Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-26
THE CORRESPONDENCE
Every Effort Made BY United States and
Hsr Oiieials
To Settle the Affair With Justice 10 All
Concerned.

badly I'll more than hanired coin ms o
an Ordinary newspaper. II dates back a
fsr as August 10, 1890, eighteen month
age, and much of il has been describe,
| ~iih sufficient accuracy in the President
message sent to Congress al the beginnin,
of the present session. and in the copiou
| newspaper publications that have beei
made.
| The correspondence reviews the { for:
| Of L nifed States Minister Egsn as = peace
MAKER in Chll., aud the spprov.l OF ,h,
Washington authorities of those Il ltts, thi
| interruption of these forts, caused by IN,
steamer ilsts eplS. de snd other natter
which irritsted the Chinsns against tn,
| United States, the stOsy of the dow nfsll Of
tie BaiIasceda government the sppafentl,
eofdisl relations with the nes government
! in Cali. and a. On.
| December 18th WAS brosched one of tn,
srsvesi issaes IN ths case. which is sui
| open in the shape of the Malta note 4
! ChiilIan ministers abroad. Mr. Egsn ssyi
| in MS telegrsme that this vas seGt 20 tht
| Chllsn minister ST Washington With tn,
| sSuction of ths Pfes.dsnf, was read in III,
| Sense and puolithed III ali tine Chi lar
paper.
It's tex; in full is as follows:
Having read the PORTION OF the repor
| of tie ST creisry of The navy and OF tbs
message Of the presiient Of the Uailej
States, ihink proper to iafoTm you ths
| the stst1 ments on which 10th report and
messsge are based sre eIrone Gus or Delft.
erstsiy incorrect. With respect to he per,
| sons to whom an ssylum has been granted
they have never been threatened with cruel
| tres,ment, nor has it been sought 10 r,
move them from tue legation. nor has then
surrender been askej for. Never has the
house or tho person Of the plvnIpoIenttsry
notwithstanding indisefetiOns aud dslIbet
ate pfovocatOns. been sub c,ed t. any
{ fitnse, rs IL proved BY the ii uoles OF
ST pit mber, O.tobsr and November.
"Wlth retpeCt 10 the seaman Of the BAL
| timnre, there is. moreover, no tIsclnes- of
| sincerity in what is ssid al Washington.
| The occurrence took place III bad neigh
borbood OF the city, the mSintop of VkI-
psrsiso and amorg people who are not
models OF discretion and temperance
When the police aud ether forces iut,
fered snd Gained The tumult: there wsrr
| already several hundred people there, and
| II WAS ten so lsrus or more from the place
| here II hal Degun.
4hi4 - shh tNhtt tii Wv ~ III VI N'AiutNI4 9
a note that ~ss aggressive IN purpose sad
| vlruient IN language, as is seen by III" copJ
and the note written IN reply on the 27th
'On the lSth the preliminary exsmtns
tion had slfesdy been commenced; II mas
| been delayed owing TO the non appearance
of the officers OF the Baltimore and owing
to undue pye,epsious aud Iefasals of mr
Egan himself No provocatIon has ever
| been accepted or iniastsd by this depar
ment. It's attitude. whIie il has ever been
| one of drmness and prudence, has never
been one Of aggressiyene' $, nor will it ever
pe one Of humiliation. whatever may be OF
bgs 1een said Al Washington by those who
| are interested 10 jpstifyins their cOndict or
VINO are blinded by erroneous views.
The kilograms, notes and letters whiCi.
