The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-29

threatened with cruel treatment, nor has n
been sought to remove them from the lega
ton, nor has their surrender been asked for
Never has the house or the person OF the pIen
ipotentary, Notwithstanding indiscretiops
and deliberate provocations, been subjected
to any Offence, as is proved by the eleven
notes of September, October and November
Mr.. Egan sent ON the 10th of October a mole
that was aggressive in purpose and virulenth
language, as is seen by the copy and the note
written in reply on the 9th.
On the 18th the preliminary examination
had already been commenced; it has been de-
layed owing to the non appearance of Ii.
officers of the Baltimore and owing TO undus
pretensions and refusals of Mr.. Egan himself
No provocatlon has. ever been accepted or
Initiated by this department.
Its attitude, while it has ever been one N
frmness and prudence, has never been oneN
aggressiveness, nor will it ever be one
humiliation, whatever may be or has bee
said at Washin gton by those who are intei
ested in justif ing their conduct or who ar
blinded by erroneous views.
The kilograms, notes and letters which have
been sent to you contain the truth, the whole
truth,in connection with what has taken place
in these matters, in which ill-will and the con-
sequent words and pretentions have not ema-
mated from this department. Mr.. Tracy and
MIR. Harrison have been led into error in re-
spect to our people and government; the in
structons recommending impartiality and
friendship have not been complied with, neither
now nor before.
If no official complaint has been made
against the minister and the naval officers, it
Is because the facts, public and notorious, both
in Chile and the Uni ed States, could not, al
though they were well proved, be urged by our
confidential agents.
Proof of this is furnished by the demands Of
Balmaceda and the concessions of June and
July, the whole ltata case, the San Francisco,
9untero, and the cable companies. The state
ment that the North American seamen were
attacked in various localities at the same time
is deliberately incorrect.
Deny in the meantime everything that does
not agree with these statements, being as
sured of their exactness as we do of the dig
nifty, and the final success of Chile, notwith-
standing the intrigues which proceed from so
low IA source) and the threat which come
from so high "a souIce).
Egans Pointed Questions
In a telegram on Dec. IA, Mr. Egan in
forms Mr.. Blaine that he has transmitted
the following to the minister on foreign
relations
Hon. Manuel A. Malta: SIR--Having learned
today of the interrogation put yesterday In
the honorable senate applying to the relations
between the United States and Chile, desire
to know officially, and at the earliest possible
if the telegram directed by your OK
celency to Senior Don Pedro Montt in Wash
ington, and which your excellency read in tho
senate, is the same as that published in tho
Ferro- Carril of today, a copy of which l have
the honor to send herewith. In this telegram
your excellency, as minister of foreign rea-
lions of Chile, referring to the message OF the
President of the United States and the report
Of the secretary of the navy, says:
Translation. 1.-THE statements on which
both report and message are based are er-
roneous or deliberately incorrect with
respect to the seamen of the Balmitore-
There is. moreover, no exchanges or sincerity
In what is said at Washington"
Referring to my note of Goth of October,yOaY
sxcellencv characterizes it as [translation|-
Aggressive in purpose and virulent in Ian
yuage. With regard to the summary examina-
ion begun on the 18th of October your excel
ency says that
he non appearance of the officers of the Balti-
more and owing TO undue pretensinns and re-
usals Of Mr. Egan himself"
Abiding to the testimony regarding the
your excellency says [translationE
You no doubt have the note of Nov. g. written
n reply to Minister Egan, in which | request
i'm to furnish testimony which he would not
i've, although he had said that he had evil
ence showing who the murderer was and
tho the other guilty parties vi OCJ &c
And your exceiiency concludes this telegram
y saying dranslation1-Deny in the meantime
that does not agree with these
tatements. We feel confident of your exact
ess, as we do.of the right, the dignity and the
nal success of Chile, notwithstanding the in
rigues which proceed from SO low "a sOurce),
nd the threats which comes from so high Ia
ource)."
l beg your excellency to be good enough to
1vor me with a reply regarding the anthem
r1tV of tnlppFlm which |
,hich your excellency has read to the honor
BILE senate with, as stated by your excellency,
he special authority of his excelIency, the
resident of the republic, and after having
Onsulted with the other members of the hon.
rable cabinet
With the due expression of my consideration,
remain your excellency's obedient servant.
PATRICK EGAS.
Some side Issues.
Various matters at issue are referred to
i the correspondence other than the
hree leading causes of contention-the
ght of asylum, the Baltimore incident
nd the Malta note. Adverting to the
tata, Mr. Egan, Sept. IT, expressed the
pinion that the English element in Chile
-ould do all in their power, ''as has al
'ays been their CUSTOM" to promote and
,ster the feeling of hostility to the
'nited States
He says that the reasonable men In
over admit that the United States could
OF consistently have taken any other
purse than the one she adopted and that
when acting as minister of for
gn relations, two weeks ago, so stated to
i'm without reservation. In this relation
lie minister alludes to the charge that the
. S. S. San Francisco carried news to
of the Congressional land
g, and enclosed an unequivocal denial Of
lie charge by Admiral Brown.
On 1.-THE 10Th of November Mr.. Egan
rites that he has seen number of I'M
uthful and entirely indecent attacks
ade upon him through the press of the
nited States, especially an article in q
ew York paper by Mr.. Julio Foster, who
'etended TO speak as a representative o.
outhpiece of the Chilean government.
He says that he brought the matter b
e attention of the minister of foreig
fairs, who, in an enclosed note say
Being surprised that the question shouf
discussed here instead of at Washing-
n, where Chile has now an envoy kg
aordinary, / have to say that thr
no evidence in this department tai
lilo Foster has ever received any speds
nmission or authority whatever"
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