Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
The President Sends the Promised
Chill Communication.
Esze Message Promptly Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House and Taken Under I'M
mediate Consideration.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The follow
Ing is President Harrison's message on
the Chiiian situation sent to congress
yesterday:
ITO the Senate and House Of Representatives:
In my annual message, delivered to con-
after brief statement of the facts then in the
possess7on OF the government touching the as
ssah in the streets of Valparaiso, Chill, upon
1RoFe On the evening of the 10th of October
zAst- said: This government is now awaiting
been conducted by the criminal court at
Nss9araiso. 1t is reported unoficially that the
is about completed and it is .5
Gated TO this government, together with some
adequate and satisfactory response, to the
to TINS incident. If these expectations should
De disappointed. or further needless delay in
matter again to the attention of congress for
such action, may be necessary"
In my opinion the time has now come when
The correspondence between this government
=sSd the government of Chill, from the time of
zxnxee6a, together will all other facts in the pos
session of the executive department relating to
this matter. The diplomatic correspondence Is
herewith transmitted, together with some cor
resysoudence between the naval officers for the
reszry Of the navy, and also the evidence taken
at the Mare Island navy yard since the ar
rival of the Baltimore at San Francisco. do
c,e deem il necessary in this communication to
zttennY. anv full analysis of the correspondence
OK of the evidence. brief reStatement of the in
fernstional questions involved, and of the rea
sons vfv the responses of the Gillian govern
's,1en+ are unsatisfactory, is all that 1 deem
yrecesSary-
&c Tnay be well. at the outset. to say that
Whatever may hare been said in this country or
II Chill IL criticism of Mr.. Egan, our minister
1t Santiago. the true history of this exciting
ysersod in Chilian affairs, from the outbreak of
IKE revolution until this time, dlscloses no act
ey slls part OF Nj Egan unworthy S OF his is posi-
animadversion or criticism. He has,
think, borne himself in very trying circum-
stances, with dignity. discretion and courage,
IxnG has conducted the correspondence with
nhiiity, courtesy and fairness.
e worth while, also, at the beginning to say
thai the right OF Mr. Egan to give shelter in the
legation to certain adherents of the BaImaceda
government who applied to him for a sylum has
not been denied by the Chilian authorities, nor
Izzs any demand been made for the surrender of
-s9aesse refugees. That there was urgent need of
.ssyiuul is shown by Mr. Egan's note of August
,e& tsgi describing the disorders that prevailed
Santiago, and by the evidence of Capt. Schley
rs fs tse Piilage and violence that prevailed
AZ Valparaiso. The correspondence dis
closes haEexer. that the request of Mr..
EsiR Tor a safe-conduct from the country,
IN ssohaa OF these refugees, was denied. The
Fsrec,,dents cited by him in the correspondence,
syzz<ic,i,arly the of the revolution in Peru
Il S,astScr, to deny the right for asylum to polit
1c8i refugees, and seemed very clearly to sup
gss7t 53r- ESan's contention that safe-conduct
Acknowledged incident of the asylum. These ref
1s.:s hare very recentv without formal safe
tasas3zct, but by the acqulescence OF the CHILEAN
:zctkcritles, been placed on board the Yorktown,
ax2s ere now being conveyed to Callao, Peru.
.Eo.s incident might be considered wholly
sea, aas FOR the dSreSpect manifested toward
'skEs government by the close and offensive po-
&.ce surveillance of the legation premises which
was maintained during most of the period of
sske setaT of the refugees therein. After the
zazss>t Itay- annual message and up to the time
CT sae transfer of the refugees to the York
surrounded by police in uniform, and police
ssSssss detectives, in citizens dress, who Of
spst The legation and, on one or more occa-
szp4s. arrested members of the minister 8
tnzzaiy- Commander Evans, who by my direc-
elaa, recently visited Mr.. Egan at Santiago, in
ffts telegram 70 the navy department, described
tie ee2tiCn ss "a veritable prison" and states
&Lss the police agents or detectives were, after
llls arrival, withdrawn during his stay. 1t ap-
sksSFs further, from the note of Mr.. Egan of
November 90 1891. that on one occasion, at
Aysns-.- tzass police agents, whom he declares to
Ges Eso7En to him. invaded the legation premises,
pounding upon its windows and using insulting
therein.
