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THE WEEKLY ItEFFNER OAZKTTE, FEBRUARY 1, t89'A
ANOTHER MESSAGE.
ChilianCorrespondence
Continued.
THE CHILIANS ARK FRII-NDLY.
Will Agree to tho I'rcsltlen t' Ulti
matum Only the Preliminaries Yet
to Be Arranged Krery thing; Said to
Hare Iteeii Satlnfaotorlly Arranged.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 28 Follow
ing ia tlie President's message trans
mitting the additional Chilian corre
Bnondence to CongresB :
I transmit herewith the additional
correspondence between this govern
ment and tho government of Chili, con
sisting of a note of Montt, the Chilian
minister at tho capital, to Blaine, dated
January ii, and the reply of iilaine
thereto of the date of January 27, and a
dispatch from Egan, our minister at
Santiago, transmitting tho response of
1'orriera, the Chilian Minister ol Foreigu
Affairs, to the note of lllaine of January
21, which was received by me the 2(ith
instant.
The note of Montt to Iilaine, though
dated Jan unfy 23, was not delivered to
the state department until after 12
o'clock meridian of the 25th, and was
not translated and its receipt told to me
until lato in the afternoon of that day.
Tho response of Mr. l'enerra to our
note oi the 21st withdraws, with accept
able expressions of regret, the offensive
note of Malta of the 11th ultimo, and
also the request for the recall ol Egan.
The treatment of the incident of the
assault upon the sailors of the Balti
more is so conciliatory and friendly that
I am of tho opinion that there is a good
prospect that the difference growing out
of that serious affair can now be ad
justed upon terms satisfactory to this
government, by the usual methods and
without special powers from Congress,
This turn in affairs is very gratifying
to nio, as 1 am sure it will lie to Con
gress and to our people generally, who
support tho efforts of the executive to
enforce the just rights of the nation in
this matter, which has given instructive
and useful illustration oi the unity and
patriotism of oils people. Should it be
necessary i will again . communicate
with Cuiigross upon the subject.
Signed Benjamin Harbison.
Washington, II. C., Jan. 2th.
MONTT TO HI.AINIi.
The ncte of Montt to lllaine is as fol
lows: Legation Chili, from Washing
ton, January 2.ld: Sir I have had the
honor to receive your note of yesterdiy
as an lnelosiiro to which you were
pleased to transmit to mo the instruc
tion sent to Egan on tho day proviou
to the conferences with which you had
been plenHed to favor mo. 1 hav" been
informed thut immediately after tho oc
currence of the events of October 111 at
Valparaiso, which my government most
sincerely deplored, the judicial author
ities made an investigation nocessay to
throw light upon the facts and to detect
ami punish the guilty parties.
From tho antecedents which the gov
ernment of Chili was able to collect at
the verv outset, it appeared that the dis
order of (ctober 10th began by a quarrel
among drunken sailors, which assumod
considerable proportions owing to the
condition of i the locality in which it
originated arid the police performed
their duty by re-establishing tranqiiil-
ity and placing the persons who seemed
to have been concorned in the disorder
at tno disposal of the court. The gov
eminent of Chili has no data authorizing
it to think tho quarrel due to any dis
like oi tho uiiitorm ot tno united Matos
or that the polico failed to perforin their
duty. On the contrary, it is a well
demonstrated fact that sailors get in
toxicnted when they go ashore after
having been aboard their vessel for a
long liino. This is also quite natural
The intoxication of seamen and the
disorders to which it gives rise, although
they may assume Borious proportions
and occasion very lamentable offenses
as uiiforf unulely was the case at Valpa-
raiso on October ltlth, cannot rofer to
tho nation in whose service are tho men
who have taken part in tho disordor,
although they certainly do not justify
offenses committed during the disorder,
The government of Chill could not,
however, form a final opinion concern
ing the nature ol the occurrence in
question, or ua to whethor tho police
had or had not improperly participated
therein, or had failed to perform its
dutv, until the termination of the judi
cial inquiry initiated without delay and
which was pushed forward as speedily
as compatiblo with tho provisions ol
law.
With tho obligation of collecting all
the elemonts of proof that it was possi
hie to collect in order to thrown lull
light upon the matter and with the uec
essity of punishing the prepetrators of
the outrage w inch had been committed
and which had been in part suffered by
persoiiH in the service ot a trieudlv na
tion it wiih the desire and dutv of the
government of Chili to discover the
truth in order to make its future pro
ceedings conform thureto, and in that
the United Slates government niUht be
satisfled'that nothing had been neglect
ed in order to do fud justice.
You were pleased with your high
souse -of rectitude to remark to mo that
this proceeding of the government of
Chili was correct, and although you de
sire that tho Judicial investigation
might bo brought to a close, with as
little delay iib possible, you understood
it was necessary that the ordinary legal
proceeding (which are not as rapid in
Chili as in the I'mted States) should be
held. I have taken occasion at sundry
times to inform you of what the Chilian
authorities wore doing to bring tho in
vestigation to a close.
In the criminal trial held at Valpar
aiso, not only have landsmen been
heard but also seamen of the Baltimore,
lioth havo been confronted with each
other, tho reports of physicians and ex
perts have been culled for, the opinion
of thii surgeon of tho cruiser has like
been Invoked, and in a word, nothing
has been neglected that could tend to
bring the whole truth to light. The
seamen of tho Baltimore made their
statement with the assistance of the in
terpreter designated by themselves, who
was an olticer ol tlie truiser. so that
tho oath taken by witnesses, their con
frontation with encli oilier, the reports
of experts concerning the cause and na
ure of tho wounds and the hearing
granted both to Chilians ami Americans,
so that all might present their com
plaints and charges mid be held in their
own behalf and give incontestable au
thority to the trial held at Valparaiso.
