The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-26

disposition TO be exacting or to ask anything
Mn-eh This government would not under the
siae circumstances freely concede. He regrets
'iias from the beginning
THE GRAVITY OF THE QUESTIONS
involved has not apparently been appreciated
" tne government OF Chiii and the affair in
which two American seaulen were killed and
slAteen Others seriously wounded, while only
distinguished from an ordinary brawl between
sal ors in which provocation was wholly per-
sohal and participation limited
NO SELF RESPECTING GOVERNMENT
can consent that persons in its service, whether
civil or military, shall be beaten and killed IN
foreign territory in resentIn9nt for acts done
Oy, or imputed TO, their government without
eAacllng suitable reparation. The government
OF the United States freely recognized this
principle and acted up on it when an injury was
uohe oy Its people 10 one holding Official rela-
Lon 10 a friendly lower in resentment for acts
done by the latter. In such case the United
States has II sought for words of the smallest
Nalue or OF eQulVocuI meaning II which 10 con-
fey Its apology, out condemned such acts in
vigorous terms and did not refuse to make
oiner adequate reparation.
Bur il was not my purpose here to discuss the
lncIGentS oil this affair, but only state the con-
claslons which mis- government has reached.
we nave given every opportunity 10 tn govern
htht OF Chill 20 present any explanatory or
tnat the government OF Chill was for consider
40 e part OF the time that elapsed since October
10 upon provisional basis l am further di-
recteu by the President 10 say his attention has
been called TO the note of instructions sent by
malta. secretary OF foreign affairs TO you under
GATE OF the 9TH inst Mont very prudenty and
must suppose from just sense of the often
slNe nature OF the dispatch. relrained from COM
munlcatlng 1t officially TO this government, but
IN view OF the fact Montt was directed 10 give IL
10 The press OF this country and that ii was
/
the world,
THIS GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE NOTICE OF IT
You are therefore directed to say TO the CHILEAN
govt rnmenJ the expressions therein imputing
untruth and lnsinceT1Iy TO the President and
secretary OF the navy in their official communi-
cauOhs 10 The Congress of the United States
are IN The highest oegree offensive TO this gov
ernment. hecogniZing the usual rules OF diplo
maue intercourse and respect and courtesy
winch should characterize international rels
/ lions winch he cannot assume are wholly I'M
lanlllar TO the Gillian foreign office, the Presi-
DENT was disposed 10 regard the dispatch re-
| 1erreG 10 as indicating purpose TO bring about
| suspension OF diplomatic relations, but IN view
OF the TACT that Malta asserting Professionally
that the recognizing ST the CHILEAN cabinet was
i ABOUT TO take place, and afterwards in further
view OF the expectation that was held out OF its
wlthurawal and suitable apology notice OF
this grave otfeuse has been DELAYED | amnow
i however, directed by the President to say If
| Inc offensive paris OF the dispatch OF the llth
suitable apology offered with the same publicity
given to the offensive expressions he Will have
10 other course open 10 HIM except
TO TERMINATE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
THE GOVERNMENT OF CHILL
Montt in the note OF JsnurTy also advised me he
had heen directed by his government to inform
the government OF the United States you are
/ not ID persona Srdtd to The government of Chilli
ana requests your recall. lhis has been laid be-
lore the President. and he directs YOU 10 say in
view OF the foregoing, he does not deem it neces-
say 10 make any present response thereto. 1t
VIII be quite time 10 consider this suggestion
aller a repiy 10 this note received as We shall
men know whether any correspondence can be
maintained WIN the government Of Chilli upon
terms OF mutual respect
| You VIII furnish to the minister OF foreign
ana rs full copy of this nots.
BLAINE.
