The state capital., 1892-02-06

with your government and spontaneous offer
of reparati6n for aiy i.3tf5 done to the sailors
Of the Baltimore, and that might be attributed
to Chlian soldiers or sailors, or that might affec5
the responsibility of Chill. In view of your
| communication, and considering that, up to
| date, it has been impossible for the trial in
| itiated by the Judge of the criminal court of
Valparaiso to be decided, the undersigned re-
| CARDS it as his duty to declare once more that
the government of Chill laments the occurrence
of October Is, and by way of showing
the sincerity of its feeling, and the con-
| hdence which it has in the justice of
| its cause, it declares its willingness not
| to await the decision of the examining Judge,
and proposes to the United States government
that the case be submitted to the consideration
of the supreme court at Washington, to the end
| that that high tribunal, with its learning and
| impartiality, may determine, without appeal,
| whether there Is any ground for reparation, and
| in what shape it should be made. The under
| signed would remind you, referring to the con.
| duct of the Valparaiso authorities. that it ap.
| pears from the preliminary examination that
they sent without delay to the scene of the con-
hct all the forces at their disposal belonging to
the special guard of the intendencia and to the
| police Swanson Cose, Nichols, Darony,
! HOMES, Cunningham, Williams, Talbot, Hal
! lard, Hodge, Butler, etc, seaifien belonging to
the Baltimore, stated to the interpreter of that
vessel that the object of the police In arresting
| tempt to attack by the excited peo-
| pie. The undersigned thinks that the
action OF the police in this matter
| should be considered with due allowance for
| the civil war which had recently been brought
| to close. The body was not yet properly or
| ganized, nor did it have the force that was re-
! quired to put down disorder of such proper
| tiOns in a short time.
In this connection 1t is proper to recall the
words used by the honorable secretary of state
| at Washington in his note addressed to the
| Marquis Imperial and bearing date Of May Fl,
| 1891:
There Is no government, however civilized it
| may be, however great may be the vigilance
| displayed by its police, and however severe its
criminal code may be. and however speedy and
| infiexible may be its administration of justice,
| that can guarantee It's own citizens against
violence growing out of individual malice or
| sudden popular tumult."
This was precisely the situation of the ad
| ministrative authorities at Valparaiso on the
| occasion of the occurrence which took place in
October.
The undersigned hopes that the foregoing
| will convince the honorable secretary of state
| that the government of Chill attached due i'm
| POI tance to the question now under discussion;
| that it does not for moment hesitate to
| denim. in vigorous terms the act committed on
| the 10th of October. or to offer such reparation
| as is just, and that it has not neglected the op
| portunity to express these sentiments be-
| fore now since various occasions,
| and through the plenipotcntiaries of both
| countries, it has forwarded explicit
| declarations on the subject to Wash
| ngton. The undersigned takes the liberty to
| recall that five days after he had taken charge
| of the department of foreign relations he ad
dressed to the minister of Chill in the United
| States telegram which. In the part relating to
4l>sc HTxrr1% 20 k11A tod
States government what has already been
stated, adding all the data that are
| known, in the most correct and anicable
| FORM express to the United States government
| very sincere regret on account of this
| unfortunate incident, which, although and (not)
| strange in the ports of the world, this govern
ment doubly laments, owing to its sincere de-
| sire to cultivate friendship with the United
| States.
If the United States government should not
accept the foregoing explanations as satisfac-
tory, notwithstanding that the judicial authori-
ties hold the guilty parties responsible for the
disorder OF October l6, the Undersigned must
| recall the circumstances that the govern
ment of Chilli, through the medium OF
it's minister in Washington, has expressed
the desire to submit any misunder
standing tdispute) to decision by arbitration
by cny power or tribunal which may be indi-
Gated to it; and, in fact arbitration was sug
gested in conference with the minister of Chill
in Washington on the Goth of December, when
the government Of the undersigned declared its
good will and it's resolve to accept arbitration
after the final judgment which would not be
further delayed many days in furtherance of its
purpose to give speedy solution to the incident
in most friendly terms. The government of the
undersigned called upon its minister for definite
reply the 18th instant, and on the 18th Minister
Montt reported that, Notwithstanding certain
observations made by the American state de-
partment with respect to the opportuneness OF
resorting to arbitration, he had nevertheless
agreed with the honorable Mr.. Blaine that, il
any divergence of views or disaccord should
supervene after the verdict of the judge of Val
paraso, such controversy would yield to arb-
tration The undersigned hastened to declare
that he would fully accept such agree
ment, for which reason the government
of Chill deems that the case has arisen for
submitting to arbitration, in terms as ample as
those above indicated, any difference of views
which it may have with the government of the
United States concerning the incident Of the
Baltimore.
There Is, therefore, submitted to the honora
BILE secretary of state of the department of
foreign relations In Washington the designa
ton of either the supreme court of justice OF
the United States or tribunal of arbitration
to determine the reparation which Chill may
have to make for that lamentable occurrence.
AS for the dispatch addressed under date of
the 11th of December to the Chilian minis
ter in Washington by the minister of foreign
relations of the provisional government, the
undersigned submits that there could not be,
on the part OF the government of Chilli the pur-
pose to infict any offense upon the government
of the United States, with which it desires ever
to cultivate the most friendly relations. Con-
sequenty the Undersigned, deploring that in
the telegram there were employed, through an
error of Judgment, the expressions which are
offensive in the judgment of your government,
declares, in fulfllment of high duty Of courtesy
and sincerity toward friendly nation, that the
government of Chill absolutely withdraws the
said expressions.
The undersigned trusts that this frank and
explicit declaration, which confirms that which
had already been made to the honorable secre-
tary of state in Washington, will carry to the
mind of his excellency (Mr. Harrson) and his
government that the people OF Chilli, far from
entertaining feeling of hostility, has the lively
desire to maintain the good and cordial rela
tions which up to the present time exist
between the two countries-a declara-
tion which is made without reserva-
ton in order that it may receive such pub
licity as your government may deem suitable.
With regard to the suggestion made touching
the change of the personnel of your legation to
which the instructions of the honorable secre-
tary Of state refer it is incumbent upon the un-
ueISlBHtu W ueCldIe tudt tHe government Oh
Chilli will take no positive step without the ac-
cord of the United States with which it desires
to maintain itself in friendly understanding.
The undersigned brings this already long
communication to close in the assurance that
he has therein set forth everything that can
fully satisfy your government. The govern
ment of Chill chershes the conviction that the
relations with the government of the United
States should be sincerely and cordially main
On6nr Of Int yn.1tu al
respect and that good understanding which
are based upon the just and equitable
appreciation of the facts and on the ap-
probation to be given to the spontaneous