The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-29
THE MESSAGR
Transmitting Additional Correspond
ence to Congress.

- A00lblOn6i OpTTbEpCnu-
ence to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. The following is
the Presidents message transmitting addi-
tional Chilean correspondence to congress:
To the Senate and House Of Representatives.:
transmit herewith additional correspondence
between this government and the gov, rnment
OF Chile, consisting of note of Mr.. Montt, the
Chilean minister at this capital, to Mr. Blaine,
dated Jan %; the reply of Mr. Blaine thereto,
OF the date of Jan. "a, and dispatch from Mr..
Egan, our minister at Santiago transmitting
the response Of Mr. Perreira. the Chilean minis
ter of foreign affairs, to the note of Mr.. Blaine
OF Jan. 2l, which was received by me on
Jan. 26. The note of Mr.. Montt to Mr.. Blaine,
though dated Jan. %, was not delivered at the
state department until after l2 o'clock meridian
OF Jan. rs and was not translated and its re-
ceipt notified to me until late in the afternoon
of that day. The response OF Mr. Perrelra to
our note Of the 2lst withdraws with acceptable
expressions of regret the offensive note Of MIR.
Malta OF the llth ult., and also the request
for the recall OF Mr. Egan The treatment of
the incident OF the assault upon the sailors of
the Baltimore is SO conciliatory and friendly
that am of the opinion that there is q good
prospect that the differences growing out of
that serious affair can now be ad-
this government by the usual
methods and without special powers from con-
gress. This turn in the affair Is very gratifying
to me. as am sure it will be to the congress
efforts OF the executive to enforce the just rights
of the nation In this matter has given an in-
structive and useful Illustration Of the unity
and patriotism of our people Should it be
necessary, 1 will again communicate with con
gress upon the subject.
BENJAMIN HARRISON,
Washington. d. c.. Jan. 23' 1893.
MONTHS NOTE TO BLAINE.
Mr.. Months note TO Mr.. Blaine reads:
LEGATION OF CHILE. !
WASHINGTON, Jan %, 1899
SIR-I have had the honor to receive your
note OF yesterday as an incosure, in which you
were pleased to transmit to me the instructions
sent to Mr.. Egan on the day previous. In the
numerous conferences with which you have
been pleased to favor me, have informed you
that Immediately after the occurrence of the
events OF Oct. 16 at Valparaiso which my
government most sincerely depiored, the
vestigation necessary to throw light
upon the facts and detect and punish the
guilty parties. From antecedents which the
government of Chile was able to collect at the
very outset, 1t appeared that the disorder of
Oct. 16 began bg a quarrel between drunken
sailors. which assumed considerable proLor-
tions. owing TO the condition of the locality in
which it originated, and that the police per
formed their duty by establishing tranquility
and placing the persons who seemed to have
been concerned in the disorders at the disposal
of the court. The government Chile Of has no
data authorizing 1t to think that the quarrel
was due to any dislike OF the uniform Of the
United States, or that the police failed to per
form their duty. On the contrary, il is a we'll
demonstrated fact that sailors get intoxicated
When they 20 ashore, after having been on
board of their vessel for q long time This is
also quite natural. The intoxication of seamen
and the disorders to which it gives rise although
tney may assume serious proportions and occa-
sion very lamentable ofenses, as was unfortu-
nately the case at Valparaiso on the 10th of
october, cannot constitute an insult TO the ma
tion in whose service are the men who have
IN NE, "A III
tainly do not justify ofenses committed during
the disorder The government of Chile could
not, however, form finel opinion concerning
the nature Of the occurrences In question, or es
to whether the police had or had not improp-
erly participated therein, or had failed to
perform It's duty, until the determin-
alton of the judicial investigation,
which had been initiated without delay and
which was pushed forward as speedily as was
compatible with the provisions of the law with
the obligation Of collecting all the elements of
proof that 1t was possible to collect in order to
throw full light upon the matter, and with the
necessity of promptly furnishing the perpetra-
tors OF the offense which had been committed
and which had been in part suffered by persons
In the service OF friendly nation II was the
desire and the duty OF the government OF Chile
to discover the truth in order to make its future
proceedings conform thereto, and In order that
the United States government might be satisfied
that nothing was neglected in
orde to do full justice. Your were pleased
with your high sense of rectitude, to remark to
me that this proceeding of the government of
Chile was correct, and that although you de-
sired that the judicial investigation might be
brought to close with as little delay "a posi-
BILE, you un erstood that it was necessary that
the ordinary legal proceedings (Which were not
as rapid In Chile as in the United States) should
be held. have taken occasion at sundry times
to inform you of what the Chilean authorities
were doing 10 bring the Investigation TO close
In the criminal trial held at Valparaiso. not
o ily have landsmen been heard, bat also sea
men OF the Baltimore Botn have been con
fronted with each other, reports of physicians
and experts have been called for the opinion
of the surgeon OF the cruiser
has likewise been invoked. and, In a word, moth
ing has been neglected that could tend TO bring
the whole truth to light. The seamen of the
baltimore made their statements with the as
sistance OF an interpreter designated by them
selves, who was ar officer of the cruiser so that
the oath taken by the witnesses. their con
frontation with each other the reports of ex-
perts concerning the cause and nature Of the
wounds and the nearing granted to both Chile
ans and Americans, so that all might present
their complaints and CHARGES and be heard Ia
their own justification, give incontestib!e au-
thority TO the trial held at Valparaiso. In the
course of our conferences we sometimes CON
sIdered the case in which the government of
the United States and that of
Chile should fail to agree when the investiga-