, had
dumped the correspondence upon Congress,
without waiting reasonable period for
reply. 1t now appears that the receipt of
this ultimatum dated January q, was not
acknowledged by Minister EGAN until two
days later Saturday last,) Mr.. EGAN stat
ing it would be delivered on the following
1 day, which was Sunday. Our readers re-
member that Mr.. HARR1soN's message to
Congress was sent in at noon Mon
day, before the hour of receiving
diplomatic calls; so that the action
of the Gillian cabinet must have
been hurried, indeed, in order to formulate
g reply to the ultimatum and have it reach
Washington and be translated prior to the
delivery of the Presidents communication.
But there is another fact disclosed by the
printed correspondence, which is that
already, on the 18th of January, the
Gillian foreign minister had pressed upon
EGAN the acceptance of the withdrawal of
MATTA's Objectionable letter. Mr.. EGAN
had formerly, January l, answered that at
least two OF The new cabinet officials openly
disapproved MATTA's telegram and that
public opinion strongly condemned it, On
the 10th of that month he also gave an ac-
count of an interview with the new for
eign minister, in which the latter said his
government would have no objection tc
Withdrawing The kilograms of the former
minister
Thus it appears that at no time since the
accession to power of the new permanent
government of Chill has there been any
real and settled ground of war between
that country and this. The Baltimore
affair is still in controversy as to whether
the rioting grew out of hostility to The
United States government; but The testi
mony is very conflicting and the absolute
truth may never be known. At any rat,
Chilli disclaims any responsibility or sym
pathy derogatory to our flag, with ali ex
preston of deep regret for the occurrence
Despite the adhesion of President HAIR
RIsoN and Secretary BLAINE to their ap
proval Of the course of Minister EGAN
, who is now TO be used as a scape-goat TO
? this whole Gillian fiasco, the proofs ar
very strong that he acted throughout as
partisan of the Balmacedans, giving ther
comfort and finally asylum. One of tn
officers of the Baltimore, it is now asserted
i acted as newspaper correspondent, send
ing daily kilograms to New York pape
favorable to the monarchical tendencies @
BALMAcEDA and discouraging to tn
Congressional party which afterward
triumphed. But difficult as it was
separate the neutrality of the Unite
States from the Bslmacedan sympathies Q
. individual citizens of this country residin
\ there, Chill, as a government, especial
since the permanent government was es
tablished early in January, has given GU
no signs of animosity 10 the Washingto
: administration. All good citizens will re
: joice in the outcome, and be more tina
ever ready to indorse the sentiment tina
''peace hath her victories no less renowne
than war"