In course of our conlcrences we some
times considered that in case the gov
ernment of the i'nited States and that
of Chili nhould fail to agree when the
investigation should he terminated and
the two governments should have form
ed their linal opinion, we agreed thut
arbitration was the bust means ot set
tling the difficulty, and advancing fur
ther in this conciliatory spirit, we even
formally agreed that all differences that
might arise, should be submitted to ar
bitration. This agreement to accept ar
bitration has been the ba-iis of several of
our conferences, especially that of the
18th instant and no antecedent or fact
interfering therewith has come to my
knowledge.
On the contrary. I took occasion to
inform vou on the 1st of January that I
my government had been authorized to
conclude an agreement looking to arbi
tration and my government subse
quently approved the agreement con
cluded by mo with you, oi which I also
informed you. As the criminal trial in
itiated at Valparaiso had not come to an
end my government has not been ablo
to reply to the demands of the United
States. Various documents and ante
cedents to which 1 have called your at
tention in my foregoing communica
tions were designed to inform tho
United States government of tho pro
gress of the judicial investigation and of
the facis thereby elicited.
They do not, however, constitute a
reply, which can only be given when
the facts aro definitely brought to light
by tho sentence which must be pro
nounced by the court. The testimony
which the government of the United
States has caused to be taken in Cali
fornia from tho crew ot the Baltimore
cannot take the place of tho trial being
held at Valparaiso, where tho offense
was committed. The testimony may be
useful for disciplinary or administrative
purposes in the United States, but it
cannot serve as the basis of judicial sen
tence, either in Chili or tho United
States, a copy which I have today had the
honor to send you of tho statement
made by one of tho seamen of the Balti
more at Valparaiso shows that the sea
men made no charge against the police.
the charges which ho makes hero, in
tho absence of the accused parties, in
contradiction of his first statement, have
no value either in law or in your en
lightened opinion.
The Austrian government complained
ono time because it considered tne in
structions sent to the representative of
United States adjusted disresiiectiul to
Austria, said instructions having been
published in the message ot the rresi-
lent, who sent it to tne senate. inis
department," said Mr. Webster, "has
on lormer occasions lnlormed ministers
oi foreign powers that a communication
iroin the President to either house oi
Congress is regarded as a domestic com-.
munication, ot which ordinarily no
loreign state has cognizance, and in more
recent cases tho great impropriety ol
making such communication the subject
ol correspondence and diplomatic dis
cussion has been fully shown."
Tho circumstances ol publicity does
not change the character of tho com
munication, in the opinion of Webster,
because such is tho common and usual
mode of proceeding with communica
tions of the President and the Semite,
it was therefore on the nature of the
note and on no other reason that I
passed by abstention from communicat
ing to you tho instructions whicli Malta
had sent me on the lith of December,
ot which 1 had the honor to iiuorm you.
1 added, however, it was far lrom being
the purpose of my ejovernniont to act in
a manner at all offensive to the Presi
dent ot tho United States or any mem
ber of his cabinet, and that Malta's
note, if rightly interpreted, admitted of
no such construction.
"I afterwards had the honor to in
form you I received instruction from
my government to inform that ol the
United States that the consideration of
views expressed by I'.nchanan and
Webster in 18.111 and INf.O, that mess
ages sent by president to Congress
were domestic communications, which
cannot serve us a basis for interpreta
tions of foreign (lowers or representa
tives, my government had no objection
to striking out the note of December 1 1,
such words as might be considered dis
agreeable by tho United Slates govern
ment. "On tho IKth inst. tho official tele
gram was jmblished, which hail been
addressed by the commander of the
Vorktown to tho secretary of the navy,
couchod in terms offensive to tho gov
ernment of Chili, and in view of what
we said concerning the note of Decem
ber 1 1, 1 deemed it my duty to call your
attention to that telegram. Tho lofty
spirit of justice, which characterizes
you, did not permit you to hesitate to
toll mo the wordingof said telegram was
improper and objectionable. This
declaration on your pail, which was im
partial as just, terminated the incident.
"Since the early part of the month of
October, when I had tho honor to bo
invited to an unofficial conlerenco with
representatives of tho Department oi
State (as tho credentials which accred
ited me as minister to Chili had not
arrived) it lias been repeated to me on
various occasions by the United States
government that if the representative of
the United States is not a persona grata
to the government of Chili it was suffi
cient Jor the government of Chili so to
stato and that said representative would
be succeeded by another. This rulo is
based on tno nature of diplomatic rela
tions and is designed to make them
frank and cordial, so that a representa
tive of a nation must be a persona grata
to tho government to which ho is accred
ited. In a conference with which you aro
pleased to favor me on the 20th instant,
1 had the honor to state that the rep
resentative of the United States nt San
tiago was not a persona grata to the gov
ernment of Chili, winch would bo very
glad to recievo another representative
from the United States. Vou were
pleased to acknowledge that the govern
ment of Chili lias the right to nslt that
a chaiigo should be made. Afterwards,
having your notice, 1 addressed to you
in writing tho same communication
which 1 had made to you verbally. 1
have deemed it my duty to slide in this
noto the foregoing facte which show the
friendly and cordial purpose of our con
ference in which you took tho most im
portant part with sentiments ; etc.
