The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-04

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the
FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS.
First-That with regard to that assault there
has been no change whatever made in the char
acter given to it by the first reports of that
event, to wit; that it was all attack upon the
uniform of the navy OF the United States, which
hadits origin and motive i'll a feeling OF hostility
toward the government and not III any act OF
the individual sailors belonging to it.
Second-That the public authorities OF Valpa-
raise evidently did not do their duty in protect
ing these sailors, and that part of the police
and some Chilean soldiers and sailors rendered
themselves guilty OF unproVoked assaults on the
sailors of the United States before and alter the
latter were arrested, and that he believes that
Riggin was killed by the police or the soldiers;
and
Third-That he is consequently compelled to
carry the question back to the state in which it
was placed by the note OF the Hon. Mr. Whar-
ton, dated Oct %, and to ask for suitable sat
isfaction and some adequate repa"at on Tor
the injury done the government OF the United
States.
The honorable secretary of state. Mr. Blaine,
regrets that the government OF Chile has not
from the very first appreciated the gravity of
the question raised. and that it has attributed
to it no other Importance than that OF all or
dinary quarrel between sailors, adding that no
government which respects itself can consent to
civil or military persons employed i'll ITS service
being maltreatad or killed in foreign territory
on account Of resentment, for acts W hch 1t may
have committed, Or which may be imputed to
it, without
REQUIRING ADEQUATE PREPARATION.
The Hon. Mr.. Blaine in this connection recalls
the fact that the government OF the United
States has voluntarily recognized this principle
and has acted accordingly when any injury has
been committed by its people against any one
holding an official position i'll foreign country
in consequence Of acts which had aroused re-
sentiment. In such cases the United states has
never sought words OF little weight or ambiguous
meaning i'll order to make reparation, but has
condemned such acts in vigorous and
energetic terms. and has never refused
to give seeptsry o stste
Mr.. Blaine, states, moreover, that 1t IS not his
intention to discuss the details OF the incident
of October, but only to- set forth the conclusions
at which his government has arrived. The hon
orable secretary OF state says: 1--WE nave gwen
every kind of opportunity to the government OF
Chile to offer explanatory or extenuating cir
l. cumstances, and we have given due considera-
tion to the fact that the government OF Chile,
during great part OF the time which elapsed
since the 10Th Of October, has been Ill proV1S-
ional situation"
He then adds that he is directed by his excel
lency, Mr.. Harrison, to say that he has been
compelled to take notice of the instruction MS
sent by Mr.. Matta minister OF foreign affairs, to
the Chilean minister in Washington, under date
of Dec IL because, although they were not Of
| ficialy communicated to this government, they
| received the greatest possible publicity, and
! that, consequently. he demands the immediate
| withdrawal of the said instructions as to those
| parts which he considers offensive, and adequate
| satisfaction, i'll order that the diplomatic rela-
| tions between the two nations
| MAY NOT BE INTERRUPTED.
| as to the facts referred to by the communica-
| tion which have extracted, and confining him
self to the first part OF the instructions OF the
| honorable secretary of state, the undersigned
| must state to your exeellency the regret with
| which the government of Chile sees that his ex-
| cellencY, the president of the United States.
| fluids reason to continue to regard the incident
| of October as an attack caused by hostile
feeling towards the uniform of the navy of the
| United States. That unfSe5unate occurrence
| took place sudden i'll @ district where the
! sailors of the vessels lying in the Bay of VAL
| paEalso are in the habit of assembling, wit hout
| distinction OF nationality From the nature OF
| the incident it would bs impossible to prove
! that there was no doubt as to the special cause
| which served as it's origin or preteXt. But the
| undersigned can assert that that cause was not
| n hostile feeling toward the uniform OF the navy
OF the United States, because the people OF Chile
| have always esteemed and respected that uni
form ever since the time it saw it figuring honor
ably i'll the ranks OF soldiers and sailors VINO, III
p great struggle. gave it Independence and
| established the republic. The undersigned al.
mts that the occurrence of Oct. 16 was OF
or ater gravity than those which usually occur
| in the same district between the sailors who fire.
i auent 1t, and the fact OF knowing that Two
| deaths have occurred from 1t among the sixteen
| wounded men Of the Baltimore has sufficed to
give an extraordinary character and to induce
the government of Chile to hasten to adopt the
| measures necessary TO discover and punish the
| guilty parties, AND in due tlme, II there snould
| be ground for SO doing,
To OFFER SUCH PREPARATION
as might be due. The preliminary examination
was commenced on the morning which followed
the night Of the conflict, some days bei0Fe you
| presented your complaint But the ngestlga-
ton could not be finished with the rapidity
which the government of Chile desired because
the rules OF procedure incrimna matters, which
are established by our laws. are OF slow applica.
ton, and it was not possible for the president OF
the republic to modify or set them aside,
This delay which was inevitable owing to the
independence with which the judicial authorities