, 1892-01-26

in an unofficial way. The nou-receptlon
Of the congressional agents ia in nowise a
decision on the merits OF the main ques-
tion."
In a telegram of the date of Sept. 80,
Mr.. Egan states that In a note sent HIM
the minister of foreign affairs refuses safe
conduit or permission to refugees to leave
the country and maintains the correctness
of all that has bean done by the authori-
ties.
The president informed Egan that
while he desired to establish and maintain
the triendliest relations with Chile. the
right of asylum, having been. tacitly or
expressly allowed other legations, must be
allowed the United States.
In answer Oct. 8, Mr.. Egan telegrsphs
the minister of foreign affairs disclaims
any intention OF d%isrespect to the legation
but claims a right to take measures out
side the legation to Illustrate the conspiracy
on the part of the refugees. Mr.. Egan
insists there has been no abuse of the
asylum and says he will prevent any.
Finally he asserts that under Interna-
tlonal law the refugees are free to receive
correspondence. In a telegram dated on
Oct. 10, Mr.. Egan says that the intend
ente's instructions authorize the arrest OF
no one except upon well founded suspi-
cion that the minister deplores all arrests
made by police.
A long correspondence followed be-
tween Mr.. Egan and Senior Malta On this
point, and while it was in progress on
Oct. l6 the Baltimore tragedy occurred
and was reported on the 18th by Mr..
Egan to the state department. On the
next day he wrote: 80 far Capt. Schley
has not ascertained the causes which led
to the disturbance, but the general i'm
preston is that the attack was unpro-
voked. Some weeks z an attack was
made upon a number of the sailors of one
OF the German ships of war, resulting 10
the killing of one of the Germans, and it
vas understood that the attack was made
because the Chileans mistook the Ger
mans for United States sailors"
Mr.. Egan's telegram of Oct. % says
that Capt. Schley's report shows the as
sault to have been brutal and uuprovoked
and duplicates the police as having been
in it. In prompt reply follows Mr..
Wharton's note expressing surprise at his
failure to receive the notice of regret or
of purpose OF searching inquiry on the
part of the Chilean government request
ing Mr.. Egan to call the attention of the
Chilean government to the facts and in
quire if there we're any qualifying facts or
explanation to be offered of the apparent
expression of unfriendliness toward the
United States.
Capt. Schley's report is practically
identical with his statement made before
Judge Advocate Remy at San Francisco
recently aud published in the newspapers.
He SAYS that a number OF the wounds
were recognized as bayonet wounds, point
ing to police participation in this assault;
hat it Is believed the assault was inspired
by Chilean sailors recently discharged
from the transports together with the
longshoremen and that it was premedi-
tated as was shown in the widely separ-
ated localities where occurred while the
men were at supper In the hotels and
restaurants. He asserts that his men
were unarmed and defenseless, with no
instruments beyond several small pocket
knives and a small iron pestle.
In communicating these facts TO the
Chilean foreign office, Mr.. Egan said that
the sailors of the Baltimore were I'M
armed, were orderly in their conduct,
gave no cause or provocation, that the
attack was apparently premeditated and
that the assaults were made by armed
men, who, his government must conclude,
were animated in their bloody work by
hostility to those men as sailors Of the
United States. He says that it must be
conceded from the character of many OF
the wounds that the public police, or
some of them. instead of affording pro-
lection to the men assaulted took part 10
this cowardly attack and generally acted
toward those unarmed men with brutality.
Therefore, in conformity with MI. Whar-
toms note, he asks for an inquiry and the
punishment of the guilty parties and sug-
gests reparation. Mr.. Egan transmits
the text of Senior Matta's note in reply.
Oct. 30 Mr.. Egan telegraphs that the
Investigation is secret. The next day he
telegraphs that he had received from the
minister of foreign affairs a Iote from the
intendente in regard to the assault and
that like the minister's other note this
note expresses no regret for the occur
renee. 1T states that the result of the
investigation will be communicated to
Mr.. Egan and that if the real %culprits
were discovered they will receive due
dente of Valparaiso says it is entirely i'm
possible that the police of that CITY could
nave committed the cruel, brutal excuses
which the United States minister i'm
putes TO them and that a mob OF 1000
collected: that the fight in which all. es-
pecially the Americans, fought with stones,
clubs and bright weapons, was general
and hat the only part taken in it BY the
police and military guard was their en-.
deavor to quell the disturbance and arrest
the participants. The intendente pro-
fesses ignorance of the origin of the fight
but thinks it commenced among drunken
sailors. Neither does he know who shot
Riggin. He believes the authorities did
all they could under the circumstances.
Nov. l Mr.. Blaine by telegraph in
structed Mr.. Egan to claim the privilege
of reading the paper which the American
sailors in secret, in a language they did
not understand, and without being accom-
panied by counsel, signed. He is also in
structed to see that no one from the Bal
timore is allowed to testify except in the
presence of a friend acting as counsel and
in his own language, openly, not secretly.
Nov. 3 Mr.. Egan telegraphs that the
same Judge who would not allow an officer of
the Baltimore to be present at the inquiry
permitted the secretorv of a German con.
sulate to attend the investigation of the
killing of a German man of wars man