Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-22

and other guilty persons in the affair of octo-
Der 10. That letter aud all other recent letters
would be published here. You ought 90
translate and publish the same there Gin Wash
ington). Endeavor. IN the meantime. not 10
give any credit 20 ANYTHING which may be con-
trary 20 these statements. boing sure Of their
correctness as We are here OF the right the honor
and the fnal triumph Of Chile. notwithstand-
ing the iatrigucs which go at present from 80
low source and the threats which como from
so high an authority. MArTAl1
THE FEELING N CHILE
The following letter from the Associated
Press correspondent nt Santiago Chile. under
date OF December l6. is Of interest in conneo-
ton with the Malta note:
The subject which Is now attracting attention
Is the most recent official acts of the present
Chilean government In relation 60 the con-
troversy with the United States. The govern
ment through. its minister of foreign relations,
Senior Manuel A. Malta. has openly expressed
ITS hostility 20 the United States miristcr in
santiago and has made use Of language concern
ing the American civil and naval officials IN
Chile. and also the President Of the United
States and the Secretary OF the Navy. which has
aroused the indignation OF every American in
this country and. II is believed. has met with
the disapproval Of the majority Of other for
elgn residents and many native Chileans. even
those whose sympathies with the party nov
an power.
This expression OF hostility was caused BY
the publication last week OF that portion of tho
message Of the President Of the United States
relating TO Chilean affairs and also the report
OF the Secretary Of the Navy upon the same
SUBJECT All OF the newspapers Of Santiago
and Valparaiso published the message and re-
port and they also reprinted daily columns Of
articles which had appeared in the last
American newspapers received here relating
to ihe attack On the Baltimore's sailors in VAL
pafalso and the treatment of the American
legation.
ihe local papers and the Chilean public in
general commented upon the Presidents mcs-
sage. and the general toac Of their comments
was That lt was surprising that the President Of
the United States should have noticed the re-
cent events an Chile-that Is. the annoyances
70 which the legation has been subjected for
| months past-und the more recent affairs IN
Valparaiso. IN which two American sailors were
Killed. eighteen Others wounded and thirty five
| imprisoned simply because they we're men
wearing the uniform Of tie United States navy.
THE CHILEAN CONGRESS.
The matter was formally brought TO the at
tention OF the Chilean congress O., the nth in
slant Attention was called in the senate to
the message Of the President Of the United
States, ami the minister of foreign relations
was requested to give sach information an re-
spect TO the matter as the interests OF tho pub
lie service would permit The senator who
| made q Is request said that II WIS stated an
| the Presidents message that the Chilean
foreign office had replied in an often
sive tone to note from the United
States minister. The senator said thar
| this difficult to believe and he Thought
| perhaps IT might be the result of an incorrect
/ translation. Minister Malta then addressed
the senate and said that he could give the IN
formation asked for without prejudice 60 dip
/ lomatic reserve. Although the words referred
10 came from such an exalted Parsonage as the
President Of the United States he did not be-
ileve that they would produce bad effect
against Chile nor would they Imperil the
friendly relations between this country and
| the United States.
MINISTER sikTTA's SPEECH.
Minister Malta said that he had sent tele-
gram TO the Chilean minister at Washington.
Senior Pedro Montt. which he read to the senate.
As soon as Minister Mat,as speech had been
delivered IN the senate and ms telegram TO
Iecro Montt made public all Of the new spapers,
| lncludlng the official paper of the governments
pubiished them, and ca the following day there
WAS hardly any other topic of dire assIon m SAN
| tiago. The local press Joined in the attack upon
MlnISter Egan and the American government
| and apparently upheld Minister Malta policy.
However. there mas been but enc construc-
| tion placed upon II by all the American resi-
dents aud by large portion of the other for
elgn residents: that Il. that Minister Malta has
openly accused the American minister anu the
American naval officers of making reports to
Washington that were deliberately false and of
| 'hSsan-A4S Az iQtlOse OF Great
ing trouble between the United States and
| Chile.
There is hardly a sentence Ia Matta's tel
| eSram 10 Monit which mas not an ousea the in
| dlsnanon OF the Americans here. They call
| attention TO the fact that the President's mes
I sage and the report of the Secretary of the
| Navy were doubtless founded nl.on the Infor-
ElatIon derived from Minister L,yan and Capt.
| Schley. particularly the latter. and that II is
this information which Minister Malta charac-
alRfva
reference 10 the refugees an the legation u re-
6aTaed as remarkable.
NO TROOP A DRUNKEN ROW.
The apparent efforts OF Mipisier Malta
both IN has telegram 10 Montt ana in his speech
before The senate to characterize the attack
upon the sailors AZ a drunken III ht have also
created surprise, for there has been no evil
uehce introduced at the investigation TO show
| that drunkenness had anything 20 do with the
affair, or that any of the baltimore sailors who
| were attacked were intoxicated. In fact Of
the entire party Of liz men who were ashore ON
thai day there were only fou- GAGS OF drunk
enness returned and they were of a trivial
nature.
The letter which Mr.. Egan sent to the foreign
| ONCE on October &c, which Mr.. Malta desic-
mates as aggressive IN design and violent in
Language, Was letter sent on the positive in
structlons OF Acting Secretary Wharton OF the
State Department, ana At tie first official
4 notice that Mr. ESan took OF the Baltimore
affair. That letter aud also Secretary Mhar-
ton instructions have already buen published
both In the United States and in Chile.
| ATTACKS IN OTHER LOCALITIES.
Americans here also express a strong feeling
because Mr.. Malta has designated as deliber-
ately untrue a statement which IL made IN tie
| message OF the President of the United States.
to the effect that the American sailors we're at
| tackled IN various localities at the same time.
| 1hIs fact is established by the testimony not
only OF the Baltimore sailors. but also of a half
dozen or more perfectly disinterested wit
nesses.
Another thing which has called forth great
deal OF comment is Mr. Matta's advice TO the
Chilean minister an Washington TO have the
correspondence between the officials of the
two countries published in America This is
regarded as an attempt the part of the
Chilean minister of foreign relations 10 appeal
to the American public against the American
government
The closing sentence Of Mr.. Matta's instruc-
tions to Minister Montt has attracted as much
attention ne any other part of the telegram and
the opinion Is expressed freely by foreign resi-
dents that Mr.. Malta has gone beyond the
bounds OF propriety IN referring to ''intrigues
which go from SO low a source and threats
which come from SO high authority"
The result of the discussion and comment
which have been indulged iIS SO freely during
fbal las fexv Aavs ia that he n