(Signed) l'unuo Mumt.
To lion. James 0. lllaine, etc.
HI. AINU TO MON IT,
Washington, D. C. Jan. 2t The fol
lowing is the note of iilaine to Moult:
Department of State, iiehinglou,
January 27: Sir I have tho honor to
acknowledge your favor dated the 2;!d
instant, but not received by me until
Monday, the 2..th. 1 beg to comment
on two or three of its recitals. 1 think
from tho zeal for your country you have
made some mistakes which I shall pro
ceed to correct.
You are right iu saving : "I consider
tho proceedings of tho government of
Chili in making a judicial investigation
of the unhappy affair at Valparaiso en
tirely praiseworthy," but you will re
member that as early as the 2Mii of No
vember 1 complained of tho length of
the judicial proceedings and from time
to time renewed the complaint, saying
to you very lately that the court had
already been 80 days in session consid
ering a matter which in the United
Status would have beon wholly disposed
of in two or throe weeks.
You replied that the Spanish laws
are slow in process, but exact in conclu
sion, and with your statements I had to
be content, though impatient lor the
liual judgment. Your oiler of arbitra
tion was never unconditional and exact.
Had it been I would have insisted on
your reducing it to writing, for it would
have been my duty to lay it before the
President for consideration, but I was
unable to report, the mere verbal ex
change of views between us as an agree
ment to arbitrate.
You did say to me several times that
in that distant futre when tho Chilian
court should order its judgment, if the
. nited States shoul not be satisfied
with it two countries could arbitrate the
matter, and even then you always main
tained mat linn w ould
Chill . would not voluntarily
b.tiation, but would do so
isted by some friendly power
propose' arbi
when rennet
to take ttint course.
On that occasion vou mentioned Spain
as the nation likely to intervene. Y'our
mention of arbitration was always as a
method to be adopted in future if we
were not content, as I have said, with
the judgment of the courts. You re
marked that to adopt arbitration before
would be discrediting the judgment of
.. vj-i... ' J "'ways
looked to the future lor the proposal
and acceptance of arbitration.
You say in your note: "1 took occa-
sionto itilorm you hrst m January that
my jsuverniuuui, auuionzeu me to con-
elude an agreement looking to arbitra
tion, and my government subsequently
approved the agreement concluded by
me;" and yet you do not pretend that
a word was ever written oi the agree
ment which you say was between us.
tt is impossible that I ever sought to
bind the government of the United
States in that way. it would have been
in the highest degroe imprudent for me
to do so.
In regard to the Matta note, which
was the subject of contention between
tiie United Suites, you sum it up by the
lollowing declaration: "I added, how
ever, it was lar from being the purpose
oi my government to act in a manner at
all offensive to the President of the
United States, or any member of his
cabinet, and that Matta's note, if
rightly interpreted, admitted of no such
construction. I afterwards had the
lienor to inform you I had received in
structions from my government to in
lorin that of the United States that,
considering the views expressed by
Buchanan and Webster in 18411 and 1850
that the message sent by the President
to Congress was a domestic communica
tion, wnich cannot Berve as a basis for
interpretation by foreign powers or
tlieir representative, my government
had no objection to striking out of the
note of December 10 such words as
might bo considered disagreeable- by the
United States government."
By your own statement you evidently
attempted to justiiy Matta's note, i
certainly could not accept your language
and never did accept language of that
kind as apology sufficient for the case.
Matta's noto was highly discourteous to
the President and tlie secretary of tho
navy, impugning to them untruths and
insincerity. Such language does not
admit the conditional or contingent
apology which yon offered. It could bo
apologized for only by irank withdrawal.
Vou always contended it was a com
munication between tho officers of your
own government that was not proper
.or the two governments to take any
cognizance of.
Vou quoted tho well-known declara
tion of Congress not being subject to
criticism in a foreign country. You did
not see the great difference involved by
your government in sending the Alatta
circular to all the legations of Chili and
requesting its several ministers to pub
lish tho discourteous language through
out the civilized world. That you did
not comply with Chili's request to pub
lish it hero was tho strongest proof of
your own disapproval oi the note.
In regard to Kgan you coinjilained
many times and very bitterly to me, es
pecially that bo was deserving of
censure, you thought, for not com
niunieating to his government
tho brutal murder of some young
moil who were slain by order of lialma
c.eda. When next day I was shown
your dispatch of Egan speaking of the
incident in in general improper terms
you acknowledged you were mistaken.
I thought you would be satislied but
you again spoke disparagingly oi Kuan
and 1 said somewhat vehemently,
"Why do you not demand
his recall instoad of constantly dispar
aging him, intending thereby not to
lavor his recall, but to stop the too fre
quent mention of Egan's name.
"Ilut'erring to the question you
remarked 'you were pleased to acknowl
edge the government of Chili had
tho right to ask that a chango
be made." Undoubtedly she has that
right, provided she assigns reason.
You aro too well skitled in diplo
matic usage to bo reminded that
when a nation is forced to
declare a minister is a persona non
grata she is expected to assign a reason
therefor. We have twice hail occasion
ta uk C i i out Britain to recall her minis
ters and in each case given a reason why
tho minister ceased to lie usolul.