have been sent 10 you contain the truth,
ihs whole ruth, in connection with what
| has taken place in th5se matters. in which
i'll will and the cons, quent words and pre- =
tensions have not ems pated from this de
partmeut. mr Trscy and Mr.. Harrison
have been led into error III respect 10 our
people and government; the Instructions
Recommending lmpsrisii,y and friendship
have not been Complied with, neither
now nor before. If no official complaint
has been made against the Miuls,et aBd
the navs. eff 1ets, i. Is b. cause the fsCts
public and nUsofous, both in Chit, ana the
UNI Q ! States, could not, although they
~ers we'll proved be urged by our conf
DENTAL agents. Proof Of this IL furblshesi
by the dema d, Of Bamsceda and The co, -
c. ssipns made in June ard July, tho p hrio
Issts case, the Ssu Ffsncsc, at Qlintero,
s1d tiis c,ble Companies. The s.4lemtnt
th,t tne NJr.h American seaman were al
tackled in various localities at the came l. ms
is deliberately incorrect
"As the preliminary exam iusiipn il not
yet concluded, il ia mt YET knOsn who aud
how manY the guilty psfIies are. You no
doubt have The noe Of November yth
written IN reply TO Mtni,tsr Egsa, IN ~hicu
request him 10 furnish tes.imony which
he would not give, although be had SAID
that he had tvii3Gcs showing who the mui
deret vas sud ~h3 III, other guilty parties o,
he III b OF 3tVDer we're. That and all Uth-r
notss will he publl'h i hers. You will
publish translation Of them in the Uniten
states. Deny IN the meantime everything
that does MT agree with these statements,
beif assured of their sxsCtuess as we are
OF the night, dignity, and final success Of
Chill, not sithstanding the intrisuss whi0b
proceed from so low a source) and the
threats which comes from so high "a
source"
On Jar. g h, Mr.. Blaine asked in the fol-
lowing words
M. Blame asks whether all that is per
soasiiy offensive to the President and othet
Ulcers of the United Stsles ia the Decem-
Der circular OF tie Munster Of Foreign
A All ill ha .,EtAra-n h,,
government. Also whether a -sfe copduc,
will be granted to the refugees VINO are
sill IN The legation, snd inally whether ali
surveillance of the legation has been re-
moved
ON Jan. IL Mr., Egsn replied that in =
conversation with the ChIhzn minister Of
foreign affairs he secured permission fGr
all the refugees to leave the country, ami
vas sssured verbally that no hatm should
be doBe them, but could n1t oblsin writ
tan ssf' conduct. On the question Of the
vi hdrswsl Of the Malta elagFAm he could
only receive promise for a. early reply
ss poslible. the President of Chill being
the time in Valparaiso.
On Jan. lG Mr.. Egsn indicated that
Chill bad Rivsh Instructions to its munster
at Washington to express regret for sli
that had created uHplesssntDsss between
the two governments in the case, but this
did not prove tstsesctory to the Pres ident.
who insisted that the pslpsbie insults found
in the Malta telegram made II essential
that the document itseIf should be With
drawn a. part Of the spDlogetics nsces-
ssry to the restoration Of smlcstle reis
tons between Chill and the Un,ed States
Ga Jan. 20 mr. E2sD reports by Telegraph
that the m;aislpr OF foroign ag,ir bad nol
returned an answer in tha matter Of x,it- %
dfaring Malta telegram Of Dec. - On
Jan 81 he tnlsgrsphs that the minister Of
foreign Affairs hsi promised him.
in me c3ufss Of su interview he
hsd with him on the I@ih in
she msttsr oi hsviog Mr. Hstta'. telegram
Of the ligh Of DscemSer sithdfAvn 10 con-
suit -iih his colleagues in the cabinet, and
return bis reply in apo,hsr interview
specially appointed. He ssys this promise
has not been ) ct discharged and the answer
il still withheld.
On Jan. 2lst. Secretary Blaine teleg,a-
phed Minister Egsn; / am directed By the
President to say that he has given careful a.
tsntion to all submitted by the governments
OF Chill touching ihs affair of the assault,
upon the cree Of U. S. s. Baltimore in the
cisy Of Vaipsrsiso on the evening Of Octo-
Der Is, last ard to the evidence OF the
officers and crew Of that vessel and some
otnsrs Who ritnesssd the sf,sy; that his
conclusions upon the whole case are 8.
foilows
First Tbst the ssssuIt is ros relieved Of
the aspect which early information Of the
event gave to it, VIZ, that Of the attach
upon the uniform of the United States hav.
| ing iis origin ard motive IN feeling Of
hostility to ,h's gsvsrnmsnt ard not ia Any
| act OF the sailors or any of hem.