This breach of the right of minister to free
SION from police espionage and restraint seems to
aave been so fragrant that the Argentine riinis
rtes', who was dean of the diplomatic corps, hav-
sssg observed it. felt called upon TO protest
against it to the CHILEAN minister OF foreign af
Exirs- The Chilian authorities have, as will be
obse< red from the correspondence, charged the
refugees and the inmates OF the legation with
insulting the police; but it seems to me incred-
liable that men whose lives were in jeopardy, and
whose safety could only be secured By retire
I1aezat and ouietness, should have sought to pro-
yoke collision which could only end in their
destruction, or to aggrayate their condition by
inteRsifying popular feeling that, at one time,
., Threatened the legation as to require Mr.
Esan to appeal to the minister of foreign affairs.
but the most serious incident disclosed by the
g. correspondence is that of the attack upon the
sailors of the Baltimore in the streets of VAL
paradise on the 10th of October last. In my an
ANAL message, speaking upon the information
r then DOSSeSSiOQ. Il said: 80 far
lave yet been able to learn, no other
t shS 6a9dy work Sad has a
origin IN hostility to these men as sailors of the
United States. wearing the uniform of their
PersonaI amnesty" we have now received
from the Gillian government an abstract of the
Sns3ny taken by the judge of crimes in IN in
vestlgation which was made to extend over
a,rarly three months. I very much regret to
not enable me to modify the conclu-
sson announced osG1 in -, my annual .h message:
sp3ers were assaulted, beaten, stabbed and
killed not for anything they or any one of
them had done. but for what the government of
the United States had done, or was charged
with having done, by its civil officers and naval
commanders. If that be the true aspect of the
s.zse the injury was to the government of the
F, United States, not to those poor sailors who
Etsye assaulted in manner so brutal and so
>cowardly-
FACTS upon which this conclusion, rests. 1
think it right to say a word or two
eyne Baltimore was in the harbor of
Valparaiso by virtue of that general invitation
'zssich nations are held to extend to the war
vessels of other powers with which they have
sfriandly relations. This invitation, l think.
,Inust be held ordinarily to embrace the privi-
lego OF such communication with the shore as is
reasonable, necessary and proper for the com
fort and convenience of the officers and men of
such vessels. Capt. Schley testifies that when
mis- vessel returned to Valparaiso, on September
II, the city officers, as is customary, extended
crew
It Is not claimed that every personal collision
OF injury IN which sailor or officer of such ma,
val vessel visiting the shore may be involved
raises an international question; but am clear
IL OF the opinion that where such sailors or Off
Gers assaulted by resident populace ami
mated by hostility to the government whose
uniform these sailors and officers wear, and in
resentment of acts done by their government,
mot by them, this government must take notice
oS It's rights and dignity; not in q
secondary way. as where citizen is
Injured and presents his claim through his own
Il Va minister or consul or the flag itself had
S,een tia object of the same character of assault.
Tfss officers and sailors of the Baltimore were
their government, not by their own choice.
~Ykey were upon the shore by the implied invita-
hon of the government of Chilli and with the ap-
-provsl of their commanding officer; and it
:. DOES not distinguish their case from that of a
.EeHs ssh that his stay Is more permanent or that
he hsids theexpreSs invitation of the local gov
70 Justify his long re sS Nor
the act OF mob. II there had been no partici-
patton by the police or military in this cruel
work and no neglect on their part to extend
.opdasea. when its extent and character are con-
sidered, involving international right. The in
scideuts of the affair are. briefly, as follows:
On the 10th of October last, Capt Schley, com
the United States steam Shir Ralti-