Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-02-05

the assault upon the said 81 the Balti:
more is 90 conciliatory nd friendly that
] am Of tho opinion that t6ers i good
prospect that Che differences
growing out of thu bus afEair, can
now be adjusted npon aims satisfactory
to this government, bt the.nsual moth.
DDS, and without special powers from
congress. This turn ip the affair is very
gratifying to me, as ] am sure it will be
to the congress and our people. The
general support Of the efforts Of the
executive to enforce the just right Of
the nation in this matter has given an
instructive and useful illustration Of the
unity and patriotism of our people.
PEREIRA's ANSWER.
The Chilian Foreign Minister Makes IN
Apology. =.
The correspondence mentioned by the
president in his message follows. FIRST
was Chili's answer to the ultimatum
dated Jan: rs, and received at the state
at Va. m. Jan. 26. It was
transmitted by Egan and was copy Of
Foreign Minister Pereira's answer to
Secretary Blaine's ultimatum. After
acknowledging tie receipt of Mr..
Blaine's note the foreign minister quotes
the substance Of the ultimatum and con-
tinues with the following language:
Without any intention Of opening dis
cussion as to the facts referred to by the
which have extracted,
and confining himself to the first part of
tho instructions of the honorable secretary
of state, the undersigned must state to
your excellency the regret with which the
government Of Chilli sees that his excel
lency, the president of the United States,
finds reason to continue to regard the incl
dent of Oct. 16 as an attack caused by q
hostile feeling towards the uniform of the
navy of the United States That unfor-
tunate occurrence took place on sudden,
in district where the sailors of the ves-
sells lying in the bay of Valparaiso are in
the habit OF assembling, without dis
of nationality.
From the nature Of the incident it would
be impossible to prove that there was no
doubt as to the special cause which served
as its origin or pretext. But the under-
signed can assert that that cause was not
a hostile feeling towards the uniform of
the navy of the United States, because the
people of Chill have always
and Respected That Uniform
ever since the time when it saw it figuring
in the ranks of soldiers and
sailors I'm great struggle which gave it
and established tho repub-
lie. The undersigned rdmfty that.the oc-
currence of Oct. Is was of greater gravity
than those which usually occur in the
same district between, the sailors which
it, and the fact of knowing that
two deaths have resulted from it among
the sixteen wounded men of the Balti-
more. has sufficed to give an extraordi-
nary character and to induce the govern
ment of Chill to hasten to adopt the meas
ures necessary to discover and punish the
guilty parties, to offer in due time, if there
should be ground for SO doing, reparation
as might be due.
The preliminary examination was conf
menced on the morning which followed
the night of the conflict some days before
you presented your complaint. But the
could not be finished with
the rapidity which the government of
Chilli desired, because the rules of pro-
ceedure in criminal matters which are
by our laws are of slow appli-
cation. and it was not possible for the
president to modify or set them aside.
This delay, which was inevitable owing to
the independence with which the judicial
must act, has compelled the
government of the undersigned to delay,
greatly to its regret, tho settlement of the
difficulty pending with your government
and a spontaneous offer of reparation for
any injury done to the sailors of the Balti-
more and that might be attributed
to Chilian soldiers and sailors, OF
that might affect the responsibility
of Chilli. In view of your com.
and considering that, up
to date. it has been impossible for the trial
initiated by the judge of the criminal
court of Valparaiso to be- decided, the
undersigned regards it as his duty to de.
clare once more, that the government OF
Chilli ]aments the occurrence of Oct. 16,
and by way of showing the sincerity of his
following, and the confidence he has in the
justice of his cause. he declares his'will-
ingness to await the decision of the exam
lining Judge, and proposes to the United
States government chat the case be sub.
mitted to the consideration Of the supreme
court of justice at Washington, to the end
that that high tribunal, with its learning
and impartiality, may determine, without
appeal, whether thereis any ground fol
and in what shape it should be
made. g ...- y.
Quotes from Blaine.
Minister Pereira next: calls attention
to the disorganized9 condition Of the
country at the timeof the assault and
then quotes Mr.. Blaine's note to the
Italian foreign minister in answer to the
demands cf Italy, as follows:
'T:lerc is no government, however civil
ized it may be, however great may be the
vigilance displayed by its police, and how
ever severe It's criminal code may be, and
however speedy and infexible may be its
administration of justice, that can guar
lantee its own citizens against violence
growing out of individual malice or sud
Hen popular tumult. ~ =. Z
This was precisely the situation of The
administrative authorities at Valparaiso
on the occasion Of the occurrence which
took place in October.
Mr.. Pereira then calls attention to tht
offer of arbitration Of the question in
case the two governments could NOT
come to an amicable agreement in the
usual manner. The Chilian minister
then proceeds as follows:
There Is therefore submitted to the hon
orable secretary of fstats of tie department
of fOreiRn relations of WaShing gton, the