Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-01-28

communication with the shore as reasonable,
necessary and proper for the comfort and con
veniencc OF the oliicers and men OF such
vessels Capt sehloy testineH that WHEN hin
vessel returned 10 Valparaiso, September "a,
the city pficrra. As IA customary extended the
hospitaliiics of thr city TO hlH Officers and crew
II is not claimed that every personal collision
or injury IA which sailot OF oficer Of such
naval vessel visiting The shore may BE involved,
raiscs an International ducstihhi but ! am
clearly of the opinion that where such sailors
or ofiicers ate assaulted by resident populnco,
animated by hostility 10 the government whose
uniform those sailors and Officers wear and in
resentment Of acts done by their government
not BY them, their nation must take notice OF
the event as one involving an infraction Of It's
rights and dignity, not In a secondary way ag
whore citizen ~ iuiurpu ana presents Ms
claim through his own government but ID d
primary way, precisely aa II its minister Of con.
sui or the flag itself had been the object ui the
same character ol assault The officers aud
sailors of The Baltimore were IN The harbor Of
Valparaiso under the orders OF their govern
ment, not by their own choice
They were upon the shore by THE implied IN
sitation of the government uf Chill and With the
approval uf their COMMANDING oficef' and "
does mot distinguish their case from that OF q
calisul that his stay Is more permanent or that
he holds the express invitation ~ the local gov
ernmcnt to justify his long Residence. Nor does
II affect the Question that the injury was the
act OF mob II there had been no pariicipa
ton BY tho police or military in this cruel work
and no neglect on their part TO extend protec
tion the case would sui ne, in my opinion
when its extent and character are considered,
involving intcrnationai rights The incidents Of
the affair are briefly as follows
On the 10th OF October last Capt Schley
Commanding the United States steamer Balt-
more, gave shore leave TO III petty oficers and
sailors Of his ship. These men left the ship
about 1880 p. m. No incident OF violence uc
Cured: none Of our men were arrested, Ito coui-
plant was lodged against thetn nor did any
colliHioA or outbreak occur Until about Q o'clbck
p, m. Capt Schley states that he was the nfst
ON shore and on tho streets ofs the city until
$3.50 b. III nat he met very MANY OF his men
who we're OH leave: that they were sober and
were conducting themselves with pfopriety
saluiing Chilah and other officers as they met
them.
Other officers o. the ship and Capt Jenkins
OF the merchant ship Kewcenaw corrohorale
Capt Schley as 10 the general sobriety and
good behavior OF our men. The sisters Of char
ity at the hospital 10 which our wounded men
were taken, when inquired of, state they were
sober when received If the situation had bebh
otherwise we must believe that the
Chilian police authorities would have made or
rests. Atop m the assault begun and 1t is re
lilaht tit ihNhNttkAAt'if " w. JoHhN
Of crimes though so protractod docs not en-
able him to give any more satisfactory account
Of its origin than Is found in the statement that
IL began between drunken sailors. Repeaiedly
In the correspondence, Il s asserted that II was
impossible 10 uaFn the precise cause of the
riot The minister OF foreign affairs Malta, IN
his telegram to Mohtt under date December
81, states that the duaffel began be-
tween two sailors M a tavern and MAS
continued ia the street. persons who we're pass
ing joining in IT, The testimony Of Talbot an
apprentice, who was with Riguan, is that the
outbreak in which they were involved began by
Chiian sailor splitting IN the face OF Talbot
which was resented by a knock down. II ap
pears that Ricgin and Talbot were az the time
unacoompanied by others OF their shipmatcs.
These two men were Immediately beset by a
crowd Of Chilian citizens and sailors through
which they broke their way 10 q street car and
entered Il for safety. They wcfe pursued driven
from the Ter, and Riggih was so seriously
beaten that he hell III the street apparently dead
There Is nothing in the reports Of Chilian in
Vestigation made 10 US that seriously i'm
peaches this testimony. II appears from Chi