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Show VX0THEE nilLEAJSl I I I He President, However, De01 B i" ' HaNSentan Ulttin H Washinoton, Jan. 13 In ;B query as to the truth of the rithat an ultimatum demandiug an ins nt apolog ! and reparation was cabled to nllc, rresi-dent rresi-dent Harrison this afternoon iid he bad sent no ultimatum to Chile and 5 etill d. voting himself to a careful exa ilmatiou uf the voluminous Chilean eorresp idecee. Washixgton, Jan. 13. Tho following cable message from Commandei Kwns of the gunboat Yorktown, the (MJ 'Jnited States vessel now In Chilean Waters, wn made public last evcuing: I ': Valparaiso, Jan. II. Htcretary dflth Xm y : Yesterday afternoon my rig, wbilo lrf?B off llio landing place, w aitine, was atoned hithree men in a crowd of bad characters. Noln was in jured. I inimeiliatoly visited the salor naval officer of the Chileans, and requested! him to no tif.v the authorities that I demandedmroter'i' , and said that, were the offensa repeat,.! won 1 i nke the matter in my own bands and Irotect m) tmen with arms. Much regret was eJresBed the officer, who sent at once to the poll. Today I havo assurance that the parties w JU be pn isced aud protection given. President Harrison lias grown weary of il i Chilean delay, aud, within the paTtr-fcn eight hours Eagan has been Instructed i i notify the Chilean foreign office that not onlj do we want a speedy reply as to its purpose-, Init still insist on full reparation being mad to us for the outrage on the Baltimore sail or, It is understood that Egau replied tha' something definite from Chile maybe expected ex-pected in a few days. New York, Jan. 13. Tho ffirald'a Valpn ralso correspondent, cabling about the stoning of the Yorktown's gig, says that Senior Naval Officer Vial made an apolog to Commander Evans, in the course of which he states that the authorities were aware of the fact that several persons, weir actively engaged in inciting a number of unemployed Chileans to attack tin: Americans. These inciters of trouble, Vial adds, would like nothing better than to stir up a war between Chile and the United States. i The authorities also learuedVhat an attack upon the American legation tfts planned. So arrests of suspected ieaderslin the content plated raid was made. A policeman i-abo i-abo engaged in guarding thje American-; on-sulate on-sulate in Valparaiso, while sleeret service, policemen po-licemen follow Consul McClear- ouud b streets to protect him In cf Jlas-(tfl, A ail, after statiugMhe stiove 3., l , is caused by the wfcrjfa-hliflr talk recently of ( OTisui .vn c r-arJr f Jose Carr'era, one of three refuge! eorted by Minister Egan from Sanlial ' jf Valparaiso, and placed aboard the YoikM'' He sailed on the German steamer AbfK"' The two McKennas are. still on the w J' town. The report thai Balmaceda's cv-f"' later, Conchas, was shot in the Amies, pr11D , a canard. il San Francisco. Jan. 13. Commenting the evidence adduced at the Baltimore , quiry, the Bn'Min says that it is very difl ,'' cut from the colorless report of the Procu, tor Fiscal of Valparaiso. It is the story "". one of the most revengeful and cowar, outrages found anywhere in modern histol' A large part of the town cmfiill-, poliP' soldiers and sailors precipitated taemselC on the unarmed sailors of the United StatL, stabbed, shot, beat, maimed and Ul-treaGuJ them in every manner the mob could InveCT Tho notion that it was a sailor's row, will, sonic more than ordinary aggravating inKi dents, has to be wholly laid aside. The Vr , par&iso uprising was one of the most shocji' ing affairs that has taken place anywhere. The J'ott says that the testimony I shown that the attack was premeditated.al , that the police aided the mob to kill at" wound our men. Instead of protecting the!" as has been claimed. This puts a more seJ"-' aspect on the affair. It is shown heycL", doubt that it was well known In YalparrJ1 that an attack was to be made, on the saiir'!'.' of the Baltimore. It is aUo known Hi , among tne assailants were Valparaiso pojflcj men and Chilean soldiers in uniform. 8i . e,' being the facts of the case it is clear tit ! the (.'nlted States cannot be satisfied witti simple apology, accompanied by cxprcssirT 'J of regret. There must be the fullest rf , most complete reparation with indent! i 5? for the men who were wounded and the fn 5 ilics of those who were eilled. m" Regarding the investigation of the assa' lt on the Baltimore's crew at Valparaiso, n being held, tho Chronicle says editorial1 ,'w "We believe it is clearly the duty of 7; United States to demand complete reparat. and suitable indemnity from Chile, and J" enforce the demand if there is any h': " tancy in complying with it." 1 sl" -a- |