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CHILE'S APOLOGY.
Text of the Reply to the
Ultimatum.
Correspondence in Full Since
January 25th.
Tflte President's Message Transmit
ting: It to Congress.
Xoatt's Lut Note to Blame, Blame's
Reply and Bean's Telegram
Transmitting Pereira's
Answer.
►
- | —ii ir tr 1 Press Dispatches.
Washington, Jan. 28. —Following is
tbe president's message transmitting
tbe additional Chilean correspondence
to congress:
"I transmit herewith the additional
correspondence between this government
and the government of Chile, consisting
of tbe note of Montt, Chilean minister
at this capital, to Blame, dated January
26d; the reply of Blame thereto, of date
January 27th, and a dispatch from Egan,
oar minister at Santiago, transmitting
the response of Pereira, Chilean minister
of foreign affairs, to the note of Blame
oi January 21at, which waa received by
me the 26th inst. The note of Montt to
Blame, though dated January 23d, was
mat delivered to the state department
until after 12 o'clock, meridian, of the
25th, and not translated and its receipt
notified to me until late in tbe afternoon
of that day.
"The response of Mr. Pereira to our
note of the 21st withdraws with accept
able expressions of regret, the offensive
mote of Matta of tbe llth ult., and also
the request for the recall of Egan. The
treatment of the incident of the assault
upon the sailors of the Baltimore ia so
conciliatory and friendly that I am of
tbe opinion that there ia a good pros
pect that the difference growing out of
that serious affair can now be adjusted
upon terms satisfactory to this govern
ment, by the usual methods and with
out special powers from congress. Thia
torn in the affairs is very gratifying to
me, as lam sure it will be to congress
and to our people.
"The general support of the efforts of
tbe executive to enforce tbe just
xights of the nation in this matter, haß
given an instructive and useful illustra
tion of the unity and patriotism of our
people. Should it be necessary, I will
again communicate with congress upon
the subject.
"(Signed) Benjamin Harrison,
"Washington."
montt to blaing.
Legation of Chile, *
Washington, January 23d j
Bnt: I have had the honor to receive
your note of yesterday, as an enclosure
to which you were pleased to transmit
to me the instructions sent to Egan on
tbe day previous. In the conferences
with which you have been pleased to
favor me. I have been informed that
immediately after the occurrence of the
events of October 16th, at Valparaiso,
which my government most sincerely
deplored, the judicial authorities invited
an investigation necessary to throw
Ijght upon the facts, and detect and
punish the gnilty parties. From ante
cedents which the government of Chile
was able to collect at the very outset, it
appears that the disorder of October
16th was begun by a quarrel among
drunken sailors which assumed consid
erable proportions, owing to the condi
tion of the locality in which it origin
ated, and the police performed their duty
by re-establishing tranquility and plac
ing tbe persons who seemed to have
been concerned in the disorder at
the disposal, of court. The government
has no data authorizing it to think that
tbe quarrel was due to any dislike of
tbe uniform of the United States, or
that the police failed to perform their
duty. On the contrary, it is a well
demonstrated fact tbat sailors get intox
icated when they go ashore after having
been on board their vessel for a long
time. It is also quite natural that the
intoxication of seamen and the disorder
to which it gives rise, although they
may assume serious proportions and oc
casion very lamentable offenses, as was
unfortunately the case at Valparaiso on
the 16th of October, cannot constitute
an insult to the nation in whose service
ate the men who have taken part in the
disorder, although they certainly do not
justify the offenses committed during the
disorder. Thegovernment of Chile could
not,however,form a final opinion concern
ing the nature of the occurrence in ques
tion, or as to whether the police had or
bad not improperly participated therein
or bad failed to perform its duty, until
the termination of the judicial inquiry,
initiated without delay, and which was
poshed forward as speedily as compati
ble with the provisions of the law, with
tbe obligation of collecting all the ele
ments of proof that it was possible to
collect, in order to throw full light upon
the matter and with the necessity of
punishing the perpetrators of the out
sage which had been committed, and
•which had been in part suffered by per
sons in the service of a friendly nation.
