The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-05
extended the Inequalities Of the city to
his officers and crew.

extended the inequalities Of the city TO
his officers and crew.
CLEARLY DEMANDED RECOGNITION.
II is not claimed that every personal
collision or injury in which sailor or
officer of such naval vessel visiting
shore may be involved raises an inter-
national question, but am clearly OF
the opinion where such sailors or officers
are assaulted by the resident populace,
animated by hoslilities to the govern
ment whose uniforms these sailors and
officers wear, and the resentment Of acts
done by their government, not by them,
their nation must take notice Of the event
as one involving an infraction OF its
rights and dignity; not in secondary
way, as where citizen is injured and
presents his claim through his own gov
eminent, but in primary way, pre-
cisely as minister or consul or the flag
itself be the object Of the same character
of assault.
The officers and sailors Of the Balti-
more were in the harbor of valparaiso
under the orders Of their government, not
by their own choice. They were upon
shore by the
IMPLIED INVITATION
OF the government Of Chile aud with tho
approval OF their commanding officer,
and 1t does not distinguish their case
from that Of consul that his stay is
moro permanent or that he holds an
express invitation from the local gov
eminent to justify his longer residence.
Nor does 1t affect the question whether
the injury was the act Of mob. II
there had been no participation by the
police or military in this cruel work,
and no neglect on their part to extend
protection, the case would still be one, in
my opinion, where its extent and char.
acter is considered involving interna-
tional rights"
He reviewed at some length the story
OF the assault on the Baltimore's men,
the investigation OF which followed both
at Valparaiso and San Francisco, and
commented on the same.
TESTIMONY IMPEACHED
He reviews the testimony of our men
and says: There is nothing in the re-
port of the Chilean investigation made
to US that seriously impeaches this testl-
monv. 1t appears from Chilean sources
that almost instantly. with a suddenness
that strongly implies premeditation aud
preparation, mob, stated by the police
at one time to number 1000 and at an
other 900, was engaged in an assault
upon our sailors, who are represented as
resisting with stones, clubs and bright
arms" The president refers to the
graphic description OF the fighting de-
lineated in the Chilean testimony, and
says the pretense that our men were
fighting with stones, clubs and bright
arms" is, in view OF these facts, incred-
ible. 1t is further reGuted by the fact that
our prisoners when searched were abso-
lutely without arms, only seven peknives
being found in the possession Of the men
arrested, while there were received by
our men more than thirty stab wounds,
every one of which was inflicted in the
back, and almost every confused wound
was on the back or the back OF the mead.
The evidence OF the Baltimore's officer of
the day is that even the jack knives of
the men were taken from them before
leaving the ship.
GRAPHIC STORY OF THE MOB.
As to the brutal nature Of the treat
ment received by our men, the follow
ing extract from an account given by
the newspaper La Pdtria, OF Valparaiso,
cannot be regarded as too friendly: 1.-THE
YANKEES, AS soon as their pursuers
gave chase, went by way of Gale del
Arsenal toward the city car station The
North Americans took seats in street
car to escape from the stones which the
Chileans threw at them. 1t was
believed for an instant that the
North Americans had saved themselves
from the popular fury, but such was not
the case. Scarcely had the car begun to
move when the crowd gathered around
and stopped its progress. Under these
circumstances, and without any cessa-
ton of bowling and throwing OF stones
at the North Americans, the conductor
entered the car and seeing the risk OF the
situation to the vehicle ordered them to
get out. The sailors left the car in the
midst Of hail of stones. One of the
Yankee sailors managed to escape in the
direction Of the plaza, but the other was
felled to the ground by a stone, Manag-
ing to raise himself from the ground he
staggered in the opposite direction, but
in front Of the house of Senior Mazzini
was again wounded, falling senseless and
breathless,
ALL ACQUITTED OF CRIME.
"No amount of evasion or subserfuge, "
says the president, sis able to cloud or
clear vision Of this brutal work. 1t
should be noticed in this connection that
the American sailors arrested, after ex.
animation, were, during the four days
following their arrest. every one dis
charged. no charge of breach of the
peace or other criminal conduct having
been sustained against a single one OF
them. Judge OF Crimes Foster, in a note
to the intendehte under date of October
20, before the dispatch from this govern.
ment Of the foil wing day which aroused
the authorities Of Chile to better sense
of the gravity OF the affair, says: 'Hav.
ing presided temporarily over this court
in regard to the seamen Of the United
States cruiser Baltimore, who have been
tried on account of deplorable conduct
which took place, etc. The noticeable
point here is that our sailors had bee n
tried before the 22d Of October and thai
the trial resulted in their acquitta and
return to their vessel.
DAvIDsoN's INDICTMENT.
1t is quite remarkable and quite oharac-
terictic Of the man agement Of this az
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