It is hardly necessary to ooserve that
tho conditions which we complied with
ourselves would likewise be expected of
Chili. 1 have thus frankly endeavored
to correct some misapprehensions
of yours ill order that the record oi the
State department of tho United States
shall bo kot exact and in all its pro
ceedings shall 1)0 proved consistent.
Accept renewed assurances of my high
est consideration.
Signed James G. Ui.aink.
HOAX TO IILAINE.
Santiago, Chili, Jan. 2ft To Iilaine,
Washington: 1 have today received the
following reply to my note of the 22d
inst. :
Sir: Tlie undersigned has had the
honor to receivo your excellency's com
munication, under date of the 22d inst.,
received ill this department the 2.'ld,
and duly authenticated copies of in
structions whicli the honorable Secre
tary oi State of Washington sent your
excellency by cable under dates of the
22d inst. and tho L'.'t 1 of October, 1S:H.
Tin) instructions of the 21st inst. of
tho honorable secretary of state iuiorms
your excellency that his excellency,
Harrison, alter oaro tilly examining till
that had been submitted to him by the
government of Chili, with respect to
the events which ii.vnri-,.,1 in v.ii ,, -, i
'mi the liven i n. r ill tlui llith nt I I.., ........
on the evening of tho llith of October i
and taking into consideration the test-
o consideration the testi-
moiiv of the officers ..ml crew ft h v.w. !
sel lialii.nori. nihor h., n-.t,,..,-.,.!
the event, has arrived at the follow, ., :
conclusions :
FirstThat with regard to that as
sault, there has been no change what
ever made iu the character given to it
In- th,. Hilt r.nioi-i ,ii the .1, , ,h... .1... i
attack was upon the uniform oithenavv
of the United States, which had its on-
gin with and motive in a feeling of hos-
tilitv towards that oi the government '
ii, in. ii , ., i ti.;. ....
sailors belonging to it. ' j
Second lhat the public authorities
of Valparaiso evidently did not do tlieir
duty in protecting those sailors and that
part of the police and Chilian
soldiers and sailors rendered them
selves guilty oi unprovoked
assaults on sailors of the United Stales
before and after the latter were arrested,
and that ho believes Kiggin was killed
by the police or soldiers, and that he is
consequently compelled to carry the
question back to the state in which it
was placed by the Honorable Wharton,
dated October 23, and to ask for suitable i United Stab s. The correspondent fur
satisfaction and some adequate repara- ther says: The Chilian government is
tion for injury done the government of receiving messages of sympathy from all
the United States. i pin ts of South America and the United
Ine honorable secretary of state, States. He adds, the American residents
Blaine, regrets that tho o-overnmant nf in San Maori mililinlv ,lo,,,,,.l ,u -ith.
Chili has not from the very first duly
appreciated the gravity of the question
raiseu and that it has attributed to it,
no other importance than that of an or
dinary quarrel between sailors, adding
that no government which respects itself
can consent to civil or military persons
employed in its service being maltreated
or killed in foreign territory on account
of resentment for acts which it mav have
committed or which may be imputed to
lt, without
requiring adequate repara-
tion.
The Honorable iilaine in this connec
tion recalls the fact that the government
of the United States has voluntarily
recognized this principle. In such case
I have never sought words of little
weight or ambiguous meaning in order
to get reparation, but have condemned
: sucu in vigorous and energetic terms,
and havo nover refused to give other
adequate satisfaction
Moreover, it is not the intention of
'Secretary Blaine to discuss tho details
, incident of October Kith, but only
to
set forth the conclusion at which this
government has arrived. The honora
ble secretary of state says: "We have
given every kind of opportunity to the
government of Chili to offer explanatory
or extenuating c.rcumstances, and we
have given due consideration to tho fact
that the government of Chili, during a
great part of the time which tins elapsed
since the Kith of October, has been in a
provisional situation.
Ho then adds he is directed by his
excellency, Harrison, to say that ho has
been compelled to take notice of the
instructions sent by Alatta, minister of
foreign affairs, to tin Chilian minister
in Washington. Under date of Decem
ber 11th because, although they were
not officially communicated to his gov
ernment they received the greatest pos
sible publicity and that consequently ho
demands immediate withdrawal lrom
said instructions of those parts which he
considers offensive, and adequate satis
faction, in order that diplomatic rela
tions between the two nations may not
be interrupted.
Without any intention of opening the
discussion to facts referred to by the
communication which I have extricated
and confining himself to the lirst part of
the instructions oi the honorable secre
tary of state, the undersigned must state
to your excellency the regret with which
tlie government of Chili sees his excel
lency, the President of United States
finds reason to continue to regard the
incident of October as an attack caused
by hostile feeling toward the uniform of
the navy of the I'nited States. That
unfortunate occurence took place sud
denly in a district where the sailors of
vessels lying in the bay of Valparaiso
are in the habit of assembling without
distinction or nationality.
From the nature of the incident it
would be impossible to prove there was
no doubt as to the special cause which
served as its origin or pretext, but the
undersignod can assert that the cause
was not a hostile feeling toward
the United States navy, because the
people of Chili always esteemed and re
spected that uniform ever since ttie time
when it saw it righting honorably in the
ranks of the Boldiers and sailors in the
glorious struggle which gave it inde
pendence and established the republic.
Chili will hasten to adopt measures
necessary to discover and punish the
guilty parties, to offer in due time, if
there should be grounds for so doing,
such reparation as might be due.
