Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-09
THElTALA'S ESCAPE
from Ten GRASP OF THR UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
-. CHARACTER o. the Vessel Not Yet Decided Upon.
Administration at LOggerheais on the SUB
yiy Get Our Foot u hf We
B0nt Act Carefully.

W,~mNCroN, May S.-Our new war
may be put to the test Of a naval
..aa 10 am early day. The Chilian in
-,.a. ship ITALIA, which escaped from
Federal authorities at San Diego
mast be recapturei. even though
...,e refuge with the iuSurgent heet
~ .rHiaC waters.
-.. rrs- business of the admiuiStra-
.. -o recapture the ITALIA, and
.t. Navy Department is moving
in the matter. luStruc-
... have been sent 90 Admiral
,.rlrr. now aJ Valparaiso, 10
... .-1 .ss with the Baltimore and Pen
a s, order % intercept the inSur-
vessel. Similar instructions were
Admiral Brown. The last re-
n,m was that he had left Cal
n.--. last Friday with the San
r.r $50. his exact whereabouts along
.-, .,- being unknown. Orders have
seen sent 90 the Charleston, now at
-.. U..a. SEQ, 90 START in pursuit as
possible. Sne vii, hardly Oe
,,.. -. lelve before tomorrow, as She
-.o- c0aled up for % voyage
-rf these four cruisers on her track
r.'s is likely 90 be Overhau.ed IN q
t...I.v, and brought back 20 San pieSo'
Government viii have Nn0tty
-.....r t5 wrestle with. just what can
t.-. with the vessel, and the extent
-,~r..a she has violated the laws are
Question, that the officials here decline
.oez.ress an opinion upon. Inc Chii-
Nii- ser also maintains studied ST.
.s-.a SIS the ITALIA had been seized oy
.f. United States authorities at San
D.a-. .lewas technically United states
,-,r.r-v anti, discharged, and Is, there
t-. liable to recapture on the hlSn seas
lva United States mdn-ot-war, OF
-9rf..atIeu IL she ever enters Culled
States mort So far as is known there
is no Charge of piracy against either
tha ITALIA OF the Robert and Minnie.
They are charged with violation OF the
r.utralitv Jaws. which forbid the hitting
1rrin tho United States Of vessels 90
war upon O. country with which the
United States is $40 peace. Incidentally
.hp 'crs determination of the force OF
-he,c charge, involves -he question rs
-1 whether the Gillian insurgents are
,0 be recognized 5y the United States
.l, they have been iu Great BciJanl as
aancerea.s. aud t0 the settlement OF
tai, question ,he State Department Of
a', are already applying themselves.
Ta. right oI tle Jatyd States 90 cap
.re .ho laa.ou tue high seas OF in
Emitted States or CU.Hu waters is un-
doubted Tue veS>c, leS the 1ag OF
Chilli. and is subject to thc only rec0g-
ni7ed authority in that country, name
lv. the government of which President
Bamacela is the head The iusur-
gents have uO international status: thev
Ire 01t oven recognized aS belligereuts.
The ITALIA having entered q port of the
United States fell under suspicion of
being there to secret supplies,
arms add ammunition, aud the
oh.ar Minister at Washington was
asked t0r information. Accordingly a
United States Marshal was put on
board and her captain was arrested.
THE captain was allowed 20 return 90
>>1ip and he at once went 20 sea. The
.ra is therefore, now 40 sea I'm de-
11uce Oi the authorities Of both Chilli
and ,he United States. she has no
papers. and is practically an outlaw.
A.r nation can capture her III she
made any resistance she would be q
pirate. T.. she entered a port, and the
t- States or Chilli demanded her
Toa.er from the government of the
u-ry -o which Sine belonged. that
r.rluo.t would surrender her.
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