New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-29
MR.. MONTT TO Mr.. BLAINE.
Legation of Chill, Washington, Jan. o3,

1
yesterday, as Enclosure to 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 10 fnvor me,
have informed you that, Immediately after the DC
curence OF the events OF october l6 at Valparaiso,
which my Government most sincerely depored, the
judicial authorities initiated the investigation nee
essary TO light upon the facts and TO detect and
punish the guilty parties.
| From the antecedents which the Government OF
Chill was able 10 collect at the very outset ii aI-
peared that the disorder of October 16 began by n
quarrel among drunken sailors, which assumed con-
siderable proportions owing to the condition OF the
| locality fl which IL originated and that the police
performed their duty by reestabshins tranquility ant
placing the persons who seemed have been concerned
in the disorder at the disposal Of the court.
| The Government Of Chilli has data authorizing it
10 think that the quarrel due % dislike OF the
uniform of the United states, or that the poles failed
| to perform their duty. On tho contrary, ii j.
welldemonstrated fact that sailors get intoxicated when
| they 60 ashore after having been on board of their
vessel for long time. This Is also quite natural
The intOXication of seamen and the disorder TO when
IL gives RISE although they assume serious proportions
and occasion very lamentabe offences. rs was I'M
fortunately the case at Valparaiso on the 10th Of
October cannot constitute an insult 10 the nation In
| whose service are the men who have taken part in
the disorder although they certainly do not Justify the
offences committed during the disorder.
WAITING FOR THE JUDICIAL FINDING.
The Government of Chill could not. however, form
| final opinion concerning the nature of the occur
rcnccs in question, TO whether the police had or
had not improperly participated therein or had failed
TO perform it, duty untthe termination Of the judicial
investigation which had Deem initiated without delay,
and which pushed forward as speedily as WAS com
patibe with the provisions Of the law with the obl-
CATION Of collecting all the elements OF proof that ii
va, possible to collect in order To throw full light upon
| az =
ng the perpetrators Of the offences 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 Chill TO
discover the truth. in order 10 make It's future pro
ceedngs conform thereto. and in order that the United
states Government might be satisfied mat nothing was
| neglected in order 30 do full justice.
You were pleased with your high sense OF rccttnde.
| to remark to that this proceeding Of the Govern
| ment Of Chilli correct. and although you dc.Tcd
the judicial investigation might DC brought 70 close
with as little delay possible you understood that it
vas necessary that The ordinary legal proceeding,
| which were not rapid III Chilli "a in the United
| States, should be held. | have taken occasion at
sundry times to inform yOu Of what the Chlan au-
thortes are doing 10 bring the investigation 10 close
In the criminal trial held at Valparaiso, mol only
have landsmcn heard but also the seamen of the
baltimore both have been confronted with each other,
the reports OF ply cans and experts have been called
for the opinion Of the surgeon Of the cruiser has Ike
| wise been invoked and, in word, nothing ha- been
neglected that would tend TO bring the whole truth to
light. The seamcn Of the Baltimore made their state
ments with the assistance Of an Interpreter dc,g-
mated by themselves, who an officer Of the cruiser
50 that the oath taken BY the witnesses their con
| Formation with each other tho reports OF the eN-
perts concerning the aud nature of the wounds
| and the hearing granted to both ChllaIs ana Ancri-
| cans so that all might present the complaints ana
charges and be heard in their own lusthchtion give
| .vf.I bold Ia1r anal.
AN AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT ARBITKAIIoN
In the course Of our conferences sometimes
stder-d the case In which the Government Of the
United states and that Of Chill should fail To ngice
when the investigation should be terminated. and the
| two Governments should have formed their final 0pn-
ion and VIC agreed that arbitration the best
OF settling the difficulty and advancing further In this
| concatory spirit we even formally agc d that the
| differences that might arise should be submitted 10
arbitration This agreement to accept arbitration has
been the basis Of several OF our conferences especially
that OF the 18th instant, and antecedcnt fact
| interfering Herewith has come to my knowledge. on
the contrary, took occasion to inform you, on the
| 1st of January, that my Government authorized me
| TO conclude agreement looking TO arbration and
my Government subsequently approved the agreement
| concluded by me with you, Of which also informed
you.
As the criminal trial initiated at Valparaiso has not
vet come TO an end, my Government has not yet been
able to reply to the demands made by that OF the
United States The various documents and antecedents
to which have called your attention In my foregoing
communications were designed to inform the United
states Government OF the progress Of the judicial in
vestgaon and Of the facts thereby elected they do
! not however constitute reply which can only be
given when the facts definitely brought TO light
| by the sentence which must be pronounced by the
| courts. The testimony which the Government Of the
United States has caused to be taken in California
paIti lur
OF the trial which is being held at Valparaiso, where
the offences were committed. This testimony may be
useful for disciplinary administrative purposes in the
| United states, but it cannot serve as basis Of a
judicial sentence either in Chill in the United states
| The copy which ! have today had the honor to
send you OF the statement made by If The seamcn
Of the Baltimore at Valparaiso shows tina, that
| man made charge against the police The charges
which lie makes here, in the absence Of the accused
parties, contradiction his first statement,
have no value, either in law or In your enlightened
opinion II Is 10 be observed, moreover that the
statement made by this seaman at Valparaiso IS at
tested by the Judge, by the signature OF the seaman
himself and BY that OF the Interpreter, who an
officer Of the Baltimore who had been appointed for
the express purpose OF inspiring the Opponents with
confidence.
You were pleased to state In your instructions 10
Mr. Egan that the undersigned has not communicated
10 the United States Government the note that was
addressed 10 him by Mr.. Malta on the 18th OF De
ccmber last. The first time that the Honorable
Secretary OF state saw tit to call my attention to
the aforesaid note of Mr.. Malta, told him that that
mole contained instructions addressed 10 me ly Nj.
Matta and that rs had not been directed 10 com
muncate IL officially TO the Department Of State
there was no reason why the Honorable Secretary
should take Coz nizance Of 1t. further reminded You
that ii was a doctrine established by the American
Government that documents exchanged between the
President and Congress, between the Department
i ~ tate and no %