The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-29

dlfnculty, and, advancing further In this
coneiliatory spirit. we even formally agreed
that the differences that might arise should
be submitted to arbitration. This agree
ment TO accept arbitration has been the
basis of several of our conferences. and ee-
pecially that of the 18th inst. al1 no ante
come to my knowledge. On the contrary,
took occasion TO inform you on the lat OF
January that my government authorized
me to conclude an agreement looking to
arbitration. and my government subse-
quently approved the agreement concurred
in by me with you, of which / also in
formed you. As the criminal trial initiated
at Faiparaiso has not yet come to an end,
my government has not yet been able TO
reply to the demands made by that OF the
The various documents and antecedents
to which have called your attention In
my foregoing communication sent were de-
signed to inform the United States OF the
progress of the judicial investigation and
of the facts thereby ELECTED. They do not.
however, Constitute q reply, which can
only be given when the facts are definitely
brought to light by the sentence which
must be pronounced by the courts. The
testimony which the government of the
United states has caused to be taken In
CalIfornia from the crew OF the Baltimore
cannot take the place of the trial which Is
being held at Valparaiso. where the offenses
were committed. This testimony may be
u5Clui 1OI QiSClpliudI1 OE .
purposes in the United States. but is
not serve as the basis of q judicial sentence
either In Chill or In the United States. The
copy which have to-day had the honor to
send you of the statement made by one of
the seamen of the Baltimore at Valparaiso.
shows that the seaman made no charge
against the police. The charges which he
makes here in the absence of the accused
parties in contradiction of his first state
ment, can have no value either in law or in
" Mi fOhr tan aA nm 10 N N h
served. moreover. that the statement made
by this seaman at Valparaiso is attested by
the Judge, by the signature of the seaman
himself, and by that of the interpreter.
had been appointed for the express purpose
of inspiring the deponents with confidence.
THE MATTA NOTE.
You were pleased to state in your instruo-
tions to Mr.. Egan that the undersigned has
government the note that was addressed to
him by Mr.. Malta on the 18th of December
last. The first time that the honorable
Secretary of State saw fit to call my atten-
tlon to the affair-said note of Mr. Malta
L told him that that note contained in
structIons addressed to me by Mr.. Malta,
and that as had not been directed to COM
municate it Oil cially to the Department of
State there was no reason why the onor-
aDlo SECRETARY euOulu bdhS COknlZauC6 OI
it, further reminded you that it was q
doctrine, and acknowledged by the Amer
lean government. that documents ex-
changed between the President and Con-
gress, OF between the Department of State
and the diplomatic representatives of the
United States in foreign countries could
not form a subject of discussion for foreiRn
governments. also took the liberty to re-
mind you of the case of the illustriOus
Webster and the representative of Austria
rQ fri ARrlrf IAN
planned at that time because it considered
the instructions sent to O representative OF
the United States unjust or disrespectful
to Austria, the said instructions having
been published in message of the Presi-
| dent, who sent 1t to the Senate. This de-
partment" said Mr.. Webster, "has on
| former occasions informed the ministers of
| foreign powers that q communication from
| the President to either house of Congress
| is regarded as o domestic communication,
| of which ordinarily no foreign state has
cogniZance and IN more recent cases the
great ImprOpriety of making such COM
munications the subject of correspondence
and domestic discussion has been fully
| shown
The circumstance of publicity does not
chnrae tfe character ot O communication,
| in the opinion of Mr.. Webster, because such
| is the common and usualmode of proceeding
in the communications of the President and
the Senate. 1t was. therefore. on the nature
of the note. andson no other reason, that
based my abstention from communicating
to vOu the instructions which Mr.. Malta
had sent to me on the 1lth of December,
and had the honor 30 to inform you. add
ed. however, that it was far from being the
purpose of my government TO act in man.
mer at all offensive to the President of the
United States. or TO any mem Der of his Cab
met, and that Mr. natra's note, if rightly
interpreted. admitted of no such construc-
tions. l afterwards had the honor To in
form you that had received instructions
from my government to inform the United
States that. considering the views ex-
pressed by Messrs Buchanan ana Webster
in 1s49 and 1850, that the messages sent by
the President to Congress are domestic
communications. which cannot serve as q
basis Tor the Interpretation of foreign
powers or their representatives. my gov
ernment had no objection TO striking out
of the note of Dec. ii suoh words as might
he considered dsagreeable by the United
States government
On the 18th inst. an official telegram was
submitted which had been addressed by
the commander of the Yorktown TO tho Sec
rotary of the Navy. 1t was couched in
terms that were offensive to the govern
ment of Chilli. and. in view of what we had
said concerning the note OF Dec. IL,
deemed it my duty to call your attention ia
that telegram. The lofty spirit of justice
which characterizes you did not permit you
to hesitate to tell me that the wording OF
the said telegram was improper and objec-
which was as impartial as il was Just, ter.
minated the incident.
Since the early part of the month Of o.
tober, when had the honor to be invited
to unofficial conferences with the repre-
sentatives of the Department of State as
the credentials which accredited me as
minister of Chilli had not yet arrived) il
| had been reported TO me on various occa
sions by the United States government that
| if the representative of the United states
| at Santiago was not persona grata
| to the government of Chill it was sufficient
| for the government of Chill SO to state and
the said representative would be succeed
| cd by another. 1t is rule based upon the
| nature of diplomatic relations and designed
| to make them frank and cordial. that the
representative of nation must be q per
| soma gra.a to the government to which he
| is accredited. In the conference with which
| you were pleased to favor me on the Goth
| inst. had the honor to state that the rep
resentative of the United States at Santi.
ago was not a persona grata to the govern
ment OF Chill. which would be very glad Il
| receive another representative from the
| United States. You were pleased to &C
| had a right to ask that change should be
| made. Afterwards having your notice.
| addressed to you III writing the same com
| munication which had made to you yer
bally. / have deemed it my duty to stat,
| in this note the foregoing facts. whicl
| show the friendly and cordial purpose o.
| our conferences in which you took most i'm
portant part. With sentiments etc.
PEDRO MoNTT.
| Hon. James G.. Blaine. etc.
MIR. BLAINE TO MIR. MONTT.
Sharp Note from the Secretary Of State Criti