The 'resident is not disposed to exact
or ask anything which our government
could under the same circumstances
spontaneously concedo With sontiments
of distinguished consideration. 1 am
your obedient servant,
LOUIS PlilKKIiRHA.
I await instructions.
(Signed) Euan.
TAKE THE SIDE OF CHILI.
New Y'okk, Jan. 28 A special cable
from Panama says : The feeling here is
favorable to Chiii in the controversy be
tween that country and tho Uniteii
States. The Isthmian survivors of
the Preston rebellion openly denounce
the Americans and advocate tho co
operation of all South American re
publics in Chili's defense in caso of
hostilities. Many Colombians of all
classes aro anxious to leave imme
diately. The Spanish press believes that Uncle
Sam's present move is a deathblow to
Mr. Blame's pan-American union. In
official circles the feeling is that Colom
bia, in the Isthmian transit, holds the
key to the situation.
It is understood that in caso of trouble
tho vessels of the South American
Steamship Company, the Lain, Caeha
poal, Imperial, Mapocho, Maipo, Acon
cagua and Latama, will bo placed at the
service of the government. Tho ltata
belongs to the same line. These ships
ply between Valparaiso, Panama and
intermediate points.
El Parenir, of Carthagena, the organ
of the president, expresses Burprise at
the sudden warlike policy of the States,
and thinks Jlr. Blaine cannot consist
ently decline the Chilian proposition for
arbitration. The Panama El Cronisla,
the Velezista and the Liberal organ on
tho Isthmus, think tho position assumed
by the United States is unjustifiable and
that tho ultimatum menaces not only
Chili but all South America.
The Panama Star and Herald has no
editorial comment on Chilian affairs.
THE OHIO REPAIR 81111".
New Youk, Jan. 28 Orders were re
ceived yesterday by Chief Engineer It.
W. Morloy, of the United States navy,
detaching him from government inspec
tion duty at the N. F. Palmer, Jr., works
of this city and assigning him as chief
engineer of the chartered steamer Ohio.
Chief Engineer Morley has, of late, been
inspecting the machinery for the new
armored cruiser Maine. His assignment
to the Ohio is looked upon in naval cir
cles as a high compliment to the ability
of that officer.
Chief Engineer Morely's recent work
'in the shops of the N. F. Palmer. Jr..
works lias been particularly gratifying
to 1 ommodore .uolvilio and is the cause
" J, measure oi tue present orders.
'V' -uor 19 "? omcer w 10 "'indied
niacuiiiery ol tno mucti maligned
Dolphin during that vessel's cruise
luo"ml th. wor1:-1- The Dolphin was the
last vessel on which he saw service.
The Ohio is now at the Chirleston
navy yard. A number of the new ma
chine tools recently received al that
navy yard will be placed aooard tier,
, 1,1,18 e,ll,Wd "'0 Ohio a ill make
lu'r "Piwarance among the vessels
lvr'ui'? oll thili as a veritable ma-
l.' ."T 9'lop a,ioat- U 18 J,1?0,11'11' !'kel.
that a naval constructor will be assigned
t0 lio duty on the Ohio to have charge i
of any hull repair work which it may lie
louud necessary to make. Chief Engi
neer Morley leaves at once to join his
ship.
SYMPATHIZING WITH CHILI.
London, Jan. 28 The Times dis
patch from Santiago de Chili says : In
reply to suggestions, Chili has expressed
her willingness to have either Spain or
Brazil act as mediator in her differences
with the l nited States, but public opin-
ion is in favor of submitting the ques-
tions to the Supreme Court of the '
with the I'nited States, but public opin-
jdtawal oi McCrearv, the consul of the
i United States at Valparaiso. Reports
from the United States received at Santi
ago declare that President Harrison has
decided to recall Kiran, tne American
minister.
UAH DISGRACED HIMSELF.
London, Jan. 2H Several English pa-
! pers today print an aliened dispatch
I from Washington to the Dalzell agencv,
1 in which it is asserted that President
Harrison yesterday informed the Senate
committee on foreign relations that the
answer of Chili to tho ultimatum sent
her on the 21st inst. was received before
his message was sent to Congress, but
he was not aware of its contents, owing
to tne fact that it was not translated
into English until after the messago had
been delivered to Congress. Basing its
comments upon this assertion, the St.
James Gazette this afternoon publishes
an article in which it says: "If tho
story is true President Harrison has dis
graced and made himself ridiculous."
Washington D. C. Jan. 20 Up to 11
o'clock this morning Secretary limine
had not received any word from Chili,
as reported in the last Santiago dis
patch to have been sent from that
country. It is expected it will be com
municated through Minister Montt,
who has not yet been called on or been
heard from on the subject. The delay
is, however, perfectly explicable by the
amount oi t ine required to translate
cipher dispatches into ordinary Spanish
and then into English, and also by the
lact that official calls are not common
ly made in Washington before the mid
dle of the day.
-MESSAUl: KECEIVKO.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20, 3:45
p. in. A dispatch from Chili has
been received at the de
partment of Btato this afternoon,
it is not possible at this time to
give its contents. The State
and navy departments , aro
alive with rumors. Ono is to the
effect that the dispatch states that
Chili will withdraw the language
in the now famous Matta note as fur as
it applied to United States. It. is further
rumored that the United States sent a
rejily that Chili's proposition is unsatis
factory. THE t'AIUNET IN SESSION.