It was the desire and duty of the gov
ernment of Chile to discover the truth
in order to make its future proceedings
conform thereto, and in order that the
United States government might be sat
isfied that nothing waa neglected in
order to do full justice. You were
pleased with your high sense of recti
tude to remark to me that thia proceed
ing of the government of Chile was cor
rect, and although you desired that the
judicial investigation might be brought
to a close with as little delay as possi
ble, you understood that it waß neces
sary that the ordinary legal proceedings
■{which are not as rapid in Chile aa in
the United States, should be held.
I have taken occasion at sundry timea
to inform you of what the Chilean
authorities were doing to bring the in
vestigation to a close. In the criminal
trial held at Valparaiso, not only have
landsmen been heard, bat also seamen
oi the Baltimore. Both have been con
fronted with each other. The reports of
physicians and experts have been called
for. The opinion of the surgeon of tbe
cruiser has likewise been invoked, and
in a word, nothing has been neglected
that could tend to bring the whole truth
to light. The seamen of the Baltimore
made their statement with the assist
ance of an interpreter designated by
themselves, who was an officer of the
cruiser, so that the oath taken by the
witnesses, £their confirmation of each
other, tbe reports of the experts con
cerning the cause and nature of the
wounds, and the bearing granted both
THE LOS ANGELES HERALD; FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 29, 1892.
Chileans and Americans, so that all
might present their complaints and
charges, and be heard in their own jus
tification, give incontestable authority
to the trial held at Valparaiso.
In the course of our conferences we
have sometimes considered the case in
which the government of the United
states and the government of
Chile should fail to agree when
investigation should be termin
ated and the two governments should
have formed their final opinion, and
agreed on arbitration as the best means
of settling the difficulty ; and advancing
further iv this conciliatory spirit, we
even formally agreed that the differ
ences that might arise should be sub
mitted to arbitration. This agreement
to accept arbitration .has been tbe basis
of eeveral of our conferences, especially
that of tbe 18th inst., and no antecedent
or fact interfering therewith, has come
to my knowledge. On the contrary, I
took occasion to inform you the Ist of
January, that my government had au
thorized me to conclude an agreement
looking to arbitration, and my govern
ment subsequently approved the agree
ment concluded by me with you, of
which I also informed you.
As the criminal trial initiated at Val
paraiso has not come to an end, my
government has not yet been able to
reply to the demands of tbe
States. Various documents and inci
dents to which I have called your atten
tion in my foregoing communication,
were designed to inform the United
States government of the progress of the
judicial investigation, and of the facts
thereby elicited. They do not, however,
constitute a reply, which can only be
given when tbe facts which have been
definitely brought to light by the sen
tence which must be pronounced by the
courts. The testimony which the gov
ernment has caused to be taken in Cal
ifornia from the crew of the Baltimore,
cannot take the place of the trial being
held at Valparaiso where the offense
was committed. The testimony may be
useful for disciplinary or administrative
purposes in the United States, but it
cannot serve as a basis of judicial sen
tence, either in Chile or the United
States.
The copy which I have today had the
honor to Bend you of the statement
made by one of the seamen of the Bal
timore 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
statement, have no value, either in law
or in your enlightened opinion.
It is to be observed, 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 interpfeter who was
an offic-r of the Baltimore, who had
been appointed for the express purpose
of inspiring the deponents with confi
dence.
You were pleased to state in your in
structions to Egan that the undersigned
has not communicated to the United
Stateß government the note addressed to
him by Matta on the 11th of December,
last. The first time the honorable sec
retary of state saw fit to call my atten
tion to aforesaid note of Matta, I told
bim that the note contained instructions
addressed to me by Matta, and that as I
had not been directed to com
municate it officially to the de
partment of state, there was no
reason why the honorable secretary
should take cognizance of it. I further
reminded you there was a doctrine es
tablished by the American government,
that documents exchanged between the
president and congress, or between the
department of state and diplomatic rep
resentatives of the United States in
foreign countries, could not form the
subject of discussion for foreign govern
ments. I also took the liberty to re
mind you of the illustrious Webster and
the representative of Austria in 1850.
