, 1892-01-26

the shape of the Malta note to Chilean
ministers abroad. Mr.. Eagan says in
his telegram that this was sent to the
Chilean minister at Washington with the
sanction OF the president was read in the
senate and published in all the papers.
Its text in full is as follows: Having
read the portion of the report of the sec
retarv of the navy and of the message of
the president of the United States. L
think proper to inform you that the state
ments on which both report and message
are based are or deliberately
incorrect. With respect to the persons to
whom an asylum has been granted, they
have never been threatened with cruel
treatment. nor has it been sought to re-
move them from the legation, nor has
their surrender been asked for. Never
has the house or the person of the pleni-
potentiary, Notwithstanding indiscretions
and deliberate provocations, been sub.
jected to any ~offense, as is proved by the
eleven notes of September, October and
November.
With respect to the seamen Of the
Baltimore, there Is moreover no exactness
nor sincerity in what is said at Washing
ton. The occurrence look place in a bad
neIghborhood of the city, the maintop OF
Valparaiso and among people who are not
models of discretion and temperance.
When the police anG other forces inter
terred and Gained the tumult there were
already several hundred people on the
ground and it was ten squares or more
from the place where it had begun. Mr..
Egan sent, on the 26th of October, a note
that was aggressive in purpose and
vlrulent in language, as is seen by the
copy and the note written in reply on the
9th. On the 18th the preliminary ex-
animation had already been commenced.
1t has been delayed owing to the non-
appearance of the officers of the Balti-
more and owing to undue pretensions and
refusals of Mr.. Egan himself. No provoca-
ton has ever been accepted or inflated by
this department. Its attitude. while it
has ever been one of firmness and pru-
dence. has never been one of aggressive
ness, nor will it ever be one of humilia-
ton. whatever may be or have been said
at Washington by those who are interested
in iustifYing their conduct or who are
blinded by erroneous views.
The kilograms, notes and letters which
have been sent to you contain the truth,
the whole ruth in connection with what
mas tdhtll plhCt III lut5t mdlbcIb, III WulCu
Ill will and the consequent words and pre-
tensions have not emanated from this
department. Mr.. Tracy and Mr.. Harrl
son have been led into error IN respect to
our people and government; the instruc.
tions recommending impartiality and
friendship have not been complied with,
neither now nor before. If no official
complaint has been made against the
minister and the naval officers, it is be.
cause the facts, public and notorious both
in Chile and the United States, could not,
although they were well proved, be urged
bv our confidential emf Proof of this
is furnished by the demands of the Balti-
more and the concessions made in June
and July, the whole Itata case. the San
Francisco at QuiDtero and the cable com
panies. The statement that the North
American seamen were attacked In various
localities at the same time is deliberately
incorrect.
"As the preliminary examination is
not vet concluded 1t is not vet known who
and how many the guilty parties are.
You no doubt have the note of Nov. 9,
written in reply to Minister Egan, in
which [ request him to furnish testimony
which he would not give, although he had
said that he had evidence showing who
the murderer was and who the other
guilty parties of the 10th OF October were.
That all the other notes will be published
here, you will publish a translation OF
them in the United States. Deny IN the
meantime everything that docs not agree
with these statements. We feel confident
of your exactness as we do of the right,
the dignity and the final success of Chile,
Notwithstanding the intrigues which pro
coed from so low a source, and the threats
which come from so high a source"