Washington, 1). C, Jan. 20 The
cabinet met promptly at 11:30 o'clock
today and devoted nearly tho entire ses
sion to the discussion of the Chilian
controversy. All members were present
except Elkins and Foster. That the
Chilian matter was under consideration
was proved bv the fact that a messenger
from the State department brought
about a dozen copies ol tho entire Chilian
correspondence to the wnite;liouso about
noon and they were taken into the
cabinet room at once. Whiie Secretary
Blaine was walking from his house to
the cabinet meeting this morning, he
was asked if a reply to tlie president's
ultimatum had been received from Chili
and he said none had yet been received
as far as he was aware.
The cabinet meeting lasted about two
hours. At its ciose there was evidence
ola determination on the part of the
members to give no imormation
whatever on tho subject of tho
Chilian controversy. Ii is generally ox
peeled that the press dispatch from
Santiago will be supplemented by some
sort of official statement, but
no facts of any kind could be
obtained. Hie beliel is strong,
however, that something has been ro-
ceiveu irom the Chilian government
in response to tho President's
ultimatum, but whether through
the Chilian minister at Washington
or Minister Egau at Santiago cannot be
ascertained.
HAH Clllr.l REPLIED.
Washington, Jim. 20 Iu tho house
this morning Breckenridge of Kentucky
asked lor immediate consideration of
the lollowmg resolution :
Uesolved, that the President of the
I 'inted States be respectfully requested
iu in. u. u i ue uouse whether any
answer mis oeen received either from
tho minister of Chili, Kgan, or from the
government of Chili to the dispatch
sent by the government of the United
States to the republic of Chili January
21st and if so from whom such answer
was received and what time ho will
c 'inmuuieate to the house all the cor
respondence between the government of
the United States to its minister to
Chili and the Chilian Government not
communicate to congress with the mes
sage heretofore sent in.
ONLY IN EOHM ALLY DISCUSSED.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20 The Son
ale committee on foreign relations held
a short session this morning, but the
meeting was merely of mi informal
character and devoted to brief exchange
of opinion amongst the Senators re
garding the President's message and the
accompanying correspondence oi Chilian
affairs :
A membor of the committee stated
that no action on the correspondence
and nothing of importance took place at
tho meeting whatever relative to the
Chilian matters. It is understood if any
report on the message and correspond
ence is to be made, it will not he done
until the President receives an answer
to his demand made in his ultimatum to
Chili.
It was pointed out that as the Chilian
government has disavowed the respon
sibility for or sympathy with the attack
on the sailors of the Baltimore, she
would naturally be cautious in whatever
is said on this subject, as the govern
ment's connection with the mat
ter would be . one of the main
questions on which tho decision of
either the arbitrators or the United
States supreme court would depend
considering the question ol reparation.
It is generally conceded that the propo-
oi.io.i iu reier 10 loreign arbitration
or to the decision of the United
Mates supreme court the entire
Baltimore incident is a proposition
which cannot be well rejected by this
government, there is one point in tho
dispatch from Santiago, however, that is
somewhat mystilying to all and that is
why the Chilian government should re
cede from its request for the withdrawal
of Minister Kgan. Since that is not one
of the demands contained in the ultima
tum of the United States, this conces
sion was not oxeete.l.
NO I'ONCI.rsION HKAl'llKD.
Washingi-on, D. C, Jan. lilt At the
request of members of the House, of
foreign affairs committee, a special
meeting was called today ;or the pur
pose oi considering the president's mes
sage on the Chilian controversy and the
accompanying correspondence. There
was an informal discussion ot a verv
general character, but no conclusion was
reached.
UEFfGEES LANDED IN l'ERC.
Washington, D. C, Jan. L'0 i'ho full
text ot the dispatch received at the navy
department last night from Commander
Evans, of the gunboat Vorktown is:
Cali.ai, Peru, Jan. 25, 1802, Secretary
of the Navy, Washington, D. C The
Vorktown arrived todav. The reftiiren
have been landed. Will be ready lor
sea as soou as coaled. If the Y'orktown
is to remain here long enough I should
very much Hke to give the crew liberty.
Delayed on account of fog two days off'
Callao,
ENGLAND IS I'LEASED.
Livekpooi., Jan. 2G The prospects of
a settlement'of Chilian imbroglio with- I
ni ronnnroo tn,n. in vied -ith ut-i
most satisfaction here. Nitrate share
holders, whose interests were so deejily
involved, are vastly relieved.
THE OHIO AT 1IOSTON.
Boston. Jan. 20 The Bieamer Ohio
arrived this morning from Philadelphia
and proceeded to the Charleston navy
yard, where the instructions are to nt
her up as a floating machine repair
shop.
SATLSEAcrOkY, IE AUTHENTIC.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20 The
latest phase of the Chilian situation, as
described in last night's dispatch from
Santiago, is the sole topic, ot 'discussion
among members of Congress today.
There is a general feelini of relief on all
hands at what is looked upon as
the beginning of a peaceful ending
of the controversy. In the
absence ot official information
many Senators and Representatives
seem chary of expressing their views
on tlie matter. Tho general concensus of
opinion was that the answer submitted,
if authentic, was satisfactory to the
United States, and was all that could be
demanded. The only point mentioned
in our ultimatum, not covered
by the dispatch, was the demand
for an apology. On this point the ad
mission that the Matta note was an
error of judgment and the promise ol
withdrawal is considered in the
nature of an apology, and when
this is coupled with the expres
sions of deep regret contained in
the telegram of Minister Pierrara of
January 4th and tho notes of .Minister
Montt of December loth and January
8th, is regarded as an expression of good
feeling on the part of Chili and perhaps
all that ought to be demanded. There
is no desire, the members said, to press
the government of Chili, and they are
disposed to accept the offer as entirely
satisfactory.
OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED.
New York, Jan. 20 A private dis
patch sent at 0:15 a. m. today to Val
paraiso asking, "Is there anything offi
cial confirming arbitration '.'" produced
this reply: "Yes, we aro willing to
forego the decision oi the Valparaiso
judge and submit the caso to the Su
preme court at Washington without
further resort to arbitration."
COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE.
London, Jan. 20 The Globe this after
noon, reierring to President Harrison's
message to Congress, says it is more
Humorous than tragic, that it is marked
with the noble stamp of spreadeagleism
and tha1 it makes the poorest case any
nation ever put forward. "America and
Chili," the Globo adds, "have no better
means of hurling one another than liis
mnrck's whale and elephant. Chili's
fighting shipj are equal to America's,
though there can only be one possible
ending to the nll'air in the long run, and
Senor Montt, therefore, will be well
advised if he 'eats the leek.' "
St. Jamos Gazette says there is no
creditab e reason why America should
have fixed the quarrel upon Chili and
that there was no just ground for send
ing an ultimatum to Chill and that the
latter country's concessions deprive the
United States of all justification for
bullying, and adds: "Had America boon
represented at Santiago by a gentleman
of the stamp of Air. l'holps, Mr. Lin
coln, or Mr. Dana, this bother never
wouid have happened.".
Home, Jan. 20 The newspapers of
this city have not published any com
ments today upon the trouble between
the United States and Chili.
London, Jan. 20 The Evening News
today says: "The boastful, bumptious,
aggressive messago must not be taken
seriously at the coming election, neces
sitating the waving of the wooden sword
and shouting defiance at Chili. Presi
dent Harrison is only training the
American eagle to flap its wings and
crow as an accessory to the expected
triumphal procession behind his presi
dential car."
Ottawa, Out., Jan. 20 Sir George
Baden Powell arrived here last night
and called on Lord Stanley at the gov
ernment house. Sir George says that
the Bearing sea arbitrators have been
mutually agreed on by the British and
United States governments, that the
understanding being that the person
alities be not disclosed until the an
nouncement is made from Washington.
li. Dawson and himself have their re
port ready and expect to be summoned
to Washington at any moment.
Washington, Jan. 27 There are no
new facts developed today in regard to
the Chilian all'air. The members of the
cabinet preserve perfect silence on the
subject ol Chili's concessions and will
not admit or deny anything. Secretary
Tracy is contined to his home today with
a slight attack ol rheumatism. Captain
Schley, commander oi tho Baltimore,
said this morning it wouid be improper
for him to make any statement what
ever in regard to what was .Baid during
the conference with tho president and
the secretary of the navy. Lieutenant
McCrea of the Baltimore is also in the
city.
No movements of naval vessels are
announced to-day. Representative
Blount, chairman of the house commit
tee on loreign affairs, called at the de
partment oi state and had a chat with
Secretary Blaine on the question of sub
mitting to congress the reply of the
Chilian government to the so-called
ultimatum of the United States. Addi
tional correspondence will probably be
sent to congress in a few days.
THE JilSl'ATCl! SATISFACTORY.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 27 The first
cable message received by the President
from Minister Egan was not in all re
spects satisfactory. It was lacking in
lullness and there were many things in
it requiring additional elucidation. An
other later dispatch is now received and
its contents are such as to leave nothing
lor Congress to do in regard to the
president's message. It not only con
tirnis all said in the dispatches biit fur
ther it is couched in the utmost friendly
terms. The effect of the dispatch re
ceived says the charge that the
Chilians entertain a feeling oi
enmity toward tho United States and
to its flag and uniform is utterly false.
The dispatch then says, in order 'to sl.ou-
the friendly feeling entertained by the
I'hilin.. . I'-:.- I .'
iwiii.ii.n iu. uiu i i.ueu .-tales, and
as an evidence oi tlieir desire
to do all possible, they are will
ing to leave the atl'air to
the United States supreme courts.
Blount, chairman of the house com
mittee on foreign relations, in sneaking
of Chili's latest dispatch said: "The
whole matter is settled, and nothing
but preliminaries remain to be ar
ranged." The apology made by Chili
is as complete as it could" noaui.
bly be. It speaks with the ninqt
profound regret ot the attack on the
Baltimore's sailors, declares a sincere
feeling of friendship for the I'nited
states and profound respect for our
flag and uniiortn. Theysrxak with
feeling of the presence of 'American
men of war in their porta
during the revolution andot the friendly
attitude of our officers and men at that
time.
They say that, entertaining the feel
ing of friendship which they do toward 1
the United States, it would be
impossible for tnem to sympathize with
with or feel anything but the most pro
found regret for the attack upon the
United States sailors. As evidence of
their perfect hum tney say uiey
sav
propose in connection wuu
complete and humble apology that the
matter of reparation be referred to the
United Stales court to determine. There
is no reserve, it is a complete and abject
apology and settles the whole matter.
.Montevideo, Jan. 27 The squadron
of the American war ships is still here.
WILL WAIT TILL SATURDAY.