The Austrian government complained
at that time because it considered
instructions sent to the rep
resentative _of the United States
unjust or disrespectful to Austria, said
instructions having been published in a
message of the president who sent it to
the senate. "This department," said
Mr. Webster, "has, on a former occa
sion, informed the ministers of foreign
powers that a communication from the
president to either house of congress is
regarded as a domestic communication
of which, ordinarily, no foreign statehaß
cognizance, and in more recent cases the
great impropriety of making such a com
munication the subject of correspon
dence and diplomatic discussion has
been fully shown." The circumstance
of its publicity does not change
the character of the communication,
in the opinion of Webster, because
"such ia the common and usual mode of
procedure of communications of the
president to the house and senate." It
was, therefore,on the nature of the note,
and no other reason, that I paased by
abstention from communication to you
the inatructiona which Matta had sent
me on the llth of December, and I had
the honor ao to inform you. I added,
however, that it was far from being the
purpose of my government to act in a
manner at all offensive to the president
of the United States or any member of
bis cabinet, and that Malta's note, if
rightly interpreted, admitted of no such
construction.
I afterwards had the honor to
inform you I had instructions
from my government to inform
that of the United States, that consider
ation of the views expressed by Bu
chanan and Webster in 1849 and" 1850,
that messages sent by the president to
congress were domestic communica
tions which cannot serve aa a basis for
interpretations of foreign powers or
their representatives. My government
bad no objection to the striking out of
the note of December llth such words
as might be considered disagreeable by
tbe United States government.
On the 18th instant an official tele
gram was published, which had been
addressed by the commander of tbe
Yorktown to the secretary of the navy,
couched in terms offensive to the gov
ernment of Chile. In view of what we
had said concerning the note of Decem
ber llth, I deemed it my duty to call
your attention to that telegram. The
lofty spirit of justice which character
izea you did not permit you to hesitate
to tell me that the wording of said tele
gram waa improper and objectionable.
This was a declaration on your part'
which waa aa impartial aa the just ter
minated incident.
Since the early part of the month of
October, when I had the honor to be
invited to unofficial conference with rep
resentatives of the department of state,
as the credentials which accredited me
aa minister of Chile had not yet arrived,
it had been repeated to me on various
occasions by the United States govern
ment that if a representative of the
United States waa not a persona grata
to the government of Chile, it waa suf
ficient for the government of Chile so to
Btate, and that said representative
would be succeeded by another. It is a
rule, based upon the nature of diplo
matic relations and designed to make
them frank and cordial, that a repre
sentative of a nation mast be a persona
grata to tbe government to which he is
accredited. In a conference with which
you were pleaßed to favor me on the 20th
instant, I had the honor to state that
the representative of the United States
at Santiago was not a persona grata to
the government of Chile, wilich would
be very glad to receive another repre
sentative from the United States. You
were pleased to acknowledge that the
government of Chile had a right to ask
that a change should be made. After
wards, having your notice, I addressed
to you in writing the same communica
tion which I had made to you verbally.
I have deemed it my duty to state in
this note the foregoing facts which show
the friendly and cordial purpose of our
conferences, in which you took most
important parts. With sentiments, etc.,
I'edko Montt.
To Hon. Jatnea G. Blame, etc., etc.
BLAINE TO MONTT.
Department op State, /
Washington, January 27th.)
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge
your favor dated 23d inst., but not re
ceived by me until Monday, the 25th. I
beg to comment on two or three of its
recitals. I think from zeal for your
country you have made some mistakes,
which 1 shall proceed to correct. You
are right in saying I considered the pro
ceedings nf the government of Chile in
making ii judicial investigation of the
unhappy affair at Valparaiso, entirely
praiseworthy ; but you will remember
that as early as the 25th November
I complained of the length of the
judicial proceedings, and from time
to time renewed the complaint, saying
to you very lately thai the court had
already been eighty days iv session con
sidering a matter which in the United
States would have been wholly disposed
of in two or three weeks. You replied
that the Spanish lawa were slow in pro
cesses but exact in conclusions, and
with your statement I had to be con
tent, though impatient for final judg
ment.