The second division of the correspondence is
DeIWeen the CHILEAN minister AT washington
Senior Luscano and the department OF state. 1t
| does not -ntain much OF Importance this time
as II relates TO the events attending the revolu-
| Ilon. euorts for the purchase of arms for the
! revolutlonlsts IN New York, the potency OF the
blockade proposed TO be made by the Bal
macedist government and the request for the
! detention or the
ITATA AND THE ROBERT AND MINNIE
Injected to this correspondence is a telegram
rom PRESIDENT Luca OF the iunta dated lou
| lque, Marcn "a requesting Mr. Blaine moi TO
permit the shipment of Balinacs da's silver on
an American war vessel
The third aud last case of the correspondence
oegins with notification from President Montt
OF the Junta to Mr.. Blaine dated lquiuue that
Richard L. Trumbu.l, repre- entative OF the
Chllian congress and has powers from the iunta
TO rel resent it 10 the United States in the can.
acity of a confidential agent
telegram dated 1quiQue June 3 from Senior
lrraZurlZ, OF the Iunta, announced the arrival of
the ltata and her del very il compliance with
his written promise OF the arms and crew TO
Rear Admiral McC ann, who states that as the
vessel is repairing 10 r I'm 10 San Diego the
senate asks that the arms and ammunition be
! allowed to remain under the charge of the ad-
niral at 1Quique until the final result of the
law suitinstituted IN California is known.
SENIOR PEDRO MONTT,
the present minister, first appeared ofacially in
/ Inc correspondence August IS when he sub
united to secretary Blame telegram announc-
ing the sure Eder Of Valparaiso December /.
Senior Montt left the secretary a telegram re-
ceived by HIM from Malta stating that Egaui 5
| testimony was asked Tor twenty days ago In
| com municatlon with Secretary Blaine dated
December 10, senior Montt speaks OF the la.
fnentaole events at Valparaiso which my gov
eruinent had deeply ceplored." He says That
the investigation is progressing according TO
| law; That the proceeding have not been com.
pleled, that the appearance Of the officers OF
| the baltimore warrants delay for some time
ana that up to the present the evidence asked
OF Minister Egan on the 9th OF November has
| not been furnished He feels thai the United
| States government cannot be held in the obser-
| vance OF The law by the CHILEAN government
and its solicitude in investigating suca grave
occurrences, anything save the fulnllment o;
the puJes which are incumbent on them TO ad-
minister enlightened and upright Justice He
insists that events like thos OF the 10th of Octo-
Der are rot rare in parts visited by sailors OF
different nauonalites, and there are no grounds
whatever for attriouting TO that affair any mo
tive offensive 10 the United States. He saws:
If the result OF the judicial investigation shall
show the culpabillty OF the Gillian citizens the
l government lInirpd "A
| sured they viii be
PuNsnED COMFORTABLY TO THE LAWS,
and if the investigation should show.the resron
slrlllty on the part of the sailors OF the Bai IL
| more, the government entertans the conviction
| that the government Of the United States would
| not wish Them TO go Unpublished. The repres-
sion OF crimes is social interest OF high i'm
poTtance, whatever the nationality OF the guilty
/ parties " the victims.
On December 10, in transmitting to Secretary
| Bla ne copies OF the correspondence between
! himself and Minister Malta. Senior Mont In
summing up Senior Matta's reply TO Mr. Egan !
FIRST protes made at The direction of Mr.
| Wharton, says: He promises TO inform Mr.
| Egan of the result of the investigation when II
shall have been concluded and states that cut
OF regard for the harmony which It is his duty
| and his aesit TO maintain between the United
states ana Chill, he passes in silence over the
IMPROPER EXPRESSIONS USED BY MR.. EGAS
in certain portions of his note" Further on in
MS note Mr.. Montt reviewing the test mony as
10 The assault, insists the police did nothing
more than quiet the tumult, arrest those who
were most drunken and most riotous ana dis
| perse the crowd. The local authorities he
says could not have done more than they did
! He dwells at length upon the peculiarlties of
| The Gillian law in explanation OF the secrecy
| attending the investigation, and says The com.
| mander OF the Baltimore had been informed
| that Mr.. Egan could furnish list OF the names
| OF witnesses of the assault He says that the
criminal Judge states that neither the American
| consul nor the commander of the Baltimore
| nor any person whatsoever. has imputed before
his court TO the authorities or the police par.
uclpauon or responsibility Tor the occurrences
OF the 18th OF october. Neither mas any spa