London, Jan. 27. A correspondent of
the Times at Santiago de Chili today
telegraphs that tho text of Chili's reply
to the ultimatum of the United States
has not yet been disclosed and will not
be made public until Saturday. The
correspondent further says that Chili,
relying npou advices received from Min
ister Montt as late as Friday of pacific
assurances given hi in constantly by
Blaine, considered a setttlement practic
ally arranged, especially as Chili, through
president Montt had given counter
assurances of friendly feeling and of a
desire to satisfy all reasonable demands.
President Montt's position, the corres
pondent says, is now seriously com
promised. Everything in Chili remains
quiet so far.
IN CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 27 The Senate
foreign relations committee had another
meeting this morning on tho Chilian
comroversy and spent about an hour in
the discussion of the subject. It is
learned that the committee has not
yet received a cojiy of the response made
by the Chiliuu government to the so
called ultimatum, sont by the President
and until the members of the commit-'
tee are officially aprised of the exact
nature of that response no action will be
taken.
The committee said it does not wish
in any way to interfere with the present
consideration of the controversy by the
President, and it is now waiting upon
him for lignt to guide its actions. Sen
ator I liscock said tho committee would
stand by the administration in a firm
and dignified course.
It is evident horn talks with senators
that they think the difficulty has passed
acute stage, for the present, at itast, if
not permanently, and there is no neces
sity for doing anything iu advance of
tho executive consideration of Chili's
reply.
From what can be learned there is no
disposition in Congress to press Chili in
the matter and the hope is expressed
that an official note will disclose the con
cessions on her part equivalent to those
which have been attributed to it by the
descriptions of its purport. It is evi
dent that if the administration be satis
fied that a sufficient concession has been
made by Chili to satisfy the honor and
dignity of the United States, Congress
will very willingly acquiesce in that
view.
ENGLISH COMMENT.
London, Jan. 27 The Post comments
upon tho inability of the United States
to fight Chili except by a prolonged
struggle upheld by superior wealth. It
condemns Egan and says : It is incred
ible that Congress will support Harrison
whose message is most interesting as
marking an epoch in tho history of dem
ocracy in its natural home. Surmise
without evidence and suspicion which
re uses to be allayed form a bad founda
tion for a declaration of war. If Harri
son is serious ho is scarcely mindful of
the extremo responsibility imposed on
him. If he is merely thinking of
elections ho cannot be said to consult
the dignity or interests of the county by
thus playing with fire.
AN A11SURD RUMOR.
New York, Jan. 27 A sensational
rumor was current, on the Rtop.k exehnnirA
this altornoon that Fgan was killed.
When tho rumor was brought to the
attention of tho state department
officials at Washington they laughed
and pronounced tho rumor absurd.
Due Al.vl.otly Kilo
i'or Thu N.
a- n C;m,ll(l ite Fit
initiation.
Chicago, Jan. 27 Today the national
conference of the representatives of the
various political reform movements now
existent in this country, including pro
hibitionists, farmers, laborers, green
backers, general reformers, etc., was
held in secret session. Miss Frances
E. Willard presided, and stated that the
object of the conference was to devise
ways and means of electing a president
of the United States who will, with one
blow, kill the rum traffic. Ignatius
Donnelly was down for the opening
speech, but failed to appear. The idea
is to unito all these, elements on one
candidati for the presidency in the be
lief that they outnumber either of the
regular parties.
It was decided that the representa
tives of the various movements hold
separate meetings and decide upon the
planks which they would insist upon,
respectively, in the joint platform.
When the meeting reassembled and the
reports wore made it was found that
many things insisted upon by one party
were not to be tolerated by another.
It ii liellmml Ii Will U Granted mi
I'l-iviile l'tr.-irer!itir Cnri,
Chicago, Jan. 27 It is generally be
lieved here that Bhould there be a full
attendance at the president's meeting in
New Y'ork next Friday the rate of mile
age on private refrigerator cars will be
reduced irom 1 cent to cents per mile.
The fact that the Canadian Pacific, has
a contract on tho ono cent basis will cut
no particular lignre, as the proposition
to reduce applies only to diroct routes
between there and the seaboard. The
Chicago A Grand Trunk will agree to
such reduction as far as the Niagara
frontier route is concerned, though it
wid continue to pay one cent on care
going over the Grand Trunk into Can
ada to Montreal and New England
points.
Hit I.illle I'r.ili.lillHy of )lln II, l
fliulin? I'lurf nce's Ktale.
New Y'ork, Jan. 27 The story pub
lished in a Chicago newspaper regarding
-Miss Florence Hall, of San Francisco,
who claims to be a daughter of the late
William J. Florence, the famous com
edian, is not credited by Benjamin F.
Lonlon, of Brooklyn, who is a brother
to the great actor. The estate of Mr.
I lorence. tor a share of which Miss
Hall, it is said, is about to bring suit.
nun reponeu u ne wortn oetween fzou,
000 and sf.iOO.OOO, all of which Jlr. Flor
ence left to his wife.
Miss Florence Hall, who is 23 years
old, was born in Brooklyn. She was
adopted by the late Mrs. Hall, who
reared her with her own son and three
daughters. Mrs. Hall told her adopted
daughter several times that her father
was W. J. Florence, the actor.
Benjamin F. Condon is in charge of
the branch poitorHce at South Brook
lyn. Mr. Condon said yesterday that
he did not think there was any truth in
the story, but in any case Miss Hall
could not claim one cent oi the estate.
Burned to Death.
Gallery Junction, Pa., Jan. 27
Early this morning Mrs. Hindman and
her child perished in the flames that
destroyed their home.