The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-26

I 70 the erect That the refugees were STUCK IHSL
/ on board the yorktown, although they had in
/ tended to sail on the John Elder. The HerdldO.
belonging 10 q member OF the cabinet Dr. nted
virulent and untruthful personal attack on
London Tones.
/ Mr.. Egsn's correspondence With the depart
ment closes with the following telegram:
/ SASTIAGO. Jan Is. 1872.
Mr.. Egan Acknowledges the receipt on the
I previous day Of the telegraphic instructions of
Jan. IS, and reports that on the morning of
this day he had on the subject in question an
interview with the minister OF foreign affairs.
whom he found we'll disposed and who promised
/ 20 return aud answer at the earliest possible
moment, but could not take any action without
/ consultation"
The second division OF the correspondence is
between the Chilean minister at Washington.
senior LazcanO, aud the department OF state.
IL does not contain much OF interest at this
time, as it relates mainly TO the events attend
ing the revolution; efforts to prevent the pur-
chase Of arms for the revolutionists in New
! York: the potency OF the blockade proposed to
be made by the Balmeceda government and the
request for the detention Of the Itats and the
Robert and Minnie.
Dec. 81. Senior Montt lays before Mr. Blaine
the telegram heretofore made pub ic summa-
| rizing the results on the preliminary trial be-
fore the judge OF crimes, and asserting that all
| the Americans with the exception OF two. de-
clare that the police did their duty and make
no charge against them wha ever.
Jan. 4, he transmitted TO Secretary Blaine
I tue lOAlOWluK telegram he laQ received from
Minister Perreira, the new minister of foreign
/ relations: Inform the United States govern
| ment that a summary OF the Attorney Generals
report relative TO the occurrence of Oct. 10.
which Chile has lamented ami does so sincerely
| lament, will be sent on Monday, the 5th inst"
Jan. :, Mr.. Montt, in a note to Mr. Blaine.
transmits TO him the result OF the preliminary
investigation at Valparaiso and informs him
that the next step is the framing of an indict-
ment based upon it against the responsible per
sons. He says: The prosecuting attorney has
brought accusation against those who, from
| the Sumario. appear to be guilty. and they are
Carlos Gomez, Federico Rodriguez, and Ahu-
mada, Chileans, and Davidson, an American;
and has asked that upon them be imposed the
penalties assigned by the law, namely, upon
Gomez Of three TO five years penal imprison-
ment; Rodriguez, from two to eighteen months,
and Ahumada and Davidson twenty to forty
days Imprisonment.
81 have also received special instructions to
state to the government of the United States
| that the government OF Chile has felt very
sincere regret for the unfortunate events which
occurred in Valparaiso on Oct IS. Although
Incidents of this nature are not rare in ports
frequented by sailors of various nationalites,
the fact that deaths and wounds were caused in
the disturbance on Oct. 16, the zeal with which
the Chilean authorities are accustomed to
watch over the personal security of all who
tread its territory, the fact that persons en-
ployed 10 the service of a friendly nation were
concerned, and the frank desire for American
cordlality which my government entertains
have led it to cordially deplore the aforesaid
disturbance and to do everything in its power
toward the trial and punishment Of the guilty
parties"
The last note in the correspondence delivered
to Secretary Blaine by Mr.. Egan. was a simple
Enclosure of a telegram in the following
language: Commander of Yorktown notified
naval commandment that he was going to send
by mail steamer the refugees he has on board.
Having asked instructions, the naval COM
mandant replied to him that the government
did not give safe conduct to the refugees They
will understand the contingencies to which
they exposed by embarking in merchant
vessels or IN mail steamers.
"PERRE1RA,"
Following are the concluding portions Of the
Chilean correspondence:
Jan. 20 Mr.. Eagau reports by telegraph that
the minister OF foreign affairs has not yet re-
turned an answer in the matter OF Withdrawing
Minister Matta's telegram of Dec Is, and on
Jan. q teiegraphs that the minister Of foreign
affairs promised him in the course
of an interview he had with him,
about the matter Of having Minister Matta's
telegram of Dec 70 Withdrawn, 10 consult with
his colleagues of the cabinet and return his re-
ply in another interview specially appointed.
He says that this promise has not yet been
discharged and that an answer is still withheld.
He asks whether the telegram was withdrawn
in Washington in terms entirely satisfactory to
the President and Secretary Blaine, as a CORE
spondent Of the New York Herald was to-day
told by the under secretary.
On Jan 81 Secretary Blaine telegraphed
Minister Egan as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, D. @. Jan. 81.
am directed by the President to say to you
that he has given careful attention to all that
has been submitted by the government Of Chile
touching the affair of the assault upon the
crew of the Baltimore in the city of Valparaiso
on the evening of Oct ID last, and to the evil
dence of the officers and crew of that vessel,
and of some Others who witnessed the ARRAY;
and that his conclusions upon the whole case
are as follows:
l. That the assault is not relieved Of the aspect
which the early information of the event gave
to it, viz: That of an attack upon the uniform
of the United States navy, having its origin and
motive in feeling OF hostility to this govern
ment, and not In any act of a eailor, OF of any
of them.
2 That the public authorities OF Valparaiso
tlagrantlY failed in their duty to protect our
men and that some of the police and Chilean
soldiers and sailors wers themselves guilty of
unprovoked assaults upon our sailors before
and after their arrest. He thinks the propon-
derance Of evidence and inherent probabilities
lead to the conclusion that Riggin was killed by
the police or soldiers.
B. That he is therefore compelled to bring the
| case back to the position taken by this govern
ment in the note of Assistant Secretary Whar-
ton of Oct. % last Ia CODY of which YOU will de-
liver with this) and TO ask for suitable apology
and for some adequate reparaton for the in
jury done to this government. You will assure
| the government Of Chile that the President has
no disposition to be exacting or to ask anything
same. circumstances. freely concede. He re-
| grets that, from the beginning, the gravity Of
the questions inaolved has not apparently been
| appreciated by the government Of Chile and
| that an al air in which two American seamen
we're killed and sixteen others seriously
| wounded while on one Chilean was seriously
| hurt, should not be distinguished
| from an ordinary brawl between
sailors IN which the provocation is wholly per-
sonal and the participation limited. No self
| respecting government can consent that per-
/ n xuba tbAr ,ixy mo-,
| shall be beaten AMI killed on foreign territory
| in resentment of acts done by or imputed to
! their government without exac.ing suitable
| reparation The government of the United states
| has freely recognized this principle and acted
| upon it, when injury was done by it's peonle to
| one holding an official relation to a friendly
power, in resentment o. acts done by the letter
| In such case the United States has not sought
| for words OF the smallest value or of equivocal
| meaning in which TO convey it's apology but has
| CONDEMNED such acts in vigorous terms and has
| not refused TO make other adequate repara-
| ton But it was not my purpose here
to discuss the incidents of this affair but only
| to state the conclusi ms which this government
| has reached. We have given every opportunity
| to the government of Chile to present any ex-
| panatory or mitigating acts. and have had due
| regard to the fact that the government OF
| Chile was, for considerable part of the time
| that has elapsed since Oct IS, upon a provis-
| onal basis l further directed by
| the President to say that mis- attention has been
| called to the note of instructions sent by Mr.
| date of the 18th utimo. You very prudently
| and, must suppose from a just sense of the
offensive nature of the dispatch, refrained from
| communicating 1t officially TO this government