New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-26
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CIRCUMSTANCES
CONDUCT OF TIE GILLIAN INVESTIGATION
November Mr.. Blaine by telegraph, instructs
MIR Egan 10 claim the privilege of reading the
paper which the American sailors signed III secret
in a language they did not understand, and with
out being accompanied by counsel. lie is also In
structed 10 see that no one from the Baltimore
is allowed 10 testify, except i'll the presence of Il
friend acting as counsel, and in his own language.
OPENLY not secretly. No, enter Mr. Egan tcic-
1rapbs that the same Judge who would not allow an
Orcer OF the Baltimore to he present at the INJURY
permitted tie Secretary Of q Herman 'ohSuIalc
10 attend the investigation Of the killing oil Ger
man M n-Of-waisnal which took place ms' nohth.
ON the same day he writes that the Minister OF
Foreign R./:.tions had explained TO hun that me
Judge of Grimes Is independent OF the Executive
under old Spanish laws III Use III INN, ana Iha
he could not comply with the request an" snow
the document until me process va eoinP,v'eI
In a note 20 Minister Egan. dated November !.
Captain Schley gives him the names OF NUMBER Of
witnesses 70 the assault on the Baltlm"len lnch.
and on the same day Captain Scl!ey Wro'e me
Intendente that Minister Egan c0nd supply tiese
names 10 him upon application. November :! MIN
lister Egan. fearful that the lndehdenie miGht taEe
Captain Schays communication a. a drci!halio?n
10 furnish the names. suggested thdt ne again
communicate with him upon the c0nulllOils I'iu
down in Mr. Baires TELEGRAM, and give han dl-
Iecty the names of the witnesses
At this stage in the correspondence >ecretaiE
Blaine turned 10 the American Consul ~ Naipa.
raise and sent him the following telegram, da'ed
November
and all the information relative to flo'. 'se
naval cipher. .,...,
Al this stage also the case OF Patrick Shields.
the fireman Of the United States steamer kcwer-
nav and IAN American citizen" was brought TO
the attention Of the State Department upon Con
sui McCrcarys report tina, he had been par III
Jail without process Of law ana hIutaIy p'"'eh
by the police.
MATTERS At THE LEGATION.
Mr. Egan also tells of the attacks being made
on the Legation by the newspapers, Of threats oi
violence made without hindrance, and OF pubic
meeting at which resolutions were passed calling
OH the Government to request the delivery OF inc
refugees. lie continues that the Government did
not deny the story of the attempt on Colonel
CantOs life 1.-THE immediate cause Of the demon
stration) prior TO the meeting and before the
Legation had been permitted 70 be publicly De
VALPARAISO teegIa phcd directly TO Mr. Blaine
a substantial confirmation of the story OF the rot
as told by Minister Egan and Captain Schey
November 10 Mr.. Egan reports an o'hcii cail
ON the President of the Provisional Government;
saws he was received most cordially, and upon pre-
senting his congratulations, was asked 10 convey
the Presidents acknowledgment ard appreciation
of the courtesy TO the Government OF tie United
States
that Inc refugees in his Legation had been treated
as quests and in this way have been ri an e.
pense during some months past OF over $4,000,
The next day he complained again that the city
came insulting and bOisterOus nndcr the influence
of LIQUOR and from the streets used inst ting Ian
guagc 10 the refugees On the l9th he writes
Nat he has seen number of untruthiul and entirely
Indecent attacks made upon him through the press
of r,he United States. especially ticle 10 New
Eo k paper by Mr.. Julio Foster who pretended
10 speak representative or m0uthpiecr OF ne
Chilian Government. He says that he brought
the matter 10 the attention Of the Minister Tor FOR
cign Affairs. who in an inclosed note says: leiug
Surprised that the question should be discussed here
instead OF at Washington. where Chill has now AN
Envoy Extraordinary. have 20 Say thar there IS
no evidence in this department that Mr.. Julio f"s-
ter has received any special commission or
authority whatsoever.
CAPTAIN sCHLEY,s CONDUCT.
The Minister next transmits copies Of a number
of letters passing between himself and Captain
Schlev and the ntendcntc in the course Of the ties
timony given by the BaltimOre's men before the
Judge of Crimes. November Captain Schey
requests from the lnteEdcnte the same protection
and privileges to officers aud men, when ON shore.
as the Gillian Government acc0rds 60 other foreign
men-of-war, and which are usual among nations in
time of peace. On the same date The Intehdenlc
replied that he had instructed The conlmandaht
OF the police that he should post daily from 10
A. H. at the passenger mole, officer with an APP
proprnte force to protect tic market D02t thal
Captain Schiey might send. tdlther than tnls,
rs the protection depended Upon the police force.
and as these, according TO official documents, 20 not
inspire the confidence Of tie commanding officer Of
the Baltimore. | leave il 10 his discretion and pru-
dence. the calculation whether it Is proper to allow
the sailors to come shore. In regard To the
officers, | do not believe there is any hindranrc
to their coming ashIre.
Further correspondence is transmitted from Mr..
Egan, including his notes To Minister Malta com
planning of the gross insults offered 10 the refu-
gees by the spies surrounding the Legation ana
denying emphatically charges made by th, Mn
lister against the refugees OF having with voice,
with gesture and with actions provoked the
paSers-by."
THE SHIELDS CASE.
At this point the correspondence is diverted II
the case of Shields which Minister Egan brought 10
the attention of the CHILEAN Government without
making a specific claim, and in relation 10 which
he sends a number of sworn declarations. These
are substantially similar in purport To The evidence
taken in California recently, at the instance OF the
Department OF Justice upon the arrival OF the
steamer Keweenaw. They are accompanied By
formal claim by Shields for an indemnify oil SJUuO
United States currency attcStcd by COrsul NC
Creary. The long controversy as u the cohdl,
tons under which thu BALTIMORE sailors should
be allowed 10 testify before the CHILEAN Judge Oi
Grimes was at lasI determined rs shown b. dis
patch from Minister EGan. dat 4 November ~
stating that they were giving their evidence Oh
the 10Th OF November under the conditions ap-
proved hy the Navy Department in the presence OF
an officer of the vessel acting az interpret r.
Mr.. Eean continues his complaints respecting
the bad conduct of toe police around Inc LFEa-
ton, in a dispatch dated November 30. III when
he says: II will he seen tnat from the very ne
ginning of those annoyance every cVnp.@lH'
which / have been Obliged 70 make about diarc-
spectful conduct toward the legation has been
met by insinuatons or suspicious of conspiracy or
indiscretions of Conduct against the refugees anu
even against the employees Of the Legation. bu,
up 10 the present the Honorable Minister has not
ventured to make a single direct tan2l'lc chhree
and for thc Good reason that no such cOp6pracies
as these insinuaed have ever existed III this ~
cation and no such in1iscretions have occurred
december MIR. Blaine requests Nj hcan 10
inform him who asked him for his testimony IN
the baltimore case which according T. te'eglaph
advice received by the CHILEAN Minister Alontj
from the the home Office was requested oil MN
twenty DAYS ago and MOI given.
MIR. BLAINES QUERIES.
December Mr. Egan telegraphs that following
impeachment proceedings affecting some OF the
refugees, the Sccre,art of the Chamber of Deputies