Your offer of arbitration waa 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 am unable to report
a mere verbal exchange of views
between the ourselves as an agree
ment to arbitrate. You did say to me
several times that in that dis
tant future when the Chilean court
should render is judgment, if the
United States should not be satisfied
with it the two countries could arbi
trate the matter. Even then you always
maintained that Chile would not volun
tarily propose arbitration, but would do
so when requested by some friendly
power to take that course. . . Your
mention of arbitration was always as a
method to be adopted in the future if
we were not content, as I have said,
with the-judgment of the courts. You
remarked that to adopt it before, would
be discrediting the judgment of the
court in advance. You always looked
to the future for a proper proposal and
acceptance of arbitration.
You say in your note: "I took occa
sion to inform you on the Ist of January
that my government authorized me to
conclude an agreement looking to arbi
tration, and my government subse
quently approved the agreement con
cluded by me," and yet you do not pre
tend that a word was ever written of the
agreement which you say waß between
us. It is impossible tbat I ever sought
to bind the government of the United
States in that way. It would be in the
highest degree imprudent for me to
do so.
In regard to the Matta note which
was a subject of contention between us,
you submit the following declaration :
"I added, however, that it was far from
being the purpose of my government to
act in a manner at all offensive
to the president or any member of his
cabinet, and that Matta's note, if
rightly interpreted, admitted of no such
construction. I afterwards had the
honor to inform you that I had received
instructions from my government to in
form that of the United States that, con
sidering views expressed by Buchanan
and Webster in 1849 and 1860, that mes
sages sent by the president to congress
were domestic communications which
cannot serve as a basis for interpretation
by foreign powers or their representa
tives. My government had no objection
to striking out of the note of December
llth such words as might be con
sidered disagreeable by the
United States government." By
your own statement you evidently
attempted to justify the Matta note. I
certainly could notaccept your language,
and never did accept language of that
kind aa an apology sufficient for the case.
The Matta no, 1 * ia discourteous to the
president and the secretary of the navy,
imputing to them untruths and insin
cerity. Such language does not admit of
the conditional or contingent apology
you offered. It could be apologized for
only by a frank withdrawal. You always
contended that it was a communication
between officers of your own govern
ment, and that it was not proper for thia
government to take any cognizance of it.
You quoted the well known declaration
of congreaa not being subject to criti
cism in foreign countries. You
did not see the great difference
involved by your government sending
the Matta circular to all the legations of
Chile, and requeating ita aeveral minis
ters to publish it, so that Chile was not
only lesponsible for the discourteous
language, but tor its publication
throughout the civilized world. That
you did not comply with Chile's request
to publiah it here, ia the strongest proof
of your own disapproval of the note.
In regard to Egan, you complained
many times and very bitterly to me,
especially that he waa deserving of cen
aure, you thought, for not communi
cating to his government tbe brutal
murder of some young men who were
slain by order of Balmaceda. When
next day I showed you a dispatch of
Egan's, speaking of the incident
in general, in proper terms, you
acknowledged that you were mistaken.
I thought you would be satisfied, but
you again spoke disparagingly of Egan,
and I said Bomewhat vehemently:
"Why do you not demand his recall in
stead of constantly disparaging him,"
intending thereby not to favor his re
call, but put a atop to the frequent men
tion of Egan'a name.
Referring to the question of your re
marking : "You were pleased to ac
knowledge that the government of
Chile had a right to aak that a change
be made," undoubted y she has that
right, provided she assigns a reason.
