St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-28

document is apparently SO sincere,
friendly and manly, and leaves the
matter In such shape. that it is hardly
possible to fail to bring the two coun-
tries closer together and result in an
amicable adjustment of the whole diff
Guilty. The dispatch is especially clear
and vigorous i'll repelling the charge of
hostility on the part of the Chiians to
the American flag and the American uni
form. In effect it says: "Chili hate the
American uniform? No. Too well does
she remember that flag and that uni
form in her ports and harb0rs aiding
her in her struggle for independence"
| referring to Chill's struggle years ago
to achieve independence. The pros
pect of war, it is thought, is now over,
| and that while considerable remains to
| be done before the controversy in its
entirety will be closed, it is simply a
matter of history, yet the affair is IN
such shape to bring the
Two Nations Clio ser Together
and make further proceedings matter
| of comparatively easy adjustment. In
order to relieve the public mind as to
the exact status of the Gillian contrO-
yerSy, Chairman Blount, of the foreign
affairs committee of the house of repre-
SentatlveS. this afternoon consented to
| give to the Associated Press all his
knowledge of the latest phase of the
situation.
''All my information" said he, twas
impaired to me today 10y Secretary
Blaine, and l specially asked him if L
was free to convey my knowledge to
others. He assented, and therefore |
suppose there can be no objection to a
! statement OH my part. AS | under
stand the telegram which the state de-
partment has received is from Senior
Pereira, the Gillian secretary of
foreign affairs. and is perfectly
satisfactory to this government.
Mr.. Blaine seemed to be very much
elated over the dispatch as indicating
that the whole controversy is now at an
end.l do not mean at an end as to minor
details, but at an end as grave interna-
tional question:
ample?" interrupted Congressman
! Springer, who was among the little CO.
terle of congressman that had gathered
around during Mr.. Blounts statement.
Great Regret Expressed.
w. L uOll Sdk IIldG DIT dIl III 81 IIldUy
Words" said Mr.. Blount. Il mean sim
| ply that as far as the whole question is
concerned there is complete compliance
with our wishes as expressed in the
! final demand of the state department.
l cannot quote the exact language of the
dispatch, Il translation of which, | will
say, was shown to me by Mr.. Blaine. |
read it hastily to see the spirit of it,
1t covered SIX or seven pages of
fOolScap, and there was in expressed
terms great regret-indeed, the whole
spirit OF it was regret-at the Baltimore
! occurrence, and utter diSayowal of any
form worn by our sailors on that occa-
sion. To give you sample, the effect
| OF it all was to say: 1T is not necessary
to submit this thing to the supreme
court; but, in order to show you
our feeling towards you, we
are willing to submit it TO
your supreme court They with
draw their request for Minister Egan's
withdrawal, and they speak of the Malta
note as an error of judgment. and they
are willing to meet the American de-
mandS.''
''But what about the apology we de-
manded?' again Interrupted a member
| of congress.
Il cannot say that it is made in spe-
cific FORM" replied Mr.. Blount, "but
the whole augmentation and declara-
ton of feeling and regret, the action
taken by the government to have the
| guilty parties arreSted-all these Illus
tratlonS are given as to their feeling in
the attempt to exhaust the idea that
there was any hostility towards u.s."
The Controversy Ended.
''Mr. Blaine regarded the question as
settled"
''He seemed very much elated oyer
the dispatch, and to regard it as an as
surapce of the end of the controversy.
diplomatic language, the dispatch is
just as full and complete in its regret of
the whole affair as could be-"
Turning to MIR. Springer, Mr.. BlOunt
said: II tell you the bottom is out of
it; that IS all. The administration
would not have q straw to stand on if it
continued to make demands, with that
dispatch in its face. But | have no
idea that they are going 10 force it any
| further. No one can read that entire
correspondence, gentlemen, without
| most humlllatlng attitude of the Gillian
| government"
viii your committee on foreign
affairs meet tomorrow" Chairman
BlOunt was asked.
Eyes, but we will have nothing to do
now, Of course. Mr.. Blaine informed
me that the president would send Chili's
answer in today or tomorrow, SO sup
pose 1t will come in tomorrow"
MIR. Cable. of Illinois, member of the
foreign affairs committee, was present
during Mr.. Blounts statement. ''rhe
war is over" said he, laughingly, to the
Associated Press reporter. II am glad
at the very satisfactory turn matters
have taken, and | think it is now time
for the great American nation to be
generous. Apology having been made
and a willingness to submit the
determination of indemnity to our
own supreme court having been
| expressed, we need not be exacting as
to the amount of the award. The prin-
ciple is what we were after, and that
having been conceded, we will be too
liberal, L am sure, to impose undue
financial penalties OH our already bank
| rupt sister republic"
Private Secretary Halford said to-
night that the additional correspondence
between the United States and Chilli
would be sent to congress tomorrow. 1t
Will be comparatively brief, and will
not aggregate more than about 1000
| words.
Chill ApOTOGIZEC