Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-13
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
TsBURG. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10.


e Washington Post, which has as
ID the function of keeping up the
rel with Chile, in contrasting the YER
of the Valparaiso riot given from the
,tigation at that city with that given
Ie American sailors at Vallejo, Cali
a, remarks that sit is borne in upon
at somebody is lying. and lying with
ent and vicious intent"
fortunately there Is no possibility of
Iting this assertion; and still more un-
nately the disclosures leave no room
oubt that portion OF the suppress
of the truth and perversions Of the
comes from oficialrepresentatives of
United States whose prominence in
rouble is so complete as to. warrant
esale distrust on the part of the pao-
of all the statements made. Far
it from us to assert that tie
ans may not have exhibited
lual superiority to the truth where
case may require it. But the people
is country have already had abundant
n to object TO being drawn into war
atements of persons who have already
shown to have misrepresented the
in order to provoke the war spirit
us it is characterized by the New
San as "a distinct gain" that Minister
"a refers TO the riot as ga deplora-
lcident." But if that expression is
actory, it is pertinent that Senor
5 communication of October %
: of it twice in exactly the sape tone,
.cterizing it once as ''the unfortunate
renee" and again as ''the deplorable
- 1t is also calculated TO give
to the nations confidence in the
;ty of its representation to
that Mr.. Egan's abstracts of
Chilean communications totally
-essed these expressions as well as
sSurance that the affair was under in
ration and justice would be done
{ the laws of Chile, and that the facts
ding these communications would
have reached the United States if
Chilean Government had not given
TO the correspondent Of an American
paper. 1t is also calculated to throw
on the assertion that somebody is
with vicious intent to find the New
Press, another organ of the war
rs, after the publication of Senor
Is full note, repeatedly asserting
the only expression of disfavor
d the riot was to call it a disagree
Incident. 4" statement which is most
letely characterized by the Anglo
! monosyllable introduced by the
also unfortunately the case that in
IS of Misrepresentation have not
confined to the diplomatic de-
lent The war party is bank
largely on the statements of
naval officers who have declared
selves for war on general principles.
thirst for gore has produced at least
otable cases in which the assertions
raI officers have come into hopeless
ct with documentary evidence. One
miral Browns assertion that he gave
formation of BalmaCeda's officers
that famous voyage 20 QUnteros Bay,
he other is Captain Schley's assertion
be Chilean Juuge, Foster, at first re-
topermit 81 officer from the Balti-
to accompany the sailors summoned
nesses before the Chilean inveStiga-
h this element of unreliability run
through the statements given TO this
~ its people will demand more GER
before going into a war. Especially
ley decline to judge the matter on
svidence as the assertion OF an anony-
naval officer, published the other
hat the American sailors of foreign
lship, never, no, never, get drunk
10 O'Clock P. NJ