The Somerset reporter., 1892-01-28

lperuiss,on N net as mediator. May "a
! Mr. Fgan informs Mr.. Blaine that the
rood offices Of the United States. Brazil
md France have been most cordially ac-
rented by the government of Chile and the
teyolutionists, those of England and Ger
many having been declined.
/ A long history of the attempt TO secure
4 reconciliation between the Chilean gov
trnment and the insurgents follow. These
negotiations proved abortive. Rear Ad-
miral Mccain, then at lquique. approached
the revolutionary leaders at Mr.. Egan's In
stance, in the interests Of mediation. June
| l2, he writes Mr.. Egan AS follows:
| Il have to regret that in my note to
Senior Errazuriz iucautionsly quoted too
freely from your letter of the ID inst,
especially that line in which you express
the opinion that 1.-THE goyel nment at San
tiago cannot he disturbed" The DECLARE
tion OF Senior Errazuriz to which Admiral
Mccain refers was simply to the effect
that he must he pardoned II he excused
himself rom discussing at that moment
Mr. Egan's statement that the govern
ment could not be oyerthrown.
As the Malta note, circular TO the
Chilean ambassadors and diplomatic rep
resentatives, is frequently alluded to, its
text and Senior Matta's commentaries are
appended;
Having read the portion OF the report Of the
secretary of the navy and Ut the message of
the president OF the United States, l think
proper to inform you that the statements on
which both report and message are hased arc
! erroneous and deliberately incorrect.
Nuh re~lect to tho persons TO whom an asy-
Inn has bsen grantee, they have never been
| . uiI has II
been sought tn remove them from the lega-
ton, nor has their surrender been asked for.
Never has the house or the person OF the plcn-
lipotrntiary, notwithstanding indiscretions
and deliberate proyocations, been subjected
to any Offence, is proved by the eleven
notes Of september, October and November.
Mr. Egan sent on the 10Th OF October a note
that was aggressive in purpose and slrulent Ia
language. a. is seen by the copy and the note
written in reply on the 9Th.
| On the 18th the preliminary examination
had already been commenced; it has been de-
layed owing to the non appearance of the
officers of the Baltimore and owing TO undue
pretensions and rcfusals OF Mr. Egan himself.
No provocatlon has ever been accepted or
Initiated by this department.
Its attitude while 1t has ever been one of
nrmness 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 justifying their conduct OF 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-will and the con-
sequeut words and pretrntions 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
structions recommending impartiality and
friendship have not been complied with, neither
now nor before.
II no official complaint has been made
against the minister aud the naval officers, it
Ia 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 Itata case, the san Francisco,
Quintero, and the cable companies The state
ment that the North American eeamen were
attacked in various localities at the same time
Is deliberately incorrect
Deny in the meantime everything that does
not agree with these statements, being as
sured Of their exactness we do OF the dig
nifty, and the final success OF Chile. notwith-
standing the intrigues which proceed from so
low Ia source) and the throat which come
from 30 high Ia souIce).