You are too well skilled in diplomatic
usage to be reminded that when a na
tion is forced to declare that a minister
is a persona non grata,she is expected to
assign a reason therefor. We have twice
had occasion to ask Greatßritain to recall
her ministers, and in each case was
given the reason why the minister had
ceased to be useful. It is hardly neces
sary to observe that the conditions
which we complied with ourselves would
likewise be exacted of Chile.
1 have thus frankly endeavored to cor
rect some misapprehensions of yours, in
order that the records of the state de
partment shall be kept exact and in all
its proceedings shall be proved consist
ent.
Accept renewed assurances of my
highest consideration.
James G. Blame.
EGAN TO BLAINE.
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 25.
To Blame, Washington:
I have today received the following
reply to my note of the 22d inst.:
Sir: The undersigned has had the
honor to receive your excellebcy's com
munication, dated the22d inst., received
in this department the 23d, and duly
authenticated copies of the instructions
which the honorable secretary of state
of Washington sent your excellency by
cable under dates of the 21st inst. and
the 23d of October, 1891. In the
instructions of the 21st inst. the
honorable secretary of state informs
your excellency that his excellency
President Harrison, after carefully ex
amining all that has been submitted to
him by the government of Chile with re-
Bpect to the event which occurred in
Valparaiso on the evening of the 16th of
October, aud taking into consideration
the testimony of the officers and crew of
the vessel Baltimore, and of otherswho
witnessed the event, has arrived at the
following conclusions:
"First—That with regard to that as
sault there has been no change whatever
made in the character given to it by the
first report of the event; that it was an
attack upon the uniform of the navy of
the United States, which had its origin
and motive in a feeling of hostility
towards that government and not in any
act of individual sailors belonging to it.
"Second—That the public authorities
of Valparaiso evidently didfnot do their
duty in protecting those sailors, and
that part of the police and some Chilean
soldiers and sailors rendered themselves
guilty of unprovoked assaults on sailors
of the United States before and after the
latter were arrested, and that he be
lieves Kiggiu was killed by police or
soldier?; and ,
"Third—That he ia consequently com
pelled to carry the question back to the
state in which it was placed by the hon
orable Mr. Wharton, dated October 23d,
and to ask for suitable Batißfaction and
some adequate reparation for the injury
done the government of the United
States.
"The honorable Secretary of State
Blame regrets that the government of
Chile has not from the very first duly
appreciated the gravity of the question
raised, and that it haa attributed to it
no other importance than that of an or
dinary quarrel between sailors, adding:
'No government which respects itself can
consent to civil or military persons em
ployed in its service being maltreated or
killed in foreign territory on account of
resentment for acts which it may have
committed, or which might be imputed
to it, without requiring adequate repara
tion.'
"The Honorable Mr. Blame in this
connection recalls the fact that the gov
ernment of the United States has volun
tarily recognized this principle and has
accordingly, when injury has been com
mitted by its people against any one
holding an oificial position for a foreign
country, in consequence of acta which
had aroused resentment, never sought
words of little or ambiguous meaning
in order to get reparation, but has con
demned such acts in vigorous and ener
getic terms, and haa never refused to
give others adequate satisfaction."
"The Honorable Secretary of State
Blame Btatea, moreover, it is not his
intention to discuss the details of the
incident of October, but to set forth the
conclusion at which his government has
arrived. The honorable secretary of
Btate says: 'We have given every kind
of opportunity to the government of
Chile during a great part of the time
which haa elapsed since the 16th of Oc
tober.'
"He then adds that he ia directed by
his excellency President Harrison to
say that he has been compelled to take
notice of the instructions sent by Matta,
minister of foreign affairs, to the Chi
lean minister at Washington, under
date December llth, becauae although
they were not officially communicated
to his government, they had re
ceived the greatest possible publicity,
and that consequently he demanded
an immediate withdrawal of said in
structions, as to those parte 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
a discussion aa to tbe facts referred to
by the communication from which I
have extracted, and confining himself
to the first part of the instructions of
the honorable secretary of state, the
undersigned must atate to your ex
cellency the regret which the govern
ment of Chile eees that hia excellency
the president of the United Stateß finds
reaaon to continue to regard the
incident of October 16th as an attack
caused by hostile feeling towards the
uniform of the navy of the United
States. That unfortunate occurrence
took place suddenly in a district where
aaiioraof veeaela lying in the bay of Val
paraiso are in the habit of assembling
without distinction as to nationality.
From the nature of the incident, it
would be impossible to prove that there
was no doubt as to the special cause
which seived as it origin or pretext.
But the undersigned can assert that the
cause was not hostile feeling towards the
United States navy, becauae the people
of Chile always esteemed and respected
that uniform, ever since the time when
it saw it figuring honorably in the ranks
of the soldiers and sailors who, in a
glorious struggle, gave it independence
and established the republic.
"The undersigned admits that the oc
currence of October 10th waa of greater
gravity than those which ueually occur
in the same district between sailors
which frequent it, and the fact of know
ing tbat two deaths have resulted from
it among sixteen wounded men of
the Baltimore, has sufficed to give an
extraordinary character and induce the
government of Chile to hasten to adopt
measurea to discover and punish the
guilty partiea; to offer in due time, if
there be ground for co doing, such repara
tion as might be due. The preliminary
examination commenced on the morn
ing which followed the night of the con
flict, aorae daya before you presented
your complaint; but the investigation
could not be finished with the rapidity
the government of Chile desired, be
cause tbe rules of procedure in crim
inal matters eatabliahed by our
laws are alow of application, and it
waa not possible for the president of
the republic to modify or set them
asida. This delay was inevitable, owing
to the intendente under which the ju
dicial authorities must act, and haa
compelled the government and the un
dersigned to delay, greatly to its regret,
the statement of the difficulty pending
with your government, and a spontan
eous offer of reparation for any injury
done to sailors of tbe Baltimore, and
that might be attributed to Chilean sol
diers or sailors, or that might affect the
responsibility of Chile.
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"In view of your communication, and
considering that up to date it has been
impossible for the trial initiated by the
judge of the criminal court of Valparaiso
to be decided, tbe undersigned regards
it his duty to declare once more that the
government of Chile laments the occur
rence of October 16th, and by way of
showing the sincerity of his feelings and
the confidence which he has in the jus
tice of his cauße, he declares his willing
ness not to nwait the decision of the
examining judge, and proposes to
the United States government that the
case be submitted to tbe consideration
of the supreme court of the United
States, to the end that that high tri
bunal, with its learning and impartial
ity, may determine without appeal,
whether there are any grounds for rep
aration, and in what shape it Bhould be
made.
The undersigned thinks the action of
the police in this matter should be con
sidered with due allowance. For, the
civil war which had recently been
brought to a close, the body was not yet
properly organized, nor did it have the
force required to put down a disorder of
such proportions in a short time. In
this connection it is proper to re
call the words used by the hon
orable secretary ol state at Wash
ington, in his note addressed to
the Marquis Imperiali, and bearingdate
May 21, 1891. 'There is no government,
however civilized it may be, however
great may be the vigilance displayed by
its police, and however severe its crim
inal code may be, and however speedy
and flexible may be its administration
of law, that can guarantee its own citi
zens against violence growing out of in
dividual malice or sudden tumult.' This
is precisely the situation of the admin
istration authorities at Valparaiso on
the occasion of tbe occurrence which
took place in October.
"The undersigned hopes the foregoing
will convince the honorable secretary of
state that the government of Chile at
taches due importance to the question
now under discussion; that he does not
for a moment hesitate to condemn in
vigorous terms the act committed on
the 16th of October, or to offer such rep
aration as is just, and that he has not
neglected an opportunity to express
these sentiments before now, on various
occasions, and through the plenipoten
tiaries of both countries he has for
warded explicit delarations on the sub
ject to Washington.
"The undersigned takes the liberty to
recall the facts that five days after he
had taken charge of the department of
foreign relations, he addressed to the
minister of Chile in the United States,
a telegram which, in part relating to
this matter, Baid: 'Express to the
United States government what has
already been stated, added to all data
known; in the most cordial and amica
ble form, express to the United States
government very sincere regret
on account of this unfortunate
incident which, although not
strange in the ports of the world, that
this governments doubly laments, owing
to its desire to cultivate friendship with
the United States. If the United States
government should not accept the fore
going as satisfactory, notwithstanding
that judicial authorities hold the guilty
parties responsible for the disorder of
October 16th, the undersigned must re
call the circumstances that the govern
ment of Chile, through its minister in
Washington, has expressed a desire to
submit the misunderstanding (dispute)
to decision b"y arbitration by any
power or tribunal which may be indi
cated to it, and in fact arbitration waß
suggested in a conference with the min
ister ot Chile in Washington, the 30th
of December, when the government ef
the undersigned declared its good will
and its resolve to accept arbitration
after iinal judgment, which would not
be further delayed many days.
"In furtherance of its purpose to give
a speedy solution to the incident in
most fiiendly terms, the government
the of undersigned called upon itß
minister for a definite reply on
the llth inst., and on the 13th Minister
Montt reported that notwithstanding
certain observations made by the Amer
ican state department, with respect to
the opportuneness of resorting to arbi
tration, he had nevertheless agreed
with the honorable Mr. Blame that if
any divergence of viewß or disaccord
should supervene after the verdict of
the judge of Valparaiso, such controversy
would be left to arbitration.
The undersigned hastened to
declare that he would fully
accept such agreement, for the govern
ment of Chile, for submitting to arbitra
tion, in terras as ample as those above
indicated, any differences of views which
it may have with the government of the
United States.
"Concerning the incident of the Bal
timore, there is therefore submitted to
the honorable secretary of the state
department of foreign relations at
Washington the designation of the su
preme court of justice of the United
States as the tribunal of arbitration, to
determine the reparation which Chile
may have to make for the lamentable
occurrence.
"As for the dispatch addressed under
date of the llth of December to the
Chilean minister at Washington, by the
minister of foreign relations of the pro
visional government, the undersigned
submits that there could not be offense
intended to the government of the
United States, with which it desires
ever to cultivate most friendly rela
tions. Consequently tbe undersigned
deplores that in that telegram
were employed, through error
of judgment, expressions which
are offensive in tbe judgmeat of
your government. Declaring in the ful
fillment of a high duty of courtesy and
sincerity, toward a friendly nation, that
tbe government of Chile absolutely
withdraws said expressions, the under
signed trusts that this frank and explicit
aeclaration, which confirms that which
has already been made to the honorable
secretary of state in Washington, will
carry to the mind of his excellency,
President Harrison, and his government,
that the people of Chile, far from enter
taining a feeling of hostility, has a lively
deßire to maintain the unalterable good
and cordial relations which up to the
present time exist between the two
countries. This declaration is made
without.reservation, in order that it may
receive sm h publicity as your govern
ment may deem suitable.
"With regard to the suggestion touch
ing a change of personnel in your lega
tion to which the instructions of the
honorable secretary of state refer, it is
incumbent upon the undersigned to de
clare that the government of Chile will
take no positive step without the accord
of the government of the United States,
with which it desires to maintain itself
in friendly understanding.
"The undersigned brings this already
long communication to a close in the
assurance that he has therein set forth
everything that can fully satisfy your
government.
"The government of Chile cherishes
the conviction that its relations with the
government of the United States should
be sincerely and cordially maintained
under the shelter of that mutual respect
and that good understanding which are
based upon a just and equitable appre
ciation of the facts, and on the appreci
ation to be given to spontaneous declar
ations on either side.
"The undersigned moreover declares,
in presenting its explanation, that its
government finds its inspiration in the
words of instructions which you have
quoted, and which assure the govern
ment of Chile that the presi
dent is not disposed to exact or
ask anything which your government
would not under the same circumstances
spontaneously concede.
"With sentiments of distinguished
consideration, I am your obedient ser
vant, Luis Pkbbika."
I await instructions.
(Signed), Eoan.
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