St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-29

tnat no government which respects
itself can consent to civil or military
persons employed in its service being
maltreated OF killed in a foreign terri
tory on account OF resentment for acts
which it may have committed, or which
may be imputed tit, without requiring
adequate reparation.
Hon. Mr.. Blaine. in this connection.
recalls the fact that the government of
the United States has voluntarily recog-
nlZed this principle, and has acted
accordingly, when an injury has been
committed by its people against any one
holding an official position OF a foreign
country. in consequence of acts which
had aroused resentment. In such cases
the United States has never sought
words of little weight or ambiguous
meaning In order TO make reparation,
but has condemned such acts in vigor-
Gus and energetic terms, and has never
refused to give other adequate satisfac-
ton. The honorable secretary of state,
MIR. Blaine, states, moreover, that it is
not his intention to discuss the details
of the incident of October, but only to
set forth the conclusion at which his
government has arrived. The honor
able secretary ofstate says:
1--WE have given every kind of oppor-
tunlty to the government of Chill to
offer explanatory or eXtenuating clrcum-
stances, and we have given due consid-
Grafton to the fact that the government
of Chilli, during great part of the time
which has elapsed since the 10Th of
October, has been in provisional situa-
ton" He then adds that he is directed
by his eXcellency, Mr.. Harrison, to say
that. he has been compelled to take notice
of the instructions sent by Mir. Malta,
minister of foreign affairs, to the CHILEAN
minister in Washington, under date of
Dee. II, because, although they were
not officially communicated to his gov
eminent, they received the greatest
possible publicity, and that conse-
Quently he demanded the immediate
withdrawal of the said instructions as
to those parts which he considers Often
slve, and adequate satisfaction. in order
that The diplomatic relations between
the two nations may not be Interrupted
Without any intention of opening IA
discussion as to the facts referred TO by
the communication which l have ex-
tracte |, and confirming himself to the
first part of the instructions, the honor
able secretary of state, the undersigned
must state to your eXcellency the regret
with which the government of Chill
sees that his eXcellency, the president
of the Uni,ed States, finds reason to
continue to regard the incident of Octo-
Der as an attack caused by a hostile
feeling toward the uniform of the navy
of the United States. That unfortunate
occurrence took place on sudden, in a
district where the sailors of the vessels
lying in the bay of Valparaiso are in
the habit of assembling, without dis
tihction of nationality. From the nat
ure of the incident it would be impos-
Slble to prove that there was no doubt
as to the special cause which served as
its origin or preteXt; but the under
signed can assert that that case was not
hostile feeling towards the uniform of
the navy of the United States. because
the people of Chill have always es-
teemed and respected that uniform ever
since the time when it saw it figuring
honOrably in the ranks of the soldiers
who, in a glorious struggle, gave it in
dependence and established the repub-
lie.
The undersigned admits that the oc-
currence of Oct. 16 was of greater gray
ity than those which usually occur In
the same district between the sailors
which frequent it, and the fact of know
ing that two deaths have resulted from
it among the wounded men of the Bal
timore has Sufficed to give it an extra
ordinary character and induces the gov
eminent of Chilli to hasten to adopt the
measures necessary to discover and
punish the guilty parties, to offer In due
time, if there should be ground for so
doing, such reparation as might be due.
The preliminary examination was
commenced on the morning which fol-
lowed the night of the conflict, some
days before you presented your COM
rN1n inf h.rf f1,ni "a
be finished with the rapidity that the
government of Chill desired, because
the rules of procedure in GRIM
inal matters which are established
by our laws are of slow application, and
it was not possible for the president
of the republic to modify or set them
aside. This delay, which was inevita-
BILE owing to the independence with
which the federal authorities must act,
has compelled the government of the
undersigned to delay, greatly to its re-
greet, the settlement of the difficulty
pending with your government and a
spontaneous offer of PREPARATION for any
injury done to the sailors of the Balti-
more, and that might be attributed to
Gillian soldiers or sailors, or that might
affect the responsibility of Chill.
In view of your communication, and
impossible for the trial initiated by the
judge of the criminal court of Valpar-
also to be decided, the undersigned re-
CARDS it as his duty to declare, once
more, that the government of Chill la
mentS the occurrence of Oct. IS, and
by way OF showing the sincerity
of this feeling and the confidence
which lie has in the justice of his cause,
he declares his willingness not to await
the decision of the examining Judge.
and proposes to the United States gov
eminent that the case be submitted to
the consi deration of the supreme court
of justice at Washington, to the end that
that high tribunal, with its learning and
impartiality, may determine, without
appeal, whether there is any ground for
reparatiOn and in what shape it should
be made.
The undersigned would remind you,
referring to the conduct of the Valpar-
also authorities. that it appears from
the preliminary examination that they
sent without delay 10 the scene of the
conflict all the forces at their disposal
belonging to the special guard of the in
tendencia and to the police. Swanson,
Coge, Nichols, Darony, HOMES, Cum
ningham, Williams. Talbot, Hallard,
Hodge. Butler. etc., seamen of the
Baltimore, stated to the Inspector
of that vessel that the object of the
police in arresting them was to shelter
them FROM any attempt of attack by the
excited people. The undersigned thinks
that the action of the police in this mat
ter should be considered with due allow
ance for the civil war which had re-
Gently been brought to a close. The
body was not yet properly organized,
nor did it have the force that was re-
CURED to put down disorder of such
proportions in short time.
In this connection it is proper to recall
the words used by the honorable secre-
tary of state at Washington in his note
addressed to the Marquis Imperial. and
bearing date of May 81, 1891: There
is no government, however civilized it
may be, however great may be the Wig
lance displayed by its police, and ,how-
ever severe its criminal code may be,
and however speedy and inflexible may
be its administration of justice, that can
guarantee its own citizens agains. vic
lence growing out of Individual malice
or sudden popular tumult." This was
precisely the situation of the admins.
trativa anth0ritiac